LarryH57 Posted September 7, 2018 Share Posted September 7, 2018 Guys, Where do you suggest I visit for a short break in the area that I'm planning? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cornishbloke Posted September 7, 2018 Share Posted September 7, 2018 There's quite a lot of WW2 history in the area as troops trained and embarked in the area. There are concrete landing craft at Braunton Burrows which the US troops used to practice embarkation and disembarkation. Slapton Sands in south Devon was the site of the disaster of Exercise Tiger when 750 US servicemen died during a training exercise. There is the Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry Museum in Bodmin (and a steam railway) and private museums at Cobbaton and Davidstowe. Hope this helps Richard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andym Posted September 7, 2018 Share Posted September 7, 2018 +1 for Cobbaton and Slapton. Andy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarland Posted September 7, 2018 Share Posted September 7, 2018 If you're going to Slapton stop off in Dartmouth. The castle, although small, has an 18th Century gun battery and WW2 emplacement on top. There is also a civil war battery on the hill above. Over the Dart there is a well preserved coastal defence battery at Frorward Point and theres a preserved/restored battery in Brixham (not far away) and the Napoleonic forts on Berry Head just outside the town. If Cornwall is more to your liking Falmouth and the Camel estuary is worth exploring. Theres the castles at St Mawes and Pendennis (Falmouth) and another coastal battery at St Anthony just round from St Mawes. Pendennis has a selection of artillery pieces preserved that have been used in coastal defence including WW2 pieces. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowfat Posted September 8, 2018 Share Posted September 8, 2018 Small aircraft museum at Newquay Airport Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LarryH57 Posted September 8, 2018 Author Share Posted September 8, 2018 Thanks for all the suggestions; I think Newquay Airport was RAF St Mawgan and that it holds the aircraft from Classic Airframes (?) that moved from Coventry? Davidstowe; Is that an old airfield on Bodmin? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowfat Posted September 8, 2018 Share Posted September 8, 2018 http://www.cornwallaviationhc.co.uk/ http://cornwallatwarmuseum.co.uk/index.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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