AN eyesore caravan is wrecking a beloved tourist attraction, visitors of the site have fumed. What was once a base for Royal Air Force crews during the Second World War , Davidstow Airfield is now an air museum accessible to the public at a cheap cost. The magnificent, full-of-history attraction in Cornwall gets hundreds of visitors weekly - but many have recently been left disappointed by the state of the site.
A caravan owner selfishly abandoned the carcass of his holiday home on the runway last month. The frame has been dismantled into pieces while windows are missing and any debris is strewn across the tarmac. Nick Maddern, who is a keen regular visitor, said the airfield is being ruined for everyone who goes by the horrific eyesore.
He told CornwallLive : "They took the chassis but left all the rest and basically everywhere across the runway, it’s awful, they ruin it for everyone who goes there. "Many many people walk their dogs there and take their kids there. "It’s a beautiful place, it's wide open spaces, lots of people stay there in their camper vans and fishermen go there a lot.
" All that is left on the moorland is the skeleton of the former control tower. It is not yet clear if there are plans in place to removed the wreckage. While the airfield is no longer active, Davidstow Flying Club still use certain runways for training and smaller jets sometimes take off from there.
Davidstow Flying Club and the museum and has been contacted for comment. BY Morgan Johnso.
