Fantastic work

Wow what an amazing video. Falmouth man myself

Great festive tune from Chris hill. This song is never played on the radio anymore. Shame on the radio presenters up and down the country for refusing to play it.

Reading the book about Ruth now, and I'm very thankful for her obedience going to serve in my country. Praise the Lord 🙌🏾

My mother was an Aircrafts woman (RAF 206 sqn) and parachute packer at St Eval during WW2. Post WW2 she went on to work at Martin Baker Aircraft and was heavily involved with my father in the early development of ejection seats, also packing parachutes. My mother was on base when two aircraft collided on the runway causing a massive explosion in the Summer of 1943. I have visited the St Eval and the memorial a number of times on my own and with my niece.

My grandad was in the 43 RM Commandos. Grew up with the best stories of his life. Missed very dearly

They got destroyed by the Italian commandos in Tobruk anyway

My dad was a ground crewman at St.Eval. Glad to see that some interest is being shown in a local air base.

Unsung heroes. Thank you. The voice over had a weird Anglo American accent. Strange.

My uncle was a crew member of the Liberator shot down, by accident, by HMS Onslow on 12th August 1944. He was lost and never recovered like so many other airmen during the conflict. He is remembered in a window at St John’s church Meols on the Wirral.

My primary school teachers in the 1950s (then nearly all men) were all ex-services and probably had a post war grant to train as teachers. One had been on Sunderlands. The music teacher was wheelchair bound also ex-service.

Wonderful. Thank you.

My father-in-law flew Shackletons with 42 sqn from St Eval & St Mawgan: he was OC of 42

My father flew with 217 Squadron Coastal Command, from St. Eval in the early 40’s

My grandfather was a Navigator on Liberators flying from St Eval from March to September 1944. He flew with 547 Squadron.

I learned to drive on the runways there in the 60’s.

I say spiffing old bean

Thank you for taking the time to find out for me.

Thank you for posting this amazing record of WW II.

Thank you for posting this a great Cornish history.

Have you the names of the men/women as my late husband was in the squadron.

This is amazing, my grandmother in law was the local midwife and her husband the well known dr blood, the surgery was in their house

In 1964 my parents, Ray and carol (RIP) spent some of their Honeymoon there - This video is probably the closest I will get to seeing what they saw...so thank you.

Love these old films, beautiful places, as a matter of interest my ancestors name on my mothers side was Stratton, maybe that's why I feel drawn to the beautiful SW. of England, regards from Ireland.

It’s September 2024 I so love this absolutely wonderful ❤

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Is that Coombe at 1:03?

Very interesting video phil

Fake, saw someone with a smart phone.

Was great and comforting to see the young chap at 2:30 skimming stones where I always do the same thing in that same spot with 75 years parting us. Thanks for sharing the video!

What a posting? And all them Cornish Maids there. Lovely.

Not WW2 but I enlisted into the RAF in 1982, and my first posting after training was to Portreath. I spent 3 years there. You can briefly see where I worked. The caption states it’s the domestic site. I was a Steward in the Combined Ranks Mess. The building has since been demolished.

Oh this is amazing

There is a glimpse in this film of FY19. Here she is fully open decked and no fore cabin. Is this the Tosher that I knew in the 1960's belonging to Chris Cloke which now is still to be seen in the harbour converted back again to an open boat and lying at moorings under a fitted canvas cover?

Memória da nossa Missionária Que Deus a tenha na sua glória.

Os seus ensinamentos ficaram grudados em mim. Louvado seja Yahweh que te enviou para Angola

Hey Phil, you were sat next to my camera bag :-)

there it is and i wish 6400 is steamed.

The railway ran at the bottom of my uncles cottage ( Scraesdon cottage ). all gone now a few 100 yeards from the fort .. in the 50s my uncle keep his pigs in the fort. I used to play with the officers sons who lived in the fort we went all over the fort

My father had his first radar experience at the Jacka in August and September 1943. He was then transferred, with other radar personnel, to the Calcutta area for two years to deal with Japanese threats. He and his wife of 9 months spent their first-ever weeks of married life together in Treverbyn House in Veryan, along with other more rowdy RAF men who made life very tiresome. Thank you for your informative little video.

Excellent video mate and nice bit of history they're too I did go to that location the other day first time ever

Magic video m8

A fascinating history. Thanks for posting this. It'll give more meaning the next time I walk or cycle the trail.

The real and original Green Berets 🇬🇧

WW2 1939-1945.

Do you have any footage of scorrier by any chance?

Really good 👍

Amazing

Had they removed all the beach defences by 1944?

A great video phil