RAF Talbenny
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RAF Talbenny was a World War II
Royal Air Force
airfield in Pembrokeshire
operational from 1942 to December 1946. There were 3 concrete runways encircled by a perimeter track and 36 dispersal points.
Brigadier Vivian Dykes
, Director of Plans at the War Office between 1939 and 1941 and the Chief Combined Secretary British Joint Staff Mission Washington in 1942 died on 29 January 1943 on approach to RAF Talbenny on a flight from Casablanca along with 10 others.
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force
The Royal Air Force is the aerial warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Formed on 1 April 1918, it is the oldest independent air force in the world...
airfield in Pembrokeshire
Pembrokeshire
Pembrokeshire is a county in the south west of Wales. It borders Carmarthenshire to the east and Ceredigion to the north east. The county town is Haverfordwest where Pembrokeshire County Council is headquartered....
operational from 1942 to December 1946. There were 3 concrete runways encircled by a perimeter track and 36 dispersal points.
Brigadier Vivian Dykes
Vivian Dykes
Brigadier Vivian Dykes , was the Director of Plans, War Office between 1939 and 1941 and became the first Chief Combined Secretary British Joint Staff Mission Washington in 1942. He was described as being 'at the heart of allied military policy making'...
, Director of Plans at the War Office between 1939 and 1941 and the Chief Combined Secretary British Joint Staff Mission Washington in 1942 died on 29 January 1943 on approach to RAF Talbenny on a flight from Casablanca along with 10 others.