Another visitor to Burnaston was the DC3 with Dart engines. One of the problems was that the Dart propellor arc was in line with the pilots !!
Yes it was very wet and the runway was only marked by the mowed line. For night flying two lines of gooseneck parafin flares were laid freehand !! They were laid from a WW2 bombtrolley pulled by a Wiley jeep !!!!