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Gilmerton WW1


Note: This map does, i hope, provide a rough location for this airfield within the UK. If anybody can kindly confirm this, or provide a more exact location, this advice will be most welcome. 


GILMERTON: Military Landing Ground
 

Military users: RFC/RAF

Night Landing Ground for 77 (Home Defence) Sqdn
 

Location: Gilmerton today is an outer suburb of Edinburgh so this airfield was roughly 3.5nm SE of the city centre near the A772 or perhaps A7?

Period of operation: 1916 to 1919
 

Site area: 59 acres      549 x 430

 

 

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