RAF Culmhead
Royal Air Force Culmhead or more simply RAF Culmhead is a former Royal Air Force station, situated at Churchstanton on the Blackdown Hills in Somerset, England.
| RAF Culmhead | |||||||||||
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| Churchstanton, Somerset in England | |||||||||||
The old control tower taken in 2006 | |||||||||||
RAF Culmhead Shown within Somerset | |||||||||||
| Coordinates | 50°55′46″N 003°07′42″W | ||||||||||
| Type | Royal Air Force station | ||||||||||
| Code | UC | ||||||||||
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| Owner | Air Ministry | ||||||||||
| Operator | Royal Air Force Royal Navy | ||||||||||
| Controlled by | RAF Fighter Command 1941-44 * No. 10 Group RAF RAF Flying Training Command 1944- | ||||||||||
| Site history | |||||||||||
| Built | 1941 | ||||||||||
| In use | August 1941 – August 1946 | ||||||||||
| Battles/wars | European theatre of World War II | ||||||||||
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| Elevation | 263 metres (863 ft) AMSL | ||||||||||
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It had three tarmac runways that are now in poor condition and the control towers are currently derelict. There is now an industrial estate – derived from the later Composite Signals Organisation Station (CSOS) – right in the middle of the place where the three runways meet.
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