Airfield search
Beverley I
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The RAF has always maintained a keen respect for tradition. When No 47 Squadron originally flew Blackburn Beverley heavy-lift transports at Abingdon in 1956, this unit was chosen as it had emerged in the beginning at the Yorkshire racecourse 40 years earlier.
“| Also known as: | Beverley Aerodrome / Beverley Racecourse / RAF Beverley / RFC Beverley |
| County: | East Riding of Yorkshire |
| Current Status: | Leisure activity |
| Date: | March 1916 - April 1920 |
| Current Use: | Disused |
| Used By: | RAF / RFC |
| Landing Surface Type(s): | Unpaved |
| Aircraft Role(s): | Army aviation / Fighter / Trainer (main role) |
The following organisations are either based at, use and/or have at least potentially significant connections with the airfield (as at 01/07/2013):
- All Saints Church, Bishop Burton – plaque dedicated to 17 World War One airmen
- Beverley Library
- Beverley Town Council
- Bishop Burton Parish Council
- Molescroft Parish Council
The following alternative information/mass media sources have at least potentially significant connections with the airfield (as at 30/11/2018):
- Bishop Burton Village
Main unit(s) present:
- No 6 RS
- No 33 Sqn
- No 34 Sqn
- No 36 RS
- No 36 TS
- No 47 Sqn
- No 60 RS
- No 72 TS
- No 78 (Canadian) RS
- No 79 (Canadian) RS
- No 80 Sqn
- No 82 (Canadian) RS
- No 82 Sqn
- No 83 (Canadian) RS
- No 89 (Canadian) RS
- No 90 (Canadian) RS
Beverley Racecourse, 11 August 2004.
Plan of Beverley I, c. 1918. Courtesy of Ed Andrews
| Parent(s)/HQ Airfield(s): | |
| Home Defence Flight Station(s): | |
| Home Defence Landing Ground(s): | Atwick (Hornsea) / Barmby / Bellasize / Brampton / Carlton / Dunkeswick / East Retford I / Ecclesfield / Farsley / Goxhill / Hedon / Knavesmire / Manywells Height (Cullingworth) / Middleton, West Yorkshire / Pontefract / Redmires / Seacroft / South Cave |
