The reason for the date of 1925 is that it is when RAF Mount Batten was re-opened. Previously the
RAF presence in the area was limited to the old RNAS sites it inherited at its formation in April
1918 and which all gradually closed following the end of WWI.
References
(those for individual bases are given on the page for that base)
- Action Stations 5. Military Airfields of the South West - Author: Chris Ashworth, Publisher: PSL
- Aviation in Cornwall - Author: Peter London, Publisher: Air Britain
- In Cornish Skies - Author: Peter London, Publisher: Tempus
- U-BOAT HUNTERS: CORNWALL'S AIR WAR 1916-19 - Author: Peter London, Publisher: Truran
- Aviation in South West Britain 1909-1979 - Author: Dennis Teague, Publisher: Baron Jay
- Devon Aerodromes in Old Photographs - Author: Keith A. Saunders, Publisher: Alan Sutton Publishing
- Devon and Cornwall Airfields in The Second World War - Author: Graham Smith, Publisher: Countryside Books
- The Military Airfields of Britain South-Western England - Author: Ken delve, Publisher: Crowood
- War Over The West - Author: Eddie Walford, Publisher: Amigo Books
- East Devon Aircrew & Airfields - Author: Grahame Holloway, Publisher: Brevet 2000
- Final Touchdown (stories of Devon Aircrew and RAF Bases in South and East Devon) - Author: Grahame Holloway, Publisher: Brevet 2000
