Aerial Lighthouses

Can anyone provide any information on these, particularly photos of any in use from the 1920s onwards.

Personally I am not sure what they are but I have been asked by a fellow ARG member who is trying to find photos of them, preferable British ones.

Thanks

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Interesting website:

www.mycetes.co.uk/a/page16.html

I hope it's OK to resurrect this thread, but I have come across references to these sites and these seem to suggest more permanent structures than the mobile equipment featured in this thread. This is backed up by images on the website mentioned by carnaby,  www.mycetes.co.uk/a/page16.html , which includes this image of Carnbrook Aerial Lighthouse, and there seem to be other such permanent towers as part of this network. Is there more detailed information published anywhere, or is a trip to The National Archives the only option? I would be interested to see a list of locations, if one exists. I always thought they were largely a south of England thing, but there was one of these Aerial Lighthouses at Cruden Bay in NE Scotland, so their coverage was greater than I had assumed.

Peter,

Thanks, that would be great. The maps I have (Royal Air Force edition 1/4 inch to one mile) include eight-pointed stars in the key to indicate aerodrome beacons, airway beacons