Pembrey Airfield
From Graces Guide
Pembrey, Carmarthenshire
Pre-WWII: built as a training station.
1939 First use was by No 2 Air Armament School after transferring from Eastchurch
May 1940 Became fully operational. Fighter Command squadrons were located there until 1941, for mainly convoy patrols.
1941 No 1 Air Gunners School was created there in June.
1946 No. 595 Squadron arrived for anti-aircraft co-operation duties.
1949 595 was renamed as No. 5 Squadron; it moved to Chivenor the following October.
1952 Used to train jet fighter pilots on de Havilland Vampires and Hawker Hunters for 5 years.
1960s Unofficial motor sport began.
1980s Recognised as a racing circuit at the end of the 1980s.
1997/8 Officially became an airport. Mostly used for general aviation.
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