Old Heton
Major
Also known as: | Cornhill / Old Heton Landing Ground / RFC Old Heton |
County: | Northumberland |
Current Status: | Farmland / Woodland |
Date: | February 1917 - August 1917 (last known date) |
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 Old Heton available to them as a Home Defence landing ground during part of 1917. So obscure is this general area that even the locality of the same name now no longer exists either.
Main unit(s) present:
- No 77 Sqn
Plan of Old Heton. Courtesy of Ed Andrews
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