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| HER Number: | 70538 |
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| Name: | MORWENSTOW - Modern airfield, Modern military camp |
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Summary
RAF Cleave was constructed in 1939 as an RAF and Army anti-aircraft co-operation unit.
Protected Status: None recorded
Other References/Statuses
- Cornwall SURVEY NAME (temporary): 1999032
- National Mapping Programme (Morph No.): 2016.12
- Primary Record No. (1985-2009): 70538
- SHINE Candidate (Yes)
Monument Type(s):
- (Unknown date)
- AIRFIELD (World War Two - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
- MILITARY CAMP (World War Two - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
Full description
RAF Cleave was constructed in 1939 as an RAF and Army anti-aircraft co-operation unit. It was the site of a steam catapult (see PRN 70538.5) designed to launch remote-controlled seaplanes (Queen Bees). The site grew in size during the six years immediately after its construction, but was closed in November 1945. A signals station, CSOS Morwenstow, now occupies the central part of the site. (CSOS = Composite Signals Organisation Station.) NB: Defence of Britain Project numbers AH442 & AH140
<1> ALWYN HARVEY, 1997 - 2001, DEFENCE OF BRITAIN PROJECT, 140,442 (Cornwall Archive). SCO9017.
<2> Ashworth, C, 1990, Action Stations 5, Military Airfields of the South West (Bibliographic reference). SCO2754.
<3> Hancock, P, 2002, Cornwall at War: 1939-1945, 118 (Bibliographic reference). SCO3433.
Sources / Further Reading
| [1] | SCO9017 - Cornwall Archive: ALWYN HARVEY. 1997 - 2001. DEFENCE OF BRITAIN PROJECT. DEFENCE OF BRITAIN PROJECT. 140,442. |
| [2] | SCO2754 - Bibliographic reference: Ashworth, C. 1990. Action Stations 5, Military Airfields of the South West. |
| [3] | SCO3433 - Bibliographic reference: Hancock, P. 2002. Cornwall at War: 1939-1945. 118. |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
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