Whitechapel Farm
WHITECHAPEL FARM: Temporary aerodrome
Operated by: Berkshire Aviation Tours
Location: S of the B3090, W of the A361, about 1.75nm NNE to NE of Frome town centre
Period of operation: 21st February to the 2nd March 1926
A MICHAEL T HOLDER GALLERY
We have to thank Mike Holder, a great friend of this 'Guide', for producing the following -
The article was published in the Somerset Standard on the 26th February.
The area view is from my Google Earth © derived database.
NOTES: The air-to-air photo is from Berkshire Aviation Tours and dated the 26th February 1926.Taken more or less overhead the temporary aerodrome at WHITECHAPEL FARM, the Avro 504K G-EBKB, (ex E2969), was registered to F J V Holmes in September 1924. Fred Holmes was the owner of Berkshire Aviation. Under another later owner it crashed into the sea off Scarborough in September 1931.
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