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Old Weston



OLD WESTON: Military Landing Ground    (Aka THRAPSTON)

Military user: RFC  (Royal Flying Corps)

75 [Home Defence] Sqdn  (Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2c & B.E.12e types)

 

Location: Just NE of the centre of the WW2 MOLESWORTH airfield, about 5.5nm E of Thrapston town centre and roughly 9.5nm NW of Huntingdon town centre

Period of operation: Oct 1916 to March 1917



A SHORT MICHAEL T HOLDER GALLERY

We have Mike Holder, a great friend of this 'Guide', to thank for providing the following five maps and pictures. The local area view is from my Google Earth © derived database.


Local map c.1971
Local map c.1971
Old WW1 building
Old WW1 building
Local area map c.1961
Local area map c.1961














Google Earth © view
Google Earth © view
Aerial view c.1945
Aerial view c.1945
Local area view
Local area view















 

 

 

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