Ecclesfield flying sites
ECCLESFIELD: Military Landing Ground
Note: This picture (2017) was obtained from Google Earth ©
I have the Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust to thank for pin-pointing this location.
Military user: RFC (Royal Flying Corps)
33 [Home Defence] Sqdn (Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2 possibly F.E.2)
Location: Roughly 3nm N of Sheffield city centre
Period of operation: March to October 1916
NOTES: It appears that 33 Sqdn used this site as a Night Landing Ground from the spring to autumn in 1916. Having been established as a suitable airfield for military use I suppose it’s quite acceptable to believe, (see entry below), that it might well have been used for private flying?
ECCLESFIELD: Private airstrip perhaps?
Location: Ecclesfield is now part of Sheffield city environs, about 3nm N of the city centre
NOTES: There does seem evidence that a private airstrip existed in this area before WW2. Is anything else known?
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