Tidworth Camp
TIDWORTH CAMP: Military aerodrome or just airstrip? Later helicopter use
(Was nearby PERHAM DOWN the only flying field or was ground within the Barracks area also used? It would seem that PERHAM DOWN and TIDWORTH were separate locations)
Note: All four of these pictures were obtained from Google Earth ©
The helipad in the third picture appears to have been operational from 2005.
Military users: Pre 1939: RAF Fighter Command?
WW2: It would certainly seem that the US Army based aircraft here as well as at PERHAM DOWN
Post 1945: Almost continuous use by Army helicopters
Location: Just W of Tidworth on the A338, about 13nm NNE of Salisbury city centre
Period of operation: 1942 to 1945? Records seem to show used from 1936
Helicopter usage since the 1970s?
Runways: ?
NOTES: Seven Piper L-4 Grasshoppers and one Stinson L-5 Sentinel were based here.
In October 1936 it seems, a Hawker Hind of 107 Sqdn crashed on take-off here.
If anybody can kindly offer advice regarding the fixed wing flying sites(?) from the 1930s through to WW2, this will be much appreciated.
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