New Haggerston
NEW HAGGERSTON: Military aerodrome (also known as BERWICK)
Military users: RFC/RAF (Royal Flying Corps / Royal Air Force)
Home Defence Flight Station
77 Sqdn [1916 to 1919] (Airco DH6, Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2c, B.E.2d, B.E.2e, B.E.12b, and R.E.8. Later Avro 504K Night Fighter)
(Station unoccupied Aug-Oct 1917)
RAF Marine Operations Station
256 Sqdn [1918 to 1919] (Airco DH6)
Location: Now known simply as Haggerston the village is just to the E of the A1 about 6.5nm SE of Berwick-upon-Tweed
Period of operation: 1916 to 1919
Site area: Originally: 75 acres 549 x 549 (1916 to 1917)
Enlarged to: 166 acres 667 x 667 in 1917
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