RAF Cleave

RAF Cleave
Kilkhampton, Cornwall in England
RAF Cleave on a target dossier of the German Luftwaffe, 1940
RAF Cleave is located in Cornwall
RAF Cleave
RAF Cleave
Shown within Cornwall
Coordinates50°53′08″N 04°33′00″W / 50.88556°N 4.55000°W / 50.88556; -4.55000
TypeRoyal Air Force station
Site information
OwnerAir Ministry
OperatorRoyal Air Force
Controlled byRAF Fighter Command
* No. 10 Group RAF[1]
Site history
Built1938 (1938)/39
In useMay 1939 – November 1945
Battles/warsEuropean theatre of World War II
Airfield information
Elevation122 metres (400 ft)[1] AMSL
Runways
Direction Length and surface
06/24 656 metres (2,152 ft) Grass
18/36 823 metres (2,700 ft) Grass

RAF Cleave[2] is a former Royal Air Force station located 4.2 miles (7 kilometres) north of Bude in Cornwall, United Kingdom, which was operational from 1939 until 1945.[2] Despite a few periods of intense activity, it was one of Fighter Command's lesser used airfields.

  1. ^ a b Falconer 2012, p. 66.
  2. ^ a b "RAF Cleave". RAFweb.org. RAFweb – Air of Authority. Retrieved 19 October 2017.

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