Shipton
SHIPTON: Military Landing Ground
Aerial view
Note: This picture (2018) was obtained from Google Earth © with the help of the Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust.
Military users: RFC/RAF (Royal Flying Corps / Royal Air Force)
76 [Home Defence] Sqdn (Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2, B.E.12 and later Bristol F2B Fighter)
Location: On Wood Farm, 0.5nm from Beningborough, 0.5 to 1nm WSW of Shipton on the A19 roughly 5nm NNW of York city centre
Period of operation: 1917 to 1919
Site area: 36 acres 503 x 366
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