Helperby
Note: This map gives only a general idea of the location. If anybody can provide a more exact position, this will be very welcome.
HELPERBY: Military aerodrome (also known as BRAFFERTON)
Military users: RFC/RAF 33 & 76 (Home Defence) Sqdns
Initially a Night Landing Ground in 1916 it soon became a RFC/RAF Flight Station
(33 Sqd flew BE.s, FE.2s and later Bristol F.2Bs)
(76 Sqdn flew BE.2s, BE.12s and later Bristol F.2Bs)
Location: Here the alternative known name seems to help. Helperby is on a minor road about 3nm NE of Boroughbridge just E of the river Swale. Brafferton is just to the N of Helperby so presumably the airfield was sandwiched between these two villages?
Period of operation: 1916 to 1919
Site area: 81 acres 914 x 731
Jon
This comment was written on: 2021-03-19 23:33:28Brafferton & Helperby are contiguous and were during WW1. On google maps go 1000m due west from the T junction in Brafferton. The airfield was on the pale coloured field 400m NE of Broomfield Farm Cottage.
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