RAF Squires Gate
About
RAF Squires Gate at Blackpool stood on the site of one of Britain’s earliest flying meetings, held in 1909. Requisitioned in the war, it served as a fighter and coastal station — the Polish No. 308 Squadron among its units — and housed a Vickers shadow factory that built some 2,500 Wellington bombers. It returned to civil use afterwards and became Blackpool Airport, now a general-aviation and helicopter field.
Sources: This page was compiled from publicly available historical sources, including RAF Squires Gate (Blackpool Airport) — Wikipedia and Squires Gate (Blackpool) — Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust. The text is original and has been written from factual source material; no source text has been copied unless specifically quoted and attributed.
Photographs
ⓘ licence & credit
A.W. Rogers, Officer Commanding School of General Reconnaissance, Royal Air Force / Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1941_Murray_Wilson_air_navigator%27s_certificate.pngView source & full licence →No people are cross-referenced to this airfield yet. Links appear as squadron postings, crews and service records are added.