RAF Fighter Command 1941-43 * No. 9 Group RAF RAF Flying Training Command * No. 21 Group RAF
Site history
Built
1917 (1917) & 1940/41
Built by
(1941) Sir Alfred McAlpine Ltd
In use
1917-1920 June 1941 - 1945 (1945)
Battles/wars
European theatre of World War II * Battle of Britain * Defence of Liverpool Cold War
Airfield information
Elevation
67 metres (220 ft)[1] AMSL
Runways
Direction
Length and surface
04/22
Concrete
09/27
Concrete
16/34
Concrete
Aerial Reconnaissance photo taken by the Royal Air force Photo Reconnaissance Unit on 16 December 1941
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