My first and only use of the Brough airfield? was to deliver a Beverly all the way from Edmonton in Canada. On short final I felt sure that what I was about to land on was a taxiway without a runway - short and narrow and most inadequate. Used a lot of reverse thrust during the roll out and soon found that No2 prop was refusing to come out of reverse. Was pleased to hand over the monster to the factory for rejuvination after its winterisation trials in northern Canada.
Interesting story. I once saw a hawk land there, and sit at the very end of the runway for some time whilst a fire crew checked out what I believe were the brakes. I cant imagine how difficult it must have been to get a Beverley into there!