Royal Flying Corps airfields explained

A list of airfields of the Royal Flying Corps.

British Isles

Name From To Current county Country Current use
August 1917 1 April 1918 Hampshire England British Army Headquarters
September 19161 April 1918LincolnshireEngland Farmland
Ashington October 19161 April 1918Northumberland England Potland Burn Surface Mine
Ayr 1917 1 April 1918 Ayrshire Scotland Ayr Racecourse
Bacton 1916 1 April 1918 Norfolk England
1917 1 April 1918Co. Dublin Ireland
1914 1 April 1918Hampshire England Open land
Beaumont Night Landing Ground April 1916 August 1916 Essex farmland
January 1916 1 April 1918 Greater London England Housing
1916 1 April 1918 Kent England Housing/Farmland
1916 1 April 1918East Yorkshire England Beverley Racecourse[1]
January 1917 1 April 1918Oxfordshire England Bicester Airfield
1916 1 April 1918Greater London England London Biggin Hill Airport
Blackheath Common NLG March 1915 July 1919 Essex farmland (army)
Bogton 1917 1 April 1918 Ayrshire Scotland
Boscombe Down 1917 1 April 1918 Wiltshire England Military airfield
Bournes Green day LG May 1917 June 1917 Essex farmland
1918 1 April 1918Lincolnshire England Industry/Agriculture
Braceby Landing Ground 1916 1 April 1918 Lincolnshire England
Braintree NLG end of January 1917 October 1918 Essex farmland/housing estate roads
1915 1 April 1918 Yorkshire England Now farmland
1916 1917Lincolnshire England RAF Scampton (flying)
Brentingby 1916 1916 Leicestershire England Farmland
1914 1 April 1918Surrey England Brooklands Museum
Broomfield Court NLG August 1916 August 1919 Essex farmland
1916 1916East Yorkshire England
1 October 1916 1 April 1918Lincolnshire England Farmland
Burgh Castle Landing Ground 1915 1 April 1918 Suffolk England
Burnham-on-Crouch FS 1915 July 1919 Essex Farmland
September 1917 1 April 1918Cambridgeshire England Farmland/Housing/Industry
Bury St Edmunds Landing Ground 1916 1916 Suffolk England
29 March 1913 July 1914 Isle of Wight England Calshot Activities Centre
1918 1 April 1918West Midlands England Industry/ Housing
September 1914 1 April 1918 North Yorkshire England Marne Barracks
Chattis Hill 1917 1918 Hampshire England
December 1916 1 April 1918 Kent England Open land
Chingford FS December 1914 March 1919 Essex reservoirs
Clacton seaplane station August 1914 Autumn 1916 Essex seafront
Coal Aston 1916 1 April 1918 Yorkshire England
Collinstown 1 April 1918 Co. Dublin Ireland Dublin Airport
Copmanthorpe 1916 1 April 1918 North Yorkshire England
Coventry (Radford) 1916 1 April 1918 Warwickshire England
1915 1 April 1918 Northumberland England
1913 1 April 1918 Co. Kildare Ireland Irish Army barracks
1917 1 April 1918 Kent England
Didsbury 1917 1 April 1918 Lancashire England
1916 1918 South Yorkshire England Doncaster Racecourse
1914 1 April 1918 Kent England
1917 1 April 1918 East Yorkshire England Alamein Barracks
Easington Oct 1916 Mar 1919 Co. Durham England farmland
Easthorpe April 1916 December 1919 Essex England farmland
1910 1 April 1918Hampshire England Southampton Airport[2]
1917 1 April 1918 Northamptonshire England RAF Wittering (flying)
East Hanningfield NLG April 1916 January 1917 Essex farmland
East Retford 1916 1 April 1918 Nottinghamshire England
1916 1 April 1918 Angus Scotland Farmland
Elmswell (Great Ashfield) 1917 1 April 1918 Suffolk England
Elsham 1916 1 April 1918 Lincolnshire England Farmland/Industrial estate
Fairlop FS 1916 summer 1919 Essex sports fields/car sales/WW1 officers' bungalows remain
1912 1 April 1918 Hampshire England Farnborough Airport
1917 1 April 1918 Norfolk England
Fermoy 1917 1 April 1918 Co. Cork Ireland
1915 1 April 1918 Gloucestershire England Bristol Filton Airport
1915 1 April 1918 South Yorkshire England Robin Hood Airport Doncaster Sheffield
19151 April 1918 Kent England Housing/Kent Battle of Britain Museum
August 1917 1 April 1918 Wiltshire England Old Sarum Airfield
1 March 1918 1 April 1918 West Sussex England HM Prison Ford
Fyfield NLG October 1916 December 1919 Essex farmland
Goldhanger FS August 1915 March 1919 Essex farmland
Goldington Aerodrome October 1916 1 April 1918 Bedfordshire England Housing
1917 1 April 1918 Co. Meath Ireland Irish Army barracks
Gosberton 1 October 19161 April 1918 LincolnshireEngland
July 1914 1 April 1918 HampshireEngland HMS Sultan
? 1 April 1918 Lincolnshire England Farmland/Industrial estate
1915 1 April 1918 Lincolnshire England Prince William of Gloucester Barracks
Hainault Farm FS October 1914 December 1919was Essex, now Greater London farmland
1917 1 April 1918 Buckinghamshire England RAF Halton (flying)
1916 1 April 1918 Lincolnshire England Farmland/ Museum
Nov 1916 1 April 1918 Lincolnshire EnglandFarmland
December 1916 ? Kent England ?
1916 1920 North Yorkshire England Farmland[3]
November 1916 1 April 1918 Greater London England Royal Air Force Museum London
Housing
Heathfield 1917 1 April 1918 Ayrshire Scotland Housing/Retail
Hingham1916 1917 NorfolkEngland
1917 1 April 1918 Cheshire England Museum & Vauxhall car factory
Horndon-on-the-Hill April 1916 early 1918 Essex farmland
