Beacon Hill flying sites
Note: This map shows the location of the WW1 Landing Ground.
BEACON HILL: Military Landing Ground
Military user: RFC (Royal Flying Corps)
36 [Home Defence] Sqdn (Royal Aircraft Factory BE.2c & BE.12 types)
Location: Obviously fairly near the BEACON HILL site listed below but almost certainly not the same?
According to a contemporary map of the site, on the edge of Longhorsley Moor and two miles S of Longhorsley - or, perhaps, LONGHORSLEY Landing Ground? Period of operation: 1916 to 1917
Notes: Transferred to LONGHORSLEY after July 1917
BEACON HILL: Private airstrip
Note: This could well by SELBY HOUSE FARM - see seperate listing
Location: Nr Selby House, 8nm NW of Morpeth
Period of operation: 1993 to present day?
Runway: 09/27 400m grass (4% gradient, land on 09 & take-off on 27)
Peter Vercruijsse
This comment was written on: 2018-02-17 20:04:49The current private field Beacon Hill is at 55.20305N 001.80075W
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