Blaston
Notes: This map only gives the location of Blaston village within the UK. If anybody can kindly provide a more exact location for the WW1 airfield, this advice will be most welcome.
BLASTON: Military Landing Ground (Also known as UPPINGHAM it appears)
Operated by: RFC [Royal Flying Corps], later RAF [Royal Air Force]
38 [Home Defence] Sqdn (Royal Aircraft Factory F.E.2b)
90 [Home Defence] Sqdn (Sopwith Dolphins, later Sopwith Camels) But, did 90 Squadron fly Sopwith Camels from here?
Location: Sandwiched between and mainly W of Gt Easton Lodge to the S and Little Merrible Wood to the N, near and E of Blaston village, just SE of Bolt Wood, W of the B664 (?), 5nm SW of Uppingham, 6nm NW of Corby
Period of operation: 1916 to 1919
Site area: 70 acres 658 x 457
NOTES: According to a contemporary (?) map of the site it was named BLASTON (MARKET HARBOROUGH)
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