Hove East SussexEngland
1916 1 April 1918 Nottinghamshire England Housing
14 October 1914 1 April 1918Greater London England Open land
October 1916 1 April 1918 Tyne & Wear England Nissan car factory
North East Aircraft Museum
Jesson (Hythe)September 1916 1 April 1918 Kent England Farmland
14 July 1911 December 1919 Kent England Open land
1917 1 April 1918 Greater London England RAF Kenley
1917 1919 Wiltshire England Open land
1912 1914 Wiltshire England (MoD land) – Artillery training
September 1916 1 April 1918 Lincolnshire England Farmland/Quarry
Leavesden Aerodrome Hertfordshire England Warner Bros. Studios, Leavesden
Housing
1916 to 1918 Gloucestershire England Farmland []CWG Cemetery located there with 24 graves.1915 1 April 1918 Warwickshire England Open land
Little Clacton NLG October 1916 July 1919 Essex sports grounds/housing
London Colney 1916 1 April 1918 Hertfordshire England de Havilland Aircraft Museum
Lopcombe Corner 1917 1 April 1918 Wiltshire England
Lydd St Mary1917 1 April 1918 Kent England
Lympne 1916 1 April 1918 Kent England
1915 1 April 1918 Kent England Manston Airport
December 1916 1 April 1918 Lincolnshire England Farmland
January 19171 April 1918 KentEngland Farmland
1916 1 April 1918 Norfolk England RAF Marham (flying)[4]
Marske-by-the-SeaDecember 19171 April 1918 North Yorkshire England Housing
October 1916 1 April 1918 Suffolk England Housing
1915 1 April 1918 Norfolk England
Melton Mowbray 1916 1 April 1918 Leicestershire England
1917 1 April 1918LincolnshireEnglandFarmland
1917 1 April 1918 Cambridgeshire England RAF Molesworth (non-flying)
26 February 1913 1 April 1918 Angus Scotland Montrose Air Station Heritage Centre
Mountnessing NLG April 1916 December 1916 Essex farmland
August 19151 April 1918 Norfolk England RAF Marham (flying)[5]
16 June 1913 1 April 1918 Wiltshire England AAC Netheravon until 2012
North Benfleet NLG April 1916 March 1919 Essex farmland/new arterial road
North Coates Fitties19161 April 1918 LincolnshireEnglandFarmland/Housing
North Coates Flying Club
July 1914 1 April 1918 LincolnshireEnglandFarmland/Industry
North Ockendon NLG April 1916 October 1916 Essex farmland
April 1916 December 1919 Essex post-WW1 RAF/private flying/markets
3 May 19151 April 1918 Greater London England RAF Northolt (flying)
Orsett NLG October 1916 December 1919 Essex farmland/housing/golf course
1916 1 April 1918 Staffordshire England Housing
Plungar Leicestershire England
1915 1 April 1918 North Yorkshire England Housing
1917 1 April 1918 Wiltshire England MoD Boscombe Down (flying)
15 September 1916 1 April 1918 North YorkshireEngland Ripon Racecourse
Rochford FS Autumn 1915 1920 Essex airfield
Runwell NLG August 1917 March 1920 Essex farmland
Sadberge[6] Co. Durham England Farmland
Saundby Aerodrome (Gainsborough)[7] December 1916 1 April 1918 NottinghamshireEngland Farmland
Scalford 1916 1 April 1918Leicestershire England
Seaton Carew 1916 1 April 1918Co. Durham England Industrial estate
1916 1 April 1918 Norfolk England Farmland
1917 1 April 1918 Shropshire England RAF Shawbury (flying)
Shenfield (Palmers Farm) NLG September 1916 February 1919 Essex farmland
1916 1 April 1918 Flintshire WalesMoD Sealand (non-flying)
Sible Hedingham NLG April 1916 June 1919 Essex farmland
November 1916 1 April 1918 LincolnshireEnglandFarmland
1916 1 April 1918 NorthumberlandEnglandHM Prisons Acklington & Castington
Stirling 1916 1918 Stirling Scotland Farmland
August 1916 March 1919 Essex England airfield/Heritage Site
Sutton's Farm FS summer 1915 June 1919 was Essex, now Greater London part housing, part public open space
Swinstead Leicestershire England
Tallaght 1918 South Dublin Ireland
1917 1 April 1918 West Sussex England Tangmere Military Aviation Museum
Thaxted NLG January 1917 summer 1918 Essex farmland
October 1916 1 April 1918 Kent England Farmland
1916 1 April 1918 ShropshireEngland RAF Ternhill/Clive Barracks
Turnberry 1917 1 April 1918 Ayrshire Scotland Turnberry Golf Course
1915 1 April 1918 City of Edinburgh Scotland Edinburgh Airport
August 1917 1 April 1918 LincolnshireEnglandFarmland
19 June 1912 1 April 1918 Wiltshire England Trenchard Lines
19 November 1917 1 April 1918 Greater London England RAF Uxbridge/Housing
1914 1 April 1918 North Yorkshire England Housing/Industry
1916 1 April 1918 Lincolnshire England RAF Waddington (flying)
1918 1 April 1918Greater London England Housing
1917 1 April 1918 Lincolnshire England Farmland
1916 1 April 1918 East Lothian Scotland Museum
1916 1 April 1918Oxfordshire England RAF Weston-on-the-Green (flying)
Widford NLG December 1914 summer 1916 Essex part farmland, part industry
1916 1 April 1918Lincolnshire England RAF Wittering (flying)
Wormingford NLG December 1916 June 1919Essex England farmland/WW2 airfield/gliding
1917 1 April 1918 Hampshire England Worthy Down Barracks
Writtle NLG October 1914 November 1916 Essex farmland/nurseries
May 1916 1 April 1918 Kent England Farmland
1916 1 April 1918 Huntingdonshire England RAF Wyton (flying)
1916 1 April 1918 Wiltshire England
February 1917 November 1917 Kent England

