Ez Scenery / AFCAD of 2 more long gone RAF airfields
Royal Air Force Friston or more simply RAF Friston is a former Royal Air Force satellite station and Emergency Landing Ground located in East Sussex, England;
built in 1940, closed 1946,Friston on the scenic South Downs had one of Britain's slightly more unusual airfield histories, though one no less effective or noteworthy. Its early beginnings are vague: certainly there existed a pre-war civil landing ground at Gayles Farm which first saw confirmed RAF use during 1936 for an exercise. Four years later the military officially arrived by declaring this place as an Emergency Landing Ground, further but still limited use occurring during 1941 when Friston became a forward airfield for Kenley, though the ELG requirement largely remained. Friston was briefly re-used in the filming of " Piece of Cake" TV series
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RAF Merston was built during 1939 as a grass satellite airfield to RAF Tangmere,
and was sited West of Merston, North, North East of Runcton Village, and 2 miles South East of Chichester. but problems with waterlogging of the grass runways (unusual that!; It was built on Marsh Farm ) meant it wasn't fully utilised until 1941, with 17 hard standings, 12 double pens for fighters and 6 blister hangers. Runways relaid in metal 1942-43, Closed 1946
The large buildings are not part of airfield and are there to represent the pre war refrigerator factory
As usual; built to align with the UK VFR photoscenery, exclude file included, but no ground poly for default / GW3 users as Sbuilder won't run on my system
Objects from usual suspects ; Ted Andrews, UKVFR Scenery library, Sid Schwartz, Al Simms and Michael Carr
Royal Air Force Friston or more simply RAF Friston is a former Royal Air Force satellite station and Emergency Landing Ground located in East Sussex, England;
built in 1940, closed 1946,Friston on the scenic South Downs had one of Britain's slightly more unusual airfield histories, though one no less effective or noteworthy. Its early beginnings are vague: certainly there existed a pre-war civil landing ground at Gayles Farm which first saw confirmed RAF use during 1936 for an exercise. Four years later the military officially arrived by declaring this place as an Emergency Landing Ground, further but still limited use occurring during 1941 when Friston became a forward airfield for Kenley, though the ELG requirement largely remained. Friston was briefly re-used in the filming of " Piece of Cake" TV series
and
RAF Merston was built during 1939 as a grass satellite airfield to RAF Tangmere,
and was sited West of Merston, North, North East of Runcton Village, and 2 miles South East of Chichester. but problems with waterlogging of the grass runways (unusual that!; It was built on Marsh Farm ) meant it wasn't fully utilised until 1941, with 17 hard standings, 12 double pens for fighters and 6 blister hangers. Runways relaid in metal 1942-43, Closed 1946
The large buildings are not part of airfield and are there to represent the pre war refrigerator factory
As usual; built to align with the UK VFR photoscenery, exclude file included, but no ground poly for default / GW3 users as Sbuilder won't run on my system
Objects from usual suspects ; Ted Andrews, UKVFR Scenery library, Sid Schwartz, Al Simms and Michael Carr
