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Blackboys
| Also known as: | Blackboys Landing Ground / RFC Blackboys / Uckfield |
| County: | East Sussex |
| Current Status: | Farmland |
| Date: | December 1916 - 21 August 1917 |
| Current Use: | Disused |
| Used By: | RFC |
| Landing Surface Type(s): | Unpaved |
| Aircraft Role(s): | Fighter |
Royal Aircraft Factory BE2 and BE12 variants fighters of No 78 Squadron had Blackboys available to them as a Home Defence landing ground during World War One, prior to the unit moving to Sutton’s Farm in the late summer of 1917.
The following organisations are either based at, use and/or have at least potentially significant connections with the airfield (as at 01/09/2011):
- Blackboys & District Historical Society
- Framfield Parish Council
- Uckfield and District Preservation Society Local History Group
- Uckfield Library
Main unit(s) present:
- No 78 Sqn
Photograph of the plaque alongside the Weald Way footpath, just south of the airfield location:
| Home Defence Flight Station(s): | Gosport / Penshurst (Chiddingstone Causeway) / Telscombe Cliffs |