France

Canada

The Royal Flying Corps Canada was established by the RFC in 1917 to train aircrew in Canada. Air stations were established in southern Ontario at the following locations:

Other locations

Notes and References

  1. Web site: RFC Beverley. Administrator. hullandeastridingatwar.co.uk.
  2. Web site: Naval Air Station Eastleigh. 29 March 2022.
  3. Web site: Helperby (Brafferton) - Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust UK . www.abct.org.uk . 19 November 2021.
  4. Web site: RAF Marham - RAF Marham 1916 - 1919. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20070713232231/http://www.raf.mod.uk/rafmarham/events/rafmarham191619.cfm. 2007-07-13.
  5. Web site: RAF Marham - Narborough Aerodrome. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20071029032547/http://www.raf.mod.uk/rafmarham/aboutus/narboroughaerodrome.cfm. 2007-10-29.
  6. Web site: Sadberge Landing Ground.
  7. Web site: Beckingham cum Saundby .....
  8. Book: RAF Flying Training And Support Units since 1912 . Air-Britain (Historians) . 2007 . 978-0-85130-365-9.
  9. Book: Philpott, Ian . The Birth of the Royal Air Force . 2013 . 978-1781593332 . Pen & Sword . 452.
  10. Cross & Cockade Vol 4 No 3 1973 pp. 114–117 and papers of Lt H. Rhodes (12 Squadron).

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