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ARLINGTON: Military Landing Ground     (Also known as HAILSHAM and WILMINGTON)

Military users: RFC/RAF  (Royal Flying Corps / Royal Air Force)


39 [Home Defence] Sqdn    (Royal Aircraft Factory BE.2,  BE.12 & SE.5 types. Possibly just one Armstrong-Whitworth F.K.8 and later Bristol F.2 Fighters)


78 (Home Defence) Sqdns   (Royal Aircraft Factory BE.2 & BE.12 types. Later Sopwith 1½ Strutters and lastly Sopwith Camels)


Note: As these squadrons main bases were elsewhere, I cannot be at all certain that all these types were operated from this location.
 

Location: Roughly 1nm SW of Hailsham town centre

Period of operation: 1916 to 1919
 

Site area: 105 acres        512 x 823


NOTES: Both these two squadrons, using this location, had some limited success in attacking enemy intruders - but I doubt any of these were sorties by their aircraft based here?

Most raids by German airships and bombers in WW1 were concentrated of cities, London especially of course, but the fear levels by the people in those days was completely out of proportion to the damage actually done. But, to assuage these fears it was deemed neccessary to demonstrate that a deterrent was in place.   

To the pilots especially, being based here from time to time, this must have been very frustrating.



 

 

 

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