Battersea Park
Also known as: | Battersea Park Landing Ground / RNAS Battersea Park |
County: | Greater London |
Current Status: | Parkland (location not known) |
Date: | October 1914 - 1915 |
Current Use: | Disused |
Used By: | RNAS |
Landing Surface Types: | Unpaved |
Aircraft Roles: | Fighter |
Battersea Park was one of several very early interim World War One ELGs established on London’s parks for night patrols, particularly RNAS aircraft operated from Hendon by Claude Grahame-White and other pilots.
The following organisations are either based at, use and/or have at least potentially significant connections with the airfield (as at 31/12/2015):
- Wandsworth Historical Society