Royal Air Force Perranporth or more simply RAF Perranporth is a former Royal Air Force satellite station situated near Perranporth, Cornwall, England.
History
The 330 acre (134 hectares) airfield was built as an RAF Fighter Command station in the Second World War in 1941 and is situated on Cligga cliffs in the north of Cornwall.
Rare 1942 film footage of RAF pilots and Spitfires at RAF Perranporth is shown on the BBC website.BBC news – 2009-Nov-06 – Spitfire pilot hi-jinks found on film Squadrons
Units
Current use The airfield was later converted to civilian use as Perranporth Airfield; it currently has three hard surface runways and two grass strips.
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