BIG AERODROME DESTROYED.
CRANWELL BURNED OUT. A cablegram on Sunday night- announced that- a fire at Cranwell. in Lincolnshire, had destroyed the hangars and 130 aeroploncs. Cranwell was the principal training centre of the R.a.A.S. during the war. and-both Captain Hickson and Captain Gray, of tho Canterbury Aviation Company, completed their training there. The aerodrome, and buildings cover 000 acres, and there is housing accommod:.tipu for 30C0 and men. Tim establishment is still maintained as aRoyal Air Force training centre. Tinting the war Prince Albert- (now Duke of York) was adjutant at Cranwell. Tie is a qualified pilot, and like the. Prince of Wales, owns his own Avro machine'.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 19968, 7 June 1920, Page 7
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