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Bomb Store, Flying Boat Station, RAF Pembroke Dock

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NPRN524787
Map ReferenceSM90SE
Grid ReferenceSM9555103558
Unitary (Local) AuthorityPembrokeshire
Old CountyPembrokeshire
CommunityPembroke Dock
Type Of SiteBOMB STORE
PeriodModern
Description
Set back into an earth revetment, two brick-built, single storied bomb stores. The stores are square in plan form and have three bays. Each bay originally had steel double-doors. There are narrow steel windows in the side and rear elevations. One of the stores is protected by a blast wall. The remains of bomb-handling gantry can stil be seen. Modern aerial photography shows an area of overgrown and derelict land.

Event and Historical Information
The Royal Air Force formed a flying boat squadron (210 Squadron) at Pembroke Dock in June 1931. The squadron was equipped with Supermarine Southamptons and later Short Rangoon's and Singapore IIIs. During World War II, Pembroke Dock became one of the most important stations in waging the Battle of the Atlantic with, at one time in 1943, no less than 99 flying-boats (Sunderlands and Catalinas) based there. The principle remains today are two flying-boat hangars (see NPRN 308217, 127657-8)), these bomb stores, and the aircraft, Short Sunderland Mk I T9440 (see NPRN 240239), which sank at its moorings in November 1940.

Sources include:
Dyfed Archaeological Trust HER ref 28456
NAW Aerial photography 2006-9
OS 1st edition 25in mapping

WWW resources:
http://www.pembrokedock.org/history.htm

Maritime Officer, RCAHMW, October 2016.
Resources
DownloadTypeSourceDescription
application/pdfDAT - Dyfed Archaeological Trust ReportsDigital report on 'First World War Scoping Study'. Produced by D.A.T. for Cadw: Report No. 2012/69, Project No. 103631.