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Culdrose (Helston)
| Also known as: | HMS Chough / HMS Seahawk / RN Air Station, Culdrose / RNAS Culdrose |
| County: | Cornwall |
| Current Status: | Aviation |
| Date: | Opened 17 April 1947 |
| Current Use: | Active |
| Used By: | RAF / FAA (main user) |
| Landing Surface Type(s): | Paved |
| Aircraft Role(s): | Military development/support / Naval aviation (main role) / Trainer |
- Culdrose HIVE
- Helston Library
- Helston Town Council
- Mawgan-in-Meneage Parish Council
- RNAS Culdrose FC
Notable Past Associated Organisations:
- Culdrose Golf Club – closed 2011
Main unit(s) present:
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15th Carrier Air Group
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52nd Training Air Group
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No 700G Flight
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No 700H Flight
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No 1830 Sqn
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No 1833 Sqn
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No 1843 Sqn
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Aircraft Torpedo Development Unit
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Sea King Training Unit
- Station Flight, Culdrose
The control tower at Culdrose, 30 July 2008.
A hangar at Culdrose, 30 July 2008.
The Merlin Café in the public viewing area at Culdrose, 27 October 2011.
Hangars at Culdrose, 12 July 2017.
A Westland Sea King HU.5 at Culdrose, 26 March 2018. © Richard Flagg
Plan of Culdrose, c. 1940s. © Royal Navy Research Archive. Click here for more information.
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