A couple of years back I got interested in the former seaplane base at Hornsea Mere in East Yorks and took a few snaps of the buildings which are still in use today.
Unfortunately , I’m have trouble posting them. Anyway I hadn’t realised that the base had been used in WW2 until I saw this article ( it even has pictures of flyingboats!)
http://www.hullandeastridingatwar.co.uk/index.php/erairfieldss/hornseamere/hornseamerehist
Hornsea Mere is a lovely spot – Wildfowl, aviation history and a corking cafe!
By: EYR - 26th March 2014 at 20:46
I forgot to post this link which refers to WW2 experiments in using the Mere for flyingboats
http://www.hullandeastridingatwar.co.uk/index.php/erairfieldss/hornseamere/hornseamerehist
By: EYR - 25th March 2014 at 19:43
I think that the Mere is owned by the Wassand Estate , the Cafe which is housed in one of the former base buildings has it’s own website http://www.hornseamere.com
but there’s no mention of the base history.
But I did find this site which has an interview, in 1978, with Gordon Hyams DFC a Sub Lt with the RNAS who served at the base
http://voicesinflight.webs.com/gordonhyams.htm
By: Blue_2 - 24th March 2014 at 07:27
There is indeed still plenty to see there if you know where to look. Shame the town don’t make more of the aviation history of the Mere…
By: AgCat - 23rd March 2014 at 22:25
More about it on AiX:
By: benyboy - 23rd March 2014 at 21:25
Blue2 will be here soon I am sure 🙂
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