Murton
Note: This map gives only the location of Murton village within the UK. If anybody can provide a more exact location for the aerodrome, this will be much appreciated.
MURTON: Military Landing Ground
Military users: RFC/RAF
76 [Home Defence] Sqdn (BE.2s & BE.12s)
Location: Murton village is just E of the A64 York ring road, 2.5nm ENE of York city centre
Period of operation: 1917 to 1919 (some say from 1916)
Site area: 23 acres 503 x 274
NOTES: This is pretty small airfield by any standards but apparently used solely as a Night Landing Ground by 76 Sqdn pilots. It has to appreciated that in those days night flying was very much in its infancy, and indeed, the pilots had no lit flying instruments such as we have today.
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