WHAT AERODROME QUIZ - Vol 1

hugoj_air - Thanks for posting the Greencastle pic. It must be one of the few airfields in open countryside where all trace of the runways have been removed (I think) and turned into walls.

Is the plan Tallaght?

Peter

It is not, as the landing ground is so different on my plan:

Baldonnel - 23 Training Depot Station (Ireland, No.11 {Irish} Group, 3rd Training Wing)

• Three unit TDS for day bombing training.

Formed: 01-09-18 from 31 & 51 Training Squadrons
HQ: (3rd Wing) 9 Merrion Square, Dublin.
Personnel: officers: 52, officer pupils: 90, NCO pupils: WO & NCOs: 49, Corporals: 26, R&F: 336, Forewomen: 7, women: 154 & women (household): 54.
Aircraft: Avro: 36, DH9: 36.
Aerodrome: 1,100yds by 900yds - 203 acres ( 33 acres occupied by station buildings).
HASL: 300ft, soil is boulder clay on limestone.
Sheds: aeroplane sheds - 100ft by 170ft: 7
ARS shed with 2 plane stores - 100ft by 170ft: 1
Disbanded: February 1919.

It might be, as I cannot find the plan:

Collinstown - 24 Training Depot Station (Ireland, 11 {Irish} Group, 3 Training Wing)

• Three unit TDS for day bombing training.

Formed: 15-08-18 from 24 & 59 Training Squadrons.
HQ: (No. 3 Wing) 9 Merrion Square, Dublin.
Personnel: officers: 52, officer pupils: 90, NCO pupils: 90, WO & NCOs: 49, Corporals: 26, R&F: 336, Forewomen: 7, women: 154 & women: household: 54.
Aircraft: Avro: 36, DH9: 36.
Aerodrome: 1,050yds by 1,000yds - 234 acres ( 30 acres occupied by station buildings).
HASL: 200ft, soil is boulder clay on limestone.
Sheds: aeroplane sheds - 100ft by 170ft: 6
ARS shed with 2 plane stores - 100ft by 170ft: 1.
Disbanded: 13-06-19.

On the other hand it might be:

Gormanston - 22 Training Depot Station (Ireland, 11 {Irish} Group, 3rd Training Wing)

• Three unit TDS for training in day bombing.

Formed: 01-08-18 from 26 & 69 Training Squadrons.
HQ: (No. 3 Group) 9 Merrion Square, Dublin.
Personnel: officers: 52, officer pupils: 90, NCO pupils: 90, WO & NCOs: 49, Corporals: 26, R&F: 336, Forewomen: 7, women: 154 & women (household): 54.
Aeroplanes: Avro: 36, DH9: 36.
Aerodrome: 1,000yds by 900yds - 218 acres (45 acres occupied by station building).
HASL: 60ft
Sheds: aeroplane sheds - 100ft by 180ft: 6
ARS with 2 plane stores - 100ft by 180ft: 1
Disbanded: 13-06-19.

It is not:

Tallaght (Cookstown) - 25 Training Depot Station (11 {Irish} Group, 3rd Training Wing)

• Three unit TDS for day bombing training.

Formed: 01-09-18 from 9 Training Squadron.
HQ: (3rd Wing) 9 Merrion Square, Dublin.
Personnel: officers: 52, officer pupils: 90, NCO pupils: 90, WO & NCO: 49, Corporals: 26, R&F: 336, Forewomen: 7, women: 54 & women (household): 54.
Aeroplanes: DH9: 36, Avro: 36
Aerodrome: 1,350yds by 830yds - 231 acres (30 acres were taken up by station buildings).
HASL: 350ft, soil is boulder clay on limestone.
Sheds: aeroplane sheds - 100ft by 170ft: 6
ARS shed with two plane stores - 100ft by 170ft: 1
Disbanded: into 55th Wing during 1919.