Broomfield Aerodrome
Location type
Name and dates
Broomfield Aerodrome (1913-1920)
Description
This aerodrome was to the north east of Broomfield Junction.
It was served by a siding from 1919, removed in 1937.
It re-opened in 1936 and closed again in 1952. A training aircraft, an Airspeed Oxford, crashed into the signal box at the junction in 1939.
Sheds from this remain alongside the former trackbed of the Montrose and Bervie Railway.
Tags
AirportExternal links
Canmore site recordNLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914
NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
NLS Map
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