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WINCANTON see also WEST LEAZE FARM

 

WINCANTON: Military airstrip

Aerial view 2018
Aerial view 2018

Note: This picture was obtained from Google Earth ©

No doubt, in WW2, the golf course didn't exist? 




 

Military user: RAF  (Royal Air Force)

16 Sqdn  (Westland Lysanders)
 

Location: Wincanton racecourse, about 1nm N of Wincanton town centre

Period of operation: 1940 to 1941 only?

 

NOTES: 16 Sqdn were based at WESTON ZOYLAND during this period.



 

 

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