EAW015642 ENGLAND (1948). Salt End Distillery and environs, Salt End, 1948

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Details

Title [EAW015642] Salt End Distillery and environs, Salt End, 1948
Reference EAW015642
Date 18-May-1948
Link
Place name SALT END
Parish PRESTON
District
Country ENGLAND
Easting / Northing 516189, 428282
Longitude / Latitude -0.23826296093829, 53.737737725692
National Grid Reference TA162283

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Position of a recorded 2ndWW barrage balloon operating site.

redmist
Wednesday 20th of October 2021 04:01:28 PM
Admin and accommodation buildings for the adjacent HAA Gun Battery.

redmist
Wednesday 20th of October 2021 04:00:44 PM
Command Post and the four gun pits for the 2ndWW HAA Gun Battery at Paull, designation -/H7 (GDA Humber).

redmist
Wednesday 20th of October 2021 03:59:24 PM
Approx position of a recorded 2ndWW barrage balloon operating site.

redmist
Wednesday 20th of October 2021 03:40:56 PM
? Approx position of a recorded 2ndWW barrage balloon operating site.

redmist
Wednesday 20th of October 2021 03:28:49 PM
3 2ndWW Communal Surface Blast Shelters.

redmist
Wednesday 20th of October 2021 03:27:23 PM
Approx location of a 2ndWW Pillbox.

redmist
Wednesday 20th of October 2021 03:22:26 PM
Approx location of a 2ndWW Pillbox.

redmist
Wednesday 20th of October 2021 03:22:04 PM
Approx position of an unrecorded 2ndWW barrage balloon operating site.

redmist
Wednesday 20th of October 2021 03:21:27 PM
Approx position of a recorded 2ndWW barrage balloon operating site.

redmist
Wednesday 20th of October 2021 03:20:54 PM
Approx position of a recorded 2ndWW barrage balloon operating site.

redmist
Wednesday 20th of October 2021 03:19:49 PM
Hull (Hedon) Aerodrome

Graham Yaxley
Monday 9th of February 2015 05:51:45 PM
On site of 1888-1909 Hull Racecourse.

gBr
Friday 20th of November 2015 10:15:45 PM

User Comment Contributions

Flying at Hull (Hedon) Aerodrome goes back to before World War I. In 1916 the site was used as a night landing ground by 33 Squadron RFC, but there was little flying activity.

In 1929 The Hull Flying Club was established and Hull Municipal Airport was opened by Prince George on 10 October 1929. KLM operated a service to Amsterdam from May 1934.

Civil flying ceased on the outbreak of World War II, but the aerodrome was rejected by the RAF mainly because it was so close to the oil tanks at Salt End.

Post-war there was little interest in flying at Hedon and a speedway track was opened with the hangar being converted to a grandstand. The venture failed. A last attempt to bring aviation back to Hedon ended disastrously when the aircraft was damaged on landing from a demonstration flight.

Graham Yaxley
Tuesday 20th of January 2015 05:49:24 PM