Hoprig Mains
| Also known as: | Hoprig Mains Landing Ground / RFC Hoprig Mains / Tranent |
| County: | East Lothian |
| Current Status: | Farmland (precise location not known) |
| Date: | October 1916 - June 1917 |
| Current Use: | Disused |
| Used By: | RFC |
| Landing Surface Types: | Unpaved |
| Aircraft Roles: | Fighter |
Royal Aircraft Factory BE2 and BE12 variants fighters of No 77 Squadron had Hoprig Mains available to them as a Home Defence landing ground during World War One. Although the precise location remains not wholly clear, it lay separately to the north-east of later much better known Macmerry, along with a long-standing farm bearing the same name.
The following organisations are either based at, use and/or have at least potentially significant connections with the airfield (as at 30/11/2018):
- Macmerry & Gladsmuir Community Council
The following alternative information/mass media sources have at least potentially significant connections with the airfield (as at 30/11/2018):
- East Lothian Life http://www.eastlothianlife.co.uk/default.asp?page=issue&issue=105
Main unit(s) present:
- No 77 Sqn
Hoprig Mains, as viewed from the north-east edge of Macmerry, 25 June 2019.
View to the west across Hoprig Mains, 25 June 2019.
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