Well done
Max Tow. RNAS Air Station South Denes, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. Active 1913-19 but used as an airfield up until the 1930s.
Destroyed over The North Sea near Wells Next Sea Norfolk on August 5th 1918 by Major Egbert Cadbury DSC DFC (Pictured previously. Later Managing Director Fry's Chocolate) with Captain Robert Leckie DSO DSC DFC in the rear cockpit of their DH4. They were stationed at Great Yarmouth.
Fregattenkapitan Peter Strasser, Commander of The German Airship Service, perished.
Photographs of the Great Yarmouth Air Station are a bit difficult to find so I hope you will tolerate all these pics:
Photographed in 1947. A far from ideal aerodrome for land planes. A ridge, just discernible, ran down the spine of the field, so most activity took place to the east of it. Another hazard was the fishing nets left out on the field for drying and repair. Note Nelson's Monument in foreground, both a hazard and a landmark (its top sometimes visible in a Sea Fret.) A request from The Navy to Yarmouth Corporation to illuminate the Trident was turned down.
A more recent image looking north. Photo Credit Capt W.H. Farnham.
Sopwith Anzani Sea Plane Great Yarmouth 1913.
Sopwith 80hp SS3 Single Seat Scout Great Yarmouth April 1915
Sopwith 100hp Gnome Float Plane No 880 Great Yarmouth May 1915.
All photographs of Sopwiths credited to Kingston Aviation website.
Finally the first aeroplane to arrive at Great Yarmouth in 1913. Thought to be the Maurice Farman F7 Longhorn Number 69 which saw stirling service with the RNAS at Great Yarmouth.
Photo Credit Norfolk Museums Service (Great Yarmouth Museum).
A reminder OPEN HOUSE.