Leverington Common
LEVERINGTON COMMON: Temporary aerodrome
Operated by: 1923: Berkshire Aviation Company
1933: Sir Alan Cobham's No.2 Tour
Location: Just N of the B1166, about 2.75nm WSW of Wisbech town centre
Period of operation: 1923: 2nd September 1933: 14th June
A MICHAEL T HOLDER GALLERY
We have Mike Holder, a great friend of this 'Guide', to thank for investigating what is available about this little known venue, as I only had a very basic listing for the visit by Sir Alan Cobham in 1933. As Mike points out, from what little can be gleaned, and studying local maps, only one field stands out as being suitable, and is still the case today - by 2026 at least.
The Photo One and Two are from Balloons, Bleriots and Barnstormers, 200 Years of Flying for Fun by Alistair Goodrum. The two aircraft in Photo One were both Avro 504Ks, by far the favourite type for joy-riding operations between the two World Wars. G-EAKX was ex-military as H2600, but G-EBFV was just registered as being of civil use. The short article was published in the Lincolnshire Free Press on the 11th September 1923.
The area view is from my Google Earth© derived database.
NOTES: After often banging on in this 'Guide' about the dangers of making assumptions, I think it is worth pointing out that many of the people involved with Berkshire Aviation were later engaged in working with Sir Alan Cobham's astonishing Tours, taking place between 1932 and 1935. It therefore seems reasonable to me that they may well have offered advice about the most suitable field to be used in 1933.
As always, if anybody can kindly offer advice, this will be much appreciated.
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