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Orton

Major
Also known as: Orton Landing Ground / Peterborough / RAF Orton / RFC Orton
County: Peterborough
Current Status: Leisure activity
Date: December 1916 - 1919 (notification of relinquishment 13 March)
Current Use: Disused
Used By: RAF / RFC
Landing Surface Types: Unpaved
Aircraft Roles: Fighter

Main unit(s) present:

  • No 38 Sqn
  • No 75 Sqn
  • No 90 Sqn
Parent(s)/HQ Airfield(s):

Great Ashfield (Elmswell)

Home Defence Flight Station(s):

Hadleigh I / Harling Road / North Weald (North Weald Bassett) / Old Weston / Therfield / Yelling

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