Mullion flying sites
Note: This map does I think, show the location of the WW1 airship base. If anybody can kindly confirm this, this will be most welcome.
MULLION: Military Airship Station later temporary aerodrome?
Notes: This picture was obtained from Google Earth ©
As so very often I have the Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust web-site to help me pin-point this location.
Military users: RNAS/RAF (Royal Naval Air Service / Royal Air Force)
Class F Airship Station
(with sub-stations at BUDE, LAIRA, TOLLER and TRESCO), for non-rigid airships 1916 to 1919
RNAS/RAF Marine Operations Station 1917 to 1919
Location: In/near Mullion on the B3296, W of the A3083, W side of the Lizard peninsular, about 5nm SE to SSE of Helston
Period of operation: 1916 to 1919
Site area: 320 acres 1767 x 1006
MULLION: Temporary aerodrome?
NOTES: On the 4th August Sir Alan Cobham’s 1934 Tour are reputed to have displayed in/near Mullion. It would seem reasonable to suppose that they also used the WW1 site. But did they? These tours are notorious for using farmers fields offering the best prices, and often used sites near to, or even next to, existing operational airfields. Once again, if anybody can kindly offer advice, this will be much appreciated.
I had hoped to find evidence of a helipad at the Goonhilly Downs satellite facility just to the east. But failed. Surely helicopters must have visited this site over the years since it was established?
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