Cleethorpes flying sites
Note: This map only gives the location of Cleethorpes town within the UK.
CLEETHORPES: Civil aerodrome? The seashore certainly
Note: This first fabulous picture, from a postcard, was kindly sent by Mike Charlton who has an amazing collection. See: www.aviationpostcard.co.uk
The second picture is also by Mike Charlton from a postcard.
This Airco DH.6 G-EAWT (ex. F3437) was registered on the 23rd May 1921 and acquired by Martin Aviation on the 4th August 1922. Which seems to date this picture rather nicely? It was WFU (Wihdrawn From Use) on the 27th August 1924. At the height of the summer season! I suspect there might well have been a good reason for this - but what?
It is just a guess, but looking at Google Earth, I suspect this picture was taken south-east of the pier, adjacent to Central Promenade.
Operated by: Bernard Martin, later Martin Aviation Co
Period of operation: 1920 to 1922 only?
NOTES: ‘The Aeroplane’ magazine stated that in 1920 Mr Bernard Martin was awarded the flying rights for the 1920 season at Cleethorpes using a DH.6 G-EAQC which crashed in November 1921. The Martin Aviation Co later operated DH.6s G-EAWT, G-EAWU and G-EAWV plus an Avro 504K G-EAOE and operated as far afield as the Isle of Wight.
CLEETHORPES SANDS: Temporary aerodrome
Location: S end of beach between the swimming pool and pier
Activities: Pleasure flights
Period of operation: 1957 only?
NOTES: Was this the same location as used by Bernard Martin (listed above) in the early 1920s? A distant relative of mine has reported that as a youngster he had his first and only flight in a light aircraft, (probably an Auster from the description), from here in 1957 but I expect pleasure flying probably went on for several years over this period?
Brian Stafford
This comment was written on: 2018-09-09 21:56:50Pleasure flying did indeed commence from the beach opposite the Boating lake in 1951 until the mid 1960s using Auster aircraft operated by Norfolk Airways
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