Telscombe Cliffs
Major
Also known as: | Newhaven / RAF Telscombe Cliffs / RFC Telscombe Cliffs / Telscombe / Telscombe Cliffs Aerodrome |
County: | East Sussex |
Current Status: | Housing |
Date: | 1916 - 1919 |
Current Use: | Disused |
Used By: | RAF / RFC |
Landing Surface Types: | Unpaved |
Aircraft Roles: | Fighter / Maritime patrol |
The following organisations are either based at, use and/or have at least potentially significant connections with the airfield (as at 01/09/2011):
- Peacehaven Library
- Telscombe Town Council
Main unit(s) present:
- No 13 (Telscombe) AAP
- No 78 Sqn
- No 242 Sqn
- No 253 Sqn
- No 514 (Special Duty) Flight
Photographs of the plaque unveiling at Telscombe Cliffs, 18th July 2018. Courtesy of Telscombe Town Council.
Plan of Telscombe Cliffs. Courtesy of Ed Andrews
Home Defence Flight Station(s): | |
Home Defence Landing Ground(s): | Blackboys / Chichester (Shopwyke) / Hooe / Lower Beeding / New Chapel / Rustington / Thakeham / Wilmington (Arlington) |