Kirkpatrick
KIRKPATRICK: Military aerodrome
Military users: RAF Flying Training Command 51 Group
EFTS (RLG)
Location: W of Irvington, SW of Kirkpatrick Fleming villages, 12 nm NW of Carlisle
Period of operation: 1940 to 1945
Runways: NW/SE 1097 grass SW/NE 1097 grass
NOTES: A minor aerodrome in late 1944 with just 126 RAF personnel based here.
By comparison though many busy GA aerodromes in the UK today would have less than half this many people employed.
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