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Old 12th Apr 2021, 08:47
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Chevvron has it. The airfield is Broom Hall, Pwllheli. Billy Butlin bought the Broom Hall Estate after the war and reopened the airfield in 1947. I would think it was quite seasonal mostly with pleasure flying. Butlin used Fairchild Argus, Austers and Rapides. Early pleasure flying operators were Cambrian Airways and Dragon Airways - the latter became Starways of Liverpool who wrote off their Petrel P6 G-AFIX at Pwllheli without loss of life in 1949. A later pleasure flying operator was Chrisair with their Dragon.


Billy Butlin with his Airspeed Consul at Pwllheli in 1949




Butlin's Redcoats laughing about that silly old swingtail.




Pwllheli War Memorial.


http://www.butlins-memories.com/pwll...ureflights.htm



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