Training at Eastchurch
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Several questions:
Has there been a decent history published of flying at Eastchurch?
Looking for details of a ‘Mr. Fraser‘ who was an instructor at Eastchurch during October/November 1915, and probably beyond.
A photo of Grahame-White Type XV 3157.
Not to the best of my knowledge … there has been a photographic history which is mainly aircraft that flew from Eastchurch … however there is a small museum located at Eastchurch – they dont have a website that i could find, but they do have a Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/Aviation-History-at-Eastchurch-658251134281513/
The guy that runs the museum has been very helpful and knows his local aviation history (and will be in touch with other local/Eastchurch aviation historians) … it may be worth posting a question on the FB page.
Good luck!
Jonathan S
There is a booklet which has been republished in C&CI as an article, and a small booklet produced by the museum.
‘Mr Fraser’ turns out to be Hugh Henry McLeod Fraser who gain his ticket number 2039 on 15 November 1915, at the Grahame-White School, Hendon.
Interestingly, he is instructing at Eastchurch in October 1915!Do you have a sight of the first Eastchurch booklet ? I ask because mine has just surfaced…
I have a new copy of Early Birds A Short History of how flight came to Sheppey. Air Com Bill Croydon.
Thers’s no publishing history, but it looks like a recent reprint of an older publication.
I meant the paper covered booklet, c1928 ?
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