RAF Carew Cheriton

Pembroke Dock's flying boats needed short-range support, so a three-runway airfield was built over the old site from 1938. It opened in April 1939 for No. 15 Group, Coastal Command. Ansons of No. 217 Squadron flew short anti-submarine and convoy patrols. Dutch naval airmen who had escaped in 1940 formed Nos. 320 and 321 Squadrons here and converted to Hudsons. The Luftwaffe bombed the airfield five times. On 15 April 1941 six He 111s damaged nine aircraft and destroyed the sick bay, killing twelve airmen. Blenheims of No. 236 Squadron flew anti-shipping strikes. In January 1942 General Sikorski left here for Hendon.

Coastal Command flying ended in July 1942. Technical Training Command then ran No. 10 Radio School here, training aircrew wireless operators. The station closed in November 1945. A gliding school stayed briefly in 1946. The control tower and watch office have been restored to their 1940s condition, with the flight board set at 23 October 1941.