THE RAF Harrowbeer Interest Group (HIG) is linking up with the Royal Air Force Amateur Radio Society (RAFARS) for a world-wide attempt to put as many 'Airfields on the Air' as possible on Saturday.

The amateur radio station will be set up alongside the HIG's restored dispersal bay near Knightstone Tea Rooms in Yelverton and will be attempting to contact as many other amateur radio stations as they can during the day.

The call sign for the station will be 'GB0QB' (QB being RAF Harrowbeer's wartime identification code) and there will be information on display about the radio station and amateur radio generally, which visitors will be welcome to look around, although licensing rules stop them actually transmitting.

The HIG will have its dispersal bay air-raid shelter museum open from 10am to 5pm and it is offering a guided walk around the airfield during the afternoon, so that visitors can hear about the history of the airfield and some of the tales of those who served there.

The walk starts promptly at 1pm from the dispersal bay. 

RAF Harrowbeer, in Yelverton, was operational between 1941 and 1946 and was eventually demolished in the 1960s following the decision that it would not become a 'new' Plymouth Airport.

Today, the only remains are the taxiways and dispersal bays that are virtually as they were 70 years ago.