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Description: | PRN 71059
During the First World War, West Common became the site of no. 4 Aeroplane Acceptance Park which received aeroplanes built by local engineering companies (Rustons, Robeys and Clayton and Shuttleworth). The airfield was created in 1915 on the site of the racecourse and was used for the collection and testing of new planes prior to their distribution to squadrons. It included several aircraft hangars of various types (sited roughly where the present tennis courts are), two turf landing strips and a landing circle which was still visible on aerial photographs of the 1940s. The racecourse grandstand (PRN 70953) was used as accommodation for the test pilots. The airfield went out of use shortly after the end of the war, and the buildings were sold off by auction. Two of the hangars remained in use elsewhere in Lincoln until at least the 1960s. {1}{2}{3}{4}{5} | Subjects: | General Archaeology Air Force | Temporal: | 1915 - 1919 | Source: | Lincolnshire County Council | Identifier: | http://www.lincstothepast.com/Records/Re... | Go to resource |
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