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Crawley
| Also known as: | Crawley Landing Ground / RFC Crawley |
| County: | West Sussex |
| Current Status: | Housing |
| Date: | January 1917 - February 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 briefly had Crawley available to them as a Home Defence landing ground in the early part of 1917. This was an unsuitable location and so the airfield had no sooner opened than it quickly closed.
The following organisations are either based at, use and/or have at least potentially significant connections with the airfield (as at 01/09/2011):
- Crawley Library
Main unit(s) present:
- No 78 Sqn
Plan of Crawley. Courtesy of Ed Andrews
| Home Defence Flight Station(s): | Gosport / Penshurst (Chiddingstone Causeway) / Telscombe Cliffs |
