Broomfield
BROOMFIELD: Military Landing Ground later civil aerodrome (Aka BROOMFIELD COURT)
(In WW1 known as CHELMSFORD)
Note: Both of these pictures were obtained from Google Earth ©
I have the Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust to thank for helping to pinpoint this location.
Military user: WW1: RFC/RAF (Royal Flying Corps / Royal Air Force)
37 (Home Defence) Sqdn (No details found to date)
Operated by: From 1931: Aviation Transport Sales and Services
Location: Just NW of Broomfield village is on the B1008 near Chelmsford
Period of operation: Military: 1916 to 1919 Civil: 1931 to 1934
Site area: WW1: 45 acres 640 x 457
NOTES: In early WW1 a sub-station to RNAS HENDON (LONDON)
A FLYING CLUB?
In November 1931 it appears there was an attempt to establish a flying club here with two Avro 504Ks 'erected' in a garage at Orsett many miles away. Orsett is roughly 4nm N of Tilbury.
A FLYING CIRCUS VENUE?
Venue: (18th May 1932), for Alan Cobham’s National Aviation Day UK Display Tour?
A SINGULAR EVENT
It seems that the unique Vickers 130 Vidid, (later a re-design to become the record breaking Vickers Type 142), G-EBPY, was destroyed by fire here in September 1932 after breaking off it’s undercarriage when landing. Does anybody know why it was landing here?
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