RAF Pembroke Dock

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Photograph of RAF Pembroke Dock
ⓘ licence & creditDaventry B J (Mr), Royal Air Force official photographer / Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Royal_Air_Force_Coastal_Command,_1939-1945._CH1152.jpg

About

RAF Pembroke Dock, on the Milford Haven waterway in Pembrokeshire, was a Coastal Command flying-boat station from 1930 and grew during the war into the largest flying-boat base in the world, with close to a hundred aircraft on its waters in 1943. Its Short Sunderlands — flown by RAF, Australian and Canadian squadrons such as Nos. 210, 228 and 461 — ranged far out into the Atlantic on the long anti-submarine patrols of the Battle of the Atlantic. The station closed in 1959; two of its great flying-boat hangars survive as listed buildings, and a heritage centre run by the Sunderland Trust tells its story.

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Photographs

ⓘ licence & creditMat Tuck / CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pembroke_Dock_-_geograph.org.uk_-_4530353.jpgView source & full licence →
A Fokker T-VIIIW seaplane of RAF 320 Squadron begins a patrol after taking off from Pembroke Dock, Pembrokeshire.
ⓘ licence & creditMr BJ Daventry, Royal Air Force official photographer / Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:IWM-CH-1157-FOKKER-T-VIIIW.jpgView source & full licence →
Air Ministry Second World War Official Collection AWM Caption: Pembroke Dock, Wales. A Short Sunderland flying-boat of Coastal Command sets out on patrol. This particular aircraft is flown by No. 10 Squadron, RAAF, operating with the coastal command. The squadron is on the 9,000 flying mark during its sixteen months operational duty in the United Kingdom.
ⓘ licence & creditRoyal Air Force official photographer / Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Air_Ministry_Second_World_War_Official_Collection_CH3210.jpgView source & full licence →
A Short Sunderland Mark III operated by No. 461 Squadron RAAF. AWM Caption: PEMBROKE DOCK, WALES. 1944? MARK V SUNDERLAND AIRCRAFT 'P' PETER OF NO. 461 SQUADRON RAAF TOUCHING DOWN AFTER AN ANTI-SUBMARINE PATROL IN THE BAY OF BISCAY. NOTE THIS AIRCRAFT WAS FITTED WITH FIXED FIRING 20MM CANNON IN THE NOSE.
ⓘ licence & creditAustralian Government / Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:461_Sqn_Sunderland_(AWM_P01520.001).jpgView source & full licence →
AWM Caption: Pembroke Dock, Wales. A short Sunderland flying-boat of Coastal Command sets out on patrol. This particular aircraft is flown by No. 10 Squadron, RAAF, operating with the coastal command. The squadron is on the 9,000 flying mark during its sixteen months operational duty in the United Kingdom.
ⓘ licence & creditJerry G Sebastian / Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:10_Sqn_(AWM_042259).jpgView source & full licence →

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