Millom
MILLOM: Military aerodrome
Note: Pictures by the author unless specified. (All taken through perspex)
Millom in 1992
Millom in June 2003
An alternate view in 2003
Military users: RAF Flying Training Command 25 Group
2 AFU [Advanced Flying Unit] (Avro Ansons, Fairey Battles and Bristol Blenheims)
2 BGS (Possibly Avro Ansons, Fairey Battles & Bristol Blenheims?)
Note: Although mentioned in accounts I have found, I cannot find a definition of BGS.
Gliding: 1970s only?
Location: 2nm WSW of Millom, W of Haverigg village
Period of operation: 1941 to 1945
Runways: 12/30 914x46 hard 16/34 914x46 hard
07/25 914x46 hard
NOTES: Later partly a HM prison and also part used later by a ‘wind farm’.
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