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Hace 3 días · Unpaved. Aircraft Roles: Fighter. Various fighter types of No 50 Squadron initially had Pluckley available to them as a Home Defence landing ground during World War One. By the late summer of 1918 No 112 Squadron had taken charge of the landing ground, Sopwith Camels remaining in service for this unit after the end of fighting.
Hace 4 días · Major. Also known as: Joyce Green Aerodrome / RAF Joyce Green / RFC Joyce Green. County: Kent. Current Status: Open land. Date: 14 July 1911 - December 1919; subsequent winch launched gliding use.
Hace 5 días · Llandow. Along with nearby St. Athan, Llandow was originally devised as one of the massive new Aircraft Storage Unit (ASU) airfields anticipated before World War Two to hold and prepare the increasing numbers of aircraft entering RAF service. It opened on 1 April 1940 for No 38 Maintenance Unit and the MU remained at this place for the rest of ...
Hace 5 días · Stanstead (St. Margaret's) Late on in World War One Bristol F2bs of No 39 Squadron had Stanstead available to them as a Home Defence landing ground. These aircraft remained in service until the squadron moved to Belgium a few days before the end of fighting in November 1918, while the airfield continued to be open for Home Defence duties into ...
Hace 5 días · Sedgeford. A somewhat enigmatic airfield in certain respects, Sedgeford originally opened during 1915 as a RNAS fighter landing ground for Great Yarmouth before transferring to the RFC the following year. Several first-line squadrons spent some time here while gradually working up for active service on the Western Front, notably No 64 Squadron ...
Hace 4 días · Remains of the airfield at Clyffe Pypard, 26 April 2007. Part of the perimeter track at Clyffe Pypard, 2 March 2009. Remains of the Motor Transport Shed at Clyffe Pypard, 24 April 2021.
Hace 4 días · Tynemouth. Various fighter types of No 36 Squadron had Tynemouth available to them as a Home Defence landing ground during World War One. The unit eventually replaced them with Bristol F2bs from the spring of 1918, these aircraft remaining in service after the end of fighting. Prior to then in the early summer of 1918 Nos 507 and 508 (Special ...
