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In
1917, the War Office decided to create an aerodrome in the
Withington area and chose a stretch of land from Hough End to
Old Hall Farm (now in Old Moat). The land was owned by the
Egerton family but was requisitioned by the
government.... Read
more in this
article by
John Davies.
John Davies supplied this
photograph
of the aerodrome taken in 1918. The location is the corner
of Mauldeth Road West and Princess Road. The plane shown is
a DH9 built in Heaton Chapel. [©Manchester Central Reference
Library]
Here
is a map
of the aerodrome and the surrounding area, showing the then
railway, roads and the local streams.
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