GB5DA Deanland Airfield anniversary special callsign, operational at various dates and times, early June 2018.
Operating from on the airfield.
QTH Locator - JO00bv.
WAB: TQ51
Airfield History
Deanland was planned as an Advanced Landing Ground in order to provide support for the D-Day Landings on 6th June 1944. Construction was started in the Spring of 1943, and the first aircraft to take to the air on D-Day flew from Deanland, providing top-cover over the Omaha and Gold beach-heads.
QSL via RSGB buro.
Operating from on the airfield.
QTH Locator - JO00bv.
WAB: TQ51
Airfield History
Deanland was planned as an Advanced Landing Ground in order to provide support for the D-Day Landings on 6th June 1944. Construction was started in the Spring of 1943, and the first aircraft to take to the air on D-Day flew from Deanland, providing top-cover over the Omaha and Gold beach-heads.
QSL via RSGB buro.
Mudry CAP-10B, Deanland Airfield, England. Author - Michael Cooper.