More information : Thornaby Airfield, NZ 4551 163, a military airfield used in World War Two. The airfield was opened in 1928. The wartime airfield consisted of three concrete runways, a range of aircraft hangars including Type C, Blister and Bellman designs and partly permanent accommodation for personnel. The airfield's wartime role was as an operational airfield for Royal Air Force Coastal Command. It closed in 1958. By 1985 the use of the site was for housing. The source includes a small thumbnail sketch of the airfield layout. (1)
The 1973 OS map shows the area of the airfield encroached upon by housing, but still with part of the airfield layout visible, centered at NZ 457 156 (NAT). Some of the street names reflect the previous use of the site: Bader Avenue, Trenchard Avenue, Havilland Road and Whitely Road for example. (2) |