Corsley House
CORSLEY HOUSE: Private airstrip?
A QUERY?
These pictures are from my Google Earth© derived database.
Location: Just E of Corsley Heath on the A362, about 2.5nm W of Warminster town centre
NOTES: Right from the start of this project, now over a quarter of a century ago by 2026, it was soon clear that producing a 'Guide' would be just as much about asking questions rather than always seeking to provide definitive answers. This being a good example posed by Mr Graham Frost who is a great long-term friend of the 'Guide'.
Graham found that the Miles M.38 Messenger 3, G-AGOY (ex U0247), was registered to, (if I can read the poorly handwritten details in the Civil Aircraft Register?). a Capt C Alexander (?) at this address from 03.11.50 until a year later, 17.12.51. The obvious questions being, was it based here? If, not did it make visits? The Messenger was a great STOL performer, and even if the trees seen today existed in the early 1950s, there is quite enough space for one to operate from. If anybody can kindly offer advice and information, this will be much appreciated.
A SIDE COMMENT
One aspect that I have found very interesting about this project, is how many UK light aircraft were moved around, all around the world soon after WW2. In this case it appears that G-AGOY was sold to Switzerland in August 1946 as HB-EIP, before being restored to the UK Register in August 1948. It was later sold to Eire as EI-AGE in June 1953 before 'coming home' in July 1980.
Another aspect about producing a 'Guide' I was warned about early on, is that official and other records cannot be relied upon, especially if a war was going on. Being very 'nit-picky' I noticed that in the Civil Aircraft Register G-AGOY was listed as being a Miles M.48 Messenger 3 which I think is correct (?) although listed as being a M.38 Messenger in another much respected source.
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