Theddlethorpe
THEDDLETHORPE: Military Landing Ground
Target drogue being inspected
Local area
Note: This first picture was kindly sent by Mr Michael Holder in May 2020. C/o Ted Church-Wordpress.com
The second picture was obtained from Google Earth © but only shows my estimation of the location.
Military user: Range Landing Ground for 1 AAS based at MANBY
Location: Adjacent to the dunes, just NE of Theddlethorpe village
Period of operation: 1935 to 1973
Runway: 15/33 Roughly 900 yards (820 metres) grass
NOTES: It appears, in relation to the picture above, which shows a target-towing Fairey Battle, that the gunners trying to hit the drogue had their bullets marked with various colours of chalk. In this way each gunner could be given a score. It seems the droques were then patched up to be used time and time again.
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