Horseheath
Note: This map only shows the position of Horseheath village within the UK. If anybody can kindly offer a more exact location, this advice will be most welcome.
HORSEHEATH: Military Landing Ground
Military users: RFC/RAF (Royal Flying Corps / Royal Air Force
75 [Home Defence] Sqdn (Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2c, B.E.2e & F.E.2b types)
192 NTS (Night) Training Squadron
Location: Just E to ENE of Horseheath, N of the A1307, about 3nm WNW of Haverhill town centre
Period of operation: 1916 to 1919
Site area: 55 acres 549 x 411
Paul Bond
This comment was written on: 2019-07-09 08:15:03Hi, I do have a hand drawn map showing the Horseheath decoy site and its relationship to Wratting Common if you are interested. I am not 100% certain this was the same location as the WW1 airfield but several references seem to imply that it was.
Reply from Dick Flute:
Hi Paul, If you could kindly send me a j-peg of this, I will gladly include it. Best regards, Dick
Paul Doyle
This comment was written on: 2020-03-02 16:57:32Horseheath WW1 LG became an airfield decoy site for Duxford in WW2.
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