RAF St Mawgan

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RAF St Mawgan is a Royal Air Force station in Cornwall, England, historically significant as a major maritime patrol and anti-submarine warfare base.

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RAF St Mawgan canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Royal Air Force station
basedAircraftType Avro Shackleton
Hawker Siddeley Nimrod
surface form: Nimrod maritime patrol aircraft
basedUnit RAF Coastal Command
surface form: RAF Coastal Command units
country United Kingdom
garrison Royal Air Force personnel
hasElevation approximately 390 feet above sea level
hasFunction airfield operations
military training
hasHistoricalSignificance important anti-submarine warfare station during the Cold War
major maritime patrol base for the North Atlantic
hasIcaoCode EGDG
hasInfrastructure long-range runway suitable for large aircraft
hasPrimaryService Royal Air Force
hasRegion southwest England
surface form: South West England
hasRunway Runway 12/30
hasRunwayLength approximately 2744 metres
hasRunwayOrientation 120/300 degrees
hasRunwaySurface asphalt
hasStationCode SM
hasType military airfield
hasUse host for exercises and training courses
support to civil aviation at Newquay
historicalUse anti-submarine warfare operations
maritime reconnaissance operations
search and rescue support
isNamedAfter nearby village of St Mawgan
locatedIn Cornwall
England
locatedInParish St Mawgan
surface form: St Mawgan-in-Pydar
locatedNear Newquay
locatedOn north coast of Cornwall
nearbyCivilAirport Newquay Airport
nearbySettlement St Mawgan
surface form: Mawgan-in-Pydar

St Columb Major
operatedBy Royal Air Force
ownedBy United Kingdom Ministry of Defence
surface form: Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)
partOf UK air defence infrastructure
role anti-submarine warfare base
maritime patrol base
training station
sharesAirfieldWith Newquay Airport
usedBy Armed Forces of NATO member states
surface form: NATO forces
usedDuring Cold War
World War II
surface form: Second World War

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Nimrod MR2 typicalBase RAF St Mawgan
No. 201 Squadron RAF historicalBase RAF St Mawgan
Newquay Airport hasPreviousName RAF St Mawgan
No. 18 Group RAF notableStation RAF St Mawgan