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Thornaby Airfield
Hob Uid: 1430542
Location : Stockton-on-Tees Thornaby
Grid Ref : NZ4570015700
Summary : The site of a former 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 permanent accommodation is likely to have been built pre-war. The airfield's wartime role was as an operational airfield for Royal Air Force Coastal Command. it closed in 1958. From the early 1970s onwards the airfield was built upon for housing: the site is now completly covered. A pillbox associated with the perimeter defences of the airfield has survived as it is situated within a Scheduled Ancient Monument (please see NZ 41 NE 99 for details of the pillbox).
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)

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Monument Period Name : 20th Century
Display Date : Opened 1928
Monument End Date : 1928
Monument Start Date : 1928
Monument Type : Military Airfield
Evidence : Destroyed Monument

Monument Period Name : 20th Century
Display Date : World War II
Monument End Date : 1945
Monument Start Date : 1939
Monument Type : Military Airfield, Aircraft Hangar (Type C), Bellman Aircraft Hangar, Blister Aircraft Hangar
Evidence : Destroyed Monument

Monument Period Name : 20th Century
Display Date : Closed 1958
Monument End Date : 1958
Monument Start Date : 1958
Monument Type : Military Airfield
Evidence : Destroyed Monument

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External Cross Reference Number : NZ 41 NE 118
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