Ashington

Location : 15 miles North of Newcastle
OS Ref : NZ 246 881

Map showing where the Ashington Aerodrome was located.

Ashington was a World War One Home Defence Flight Station and Marine Operations Station. It occupied 105 acres of land measuring 730 x 700 yards and was in operation between October 1916 and June 1919 (HD) and July 1918 until January 1919 (Marine Ops). Hangar's consisted of two HD pattern aeroplane sheds (140 x 65 feet) as a coupled unit, plus one Bessonneau hangar (for 256Sqn aircraft) all positioned in the South-East corner of the aerodrome. A 1912 RAF pattern canvas hangar was provided for MT.

Based units
Unit Arrived From Arrival
Date		 Dept Date Departed To Aircraft
36(HD)Sqn C Flt Cramlington 12/10/1916 12/08/1917 Re-designated 36(HD)Sqn B Flt BE.2c
36(HD)Sqn B Flt C Flt re-desingnated 12/08/1917 13/06/1919 Disbanded FE.2b / FE.2d
Bristol F.2B
Sopwith Pup
256Sqn (525 Flt) Rennington 28/06/1918 05/1919 Killingholme as a cadre DH.6