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Cleadon
| 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 Type(s): | Unpaved |
| Aircraft Role(s): | 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.
Plans of Cleadon. Courtesy of Ed Andrews
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