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RAF Culmhead
Former Royal Air Force station in Somerset, England / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
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RAF Culmhead | |||||||||||
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Churchstanton, Somerset in England | |||||||||||
![]() The old control tower taken in 2006 | |||||||||||
Coordinates | 50°55′46″N 003°07′42″W | ||||||||||
Type | Royal Air Force station | ||||||||||
Code | UC[1] | ||||||||||
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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-[1] | ||||||||||
Site history | |||||||||||
Built | 1941 (1941) | ||||||||||
In use | August 1941 – August 1946 (1946) | ||||||||||
Battles/wars | European theatre of World War II | ||||||||||
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Elevation | 263 metres (863 ft)[1] 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.[2]