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Here are some links relating either to RAF Davidstow Moor, its location or other areas of information.

The DAVIDSTOW AIRFIELD & CORNWALL AT WAR MUSEUM has a wide remit, dedicated primarily to RAF Davidstow moor from its opening on 1st October 1942 until its closure at the end of 1945. It also covers all the other airfields along the North Comwall coast, the Royal Navy in and around the county, the Army civilian services, home front etc. The area is still a military training area so that gives us scope to bring in the post-war period. In 1982 vehicles and equipment etc, were airlifted from a warship off the coast in a training exercise prior to the re-taking of the Falkland Islands. We also have displays depicting the Royal Observer Corps (WWII and Cold War) and my old regiment The Light Infantry, from the amalgamation of the county regiments from 1968 up to 2007 when the expanded Light Infantry becomes the Rifles. When Phase Two is complete we shall be able to commit much more space to each of these subjects which will have a broader appeal. They can be found online at http://cornwallatwarmuseum.mysite.orange.co.uk/

LATEST NEWS: The museum has just obtained a Fairey Gannett from Flambards in Helston. They moved the aircraft on Saturday 16th February, 2008 and we were present during its arrival. Pictures of its arrival and subsequent installation are available to view at http://cornwallatwar.rafdavidstowmoor.org/

A website that is dedicated to all those who lived, worked, or gave their lives, whilst serving at RAF Harrowbeer, Yelverton, Devon can be found at www.rafharrowbeer.co.uk

During WW2 the Germans built a wall of steel and concrete, the Atlantikwall, from northern Norway to the Spanish border. Started in 1941 but never completed due to the D-Day landings. The wall was built to stop an invasion from England and protect a vast array of Hitler's secret weapons. There is a website to be found at http://www.atlantikwall.co.uk where they are trying to show what after 60 years is left of the Wall and some of the V weapons that would have been used to found the assault areas of Southern England building up for D-Day.

There is a new proposal for a wind farm at Davidstow by a company calling itself Community Windpower Ltd, and that the name of the project is Davidstow Community Windfarm. The proposal is for 20 turbines with a hub height of 80m, the blades will be 45.2m long with a rotor diameter of 92.5m. This makes a total of 126.25m to the tips of the blades. This is 415ft in old money, and will be higher than Brown Willy. Well at the moment Brown Willy is the highest point in North Cornwall; we'd like to keep it that way! If you feel the need to object against this and other wind farm projects in Cornwall you may find www.stinc.co.uk a useful website.

 

  
 
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