RAF Harrowbeer
RAF Harrowbeer is a former Royal Air Force station situated next to Yelverton in the parish of Buckland Monachorum on the edge of Dartmoor, Devon.
RAF Harrowbeer was located approximately 9 miles (14 km) NNE of the city of Plymouth and approximately 6 miles (9.7 km) south of Tavistock, and also sits within the boundary of Dartmoor National Park.
Roborough Rock is a tor-like igneous rock outcrop immediately south-west of the airfield (officially called 'Udal Tor') on Roborough Down, next to the A386.
This location created problems for the airfield during the Second World War, mainly due to bad weather. The Rock seems to have had little impact on the use of the Airfield, the only thing that was done by the RAF was the placing of a warning light on the top.
Although sited near the village of Yelverton, it was called 'Harrowbeer' in order to distinguish it from the similar-sounding RNAS Yeovilton. The airfield was under the control of No. 10 Group RAF and was never assigned a station badge.
The former Ravenscroft School became the officers' mess – the building is now a care home.
Following World War II there were suggestions that the site could become a new airport for Plymouth but environmental concerns eventually ruled that out. The runways were eventually removed or covered circa 1970.
For detailed information on RAF Harrowbeer please visit:
http://www.rafharrowbeer.co.uk/
and
http://rafharrowbeer.com
Read MoreRAF Harrowbeer was located approximately 9 miles (14 km) NNE of the city of Plymouth and approximately 6 miles (9.7 km) south of Tavistock, and also sits within the boundary of Dartmoor National Park.
Roborough Rock is a tor-like igneous rock outcrop immediately south-west of the airfield (officially called 'Udal Tor') on Roborough Down, next to the A386.
This location created problems for the airfield during the Second World War, mainly due to bad weather. The Rock seems to have had little impact on the use of the Airfield, the only thing that was done by the RAF was the placing of a warning light on the top.
Although sited near the village of Yelverton, it was called 'Harrowbeer' in order to distinguish it from the similar-sounding RNAS Yeovilton. The airfield was under the control of No. 10 Group RAF and was never assigned a station badge.
The former Ravenscroft School became the officers' mess – the building is now a care home.
Following World War II there were suggestions that the site could become a new airport for Plymouth but environmental concerns eventually ruled that out. The runways were eventually removed or covered circa 1970.
For detailed information on RAF Harrowbeer please visit:
http://www.rafharrowbeer.co.uk/
and
http://rafharrowbeer.com
