Reconstructing the First World War Aerodrome at Croydon / Beddington: Updated
Roger Potten has updated the ambulances and ambulance station on Sketch Up since the last blog post on the ambulance station. The... Read More
Reconstructing the First World War Aerodrome at Croydon / Beddington: Photographs
Roger Potten has recreated two of Herbert Montgomery Martins photos from World War One. Compare The five ground crew (211): with and,... Read More
Reconstructing the First World War Aerodrome at Croydon / Beddington in Detail: Bombing Observation Tower
One of the new training procedures brought in was target practice for pilots to bomb designated locations. In the field these would... Read More
Reconstructing the First World War Aerodrome at Croydon / Beddington in Detail: Hangers, HQ and Camels
Following on from our previous post on Roger Potten’s reconstructions of the aerodrome between 1916-1919, these images illustrate the hangers (and therefore... Read More
Building Beddington / Croydon Aerodrome in 1918
The last post detailed the activities of volunteer Roger Potten in mapping out the aerodrome and airfield from 1917 to 1920. Drawing... Read More
Mapping the Aerodrome in the First World War
Roger Potten is one of our highly skilled archive volunteers who has been working on rebuilding the first Croydon Airport (1919-1927) on... Read More
Gosport Photographs: Keith le Geyt Lansdowne 1897 – 1984
Keith le Gent Lansdowne aged 17 in 1914 from album 3 Historic Croydon Airport Trust is extraordinarily fortunate to have 3 albums... Read More