Harlescott Flying Ground
Note: This map only gives a rough position for this location. As is so often the case today, the area has since been overtaken by suburban sprawl.
HARLESCOTT FLYING GROUND: Civil temporary aerodrome?
NOTE: It seems possible that this location was on the site of the WW1 Aircraft Repair Depot aerodrome? Any advice will be most welcome. See also the listing for RAF HARLESCOTT.
THE FIRST PROBABLE VENUE USED HERE?
This article in two parts was published in the Shrewsbury Chronicle on the 21st August 1931 and refers to the C D Barnard Air Tours visit being held on the 18th August.
A SECOND VISIT
By Sir Alan Cobham's National Aviation Day tour on the 31st August 1932.
This advert was placed in the Shrewsbury Chronicle on the 26th August 1932. Note the address given which seems to imply an established location.
Of all the 7000+ listings of locations given in this 'Guide', none have given rise to more doubt and confusion than this one. Which of course, may well turn out to be more than one actual location, as the venue for Sir Alan Cobham's N.A.D. display in 1933 at SUNDORNE FARM provides ample proof - see seperate listing.
Location: In/near Harlescott on the A49, roughly 2.5nm NNE of Shrewsbury town centre
Period of operation: Early 1930s only?
NOTES:
I also found a reference to the Shropshire Aero Club using HARLESCOTT in the 1930s. It now appears that they were based at ASTLEY GRANGE a few miles north. I can only guess of course, but this could well be an example of somebody using a postal address? Often a common but big mistake as postal addresses, especially in more rural areas, can bear no relationship to the geographical location. Indeed, I have come across examples where the postal address is not actually in the same County!
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