Lyffe
May 11, 2007 at 8:50 am

Lilbourne airfield

Can anyone provide any information about Lilbourne airfield in Northants? I believe it was a WW1 site, but would appreciate an idea of its location relative to the village of the same name and the period it was operational.

TIA
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By: Lyffe - 11th May 2007 at 15:25

My thanks gentlemen, much appreciated; that is just the background I needed.

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By: TEXANTOMCAT - 11th May 2007 at 13:32

Aviation in Northamptonshire would give you more gen, but IIRC it was used by two Home Defence Squadrons flying BE2cs and Avro 504s, I believe it opened in 1916 but had closed by 1920.

I think the hangars were Bessoneaux types so IIRC nothing now survives.

This is just from memory but I hope it helps!

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By: Peter Clare - 11th May 2007 at 09:43

http://www.content-delivery.co.uk/aviation/airfields/Lilbourne.html