Burn
BURN: Military aerodrome later gliding site
Note: These four pictures were obtained from Google Earth ©
Military user: WW2: RAF Bomber Command 4 Group
431 Sqdn (Vickers Wellingtons)
578 Sqdn (Handley Page Halifaxs)
Also: 659 Sqdn (Taylorcraft Auster IIIs - possibly also Auster IVs?)
Operated by: 1980s to - : Burn Gliding Club
Location: E of A19, 2.5nm S of Selby
Period of operation: Military: 1942 to 1946 Civil: 1980s to -
Runways: WW2: 02/20 1828x46 hard 08/26 1280x46 hard
15/33 1280x46 hard
2000: 01/19 hard 07/25 hard
NOTES: The Google Earth pictures seem to indicate that sections of the three runways were still being used between 2002 and 2018. The 2002 picture clearly indicates that runway 15/33 was being used.
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