Seathorne
Note: This map only shows the position of Seathorne within the UK.
SEATHORNE: Civil aerodrome (Aka SKEGNESS AERODROME)
Note: If anybody can kindly offer more advice, this will be much appreciated.
Period of operation: 1930s only?
Note: This seems rather interesting as both these aircraft were registered to Kennings Ltd, of Clay Cross in Derbyshire, who were mainly engaged in the motor trade, and after WW2 for awhile were very much a major player in this field.
G-ABKJ is a Spartan Three-Seater 1, first registered on the 24th April 1931. Just beyond is G-ABET, a Simmonds Spartan, first registered on the 7th November 1930. What intrigues me is that the record for both these aircraft shows them being de-registered in December 1946. So what happened to them during WW2?
NOTES: It wasn't until Mike Charlton sent me this picture from a postcard, in June 2018, that I first heard of SEATHORNE. The caption on the postcard was: "The Aerodrome, Seathorne, Skegness."
When I started research for this 'Guide' twenty or more years ago, I would have assumed, without doubt, that SEATHORNE and WINTHORPE were one and the same location. However, further research over the years has led me to very careful indeed about making such simple assumptions. And indeed, I have found proof of 'Flying Circus' operations taking place in a field literally across the road from an established aerodrome. A better deal to rent the field for a day, (sometimes two days), being made with the farmer.
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