Dowsers at Two O’clock
The Tamar Dowsers visit Yelverton Airfield
Today, Yelverton is the sort of place where not a lot goes on. Situated on flat land, 10 miles north of Plymouth, on the western edge of National Park, it has become a commuter village, popular with retirees. However, Elfordtown, as it was originally called, was once a busy railway junction and, just a few decades ago in its alter ego of RAF Harrowbeer, it was a hive of frenzied activity, where Polish, Czech, American, Canadian, French - and British - pilots played their part in the defence of the free world. Finally decommissioned in 1962, Yelverton Aerodrome now hosts learner drivers, kite flyers and dog walkers - but the fading strands of tarmac, and the remains of brick and concrete buildings, tell another story.

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