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Cleadon

Major
Also known as: Cleadon Landing Ground / RFC Cleadon / South Shields
County: Tyne and Wear
Current Status: Open land
Date: 1916 (earliest known date February) - August 1917
Current Use: Disused
Used By: RFC
Landing Surface Types: Unpaved
Aircraft Roles: Fighter

Various fighter types of No 36 Squadron had Cleadon available to them as a Home Defence landing ground during World War One.

 

The following organisations are either based at, use and/or have at least potentially significant connections with the airfield (as at 30/04/2017):

  • The Cleadon Village History Society

 

Main unit(s) present:

  • No 36 Sqn

Photographs of the memorial plaque at Cleadon, 2018. Courtesy of Brian Bage.

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Plans of Cleadon. Courtesy of Ed Andrews

Home Defence Flight Station(s):

Ashington / Seaton Carew (Landplane) / Usworth (Hylton)

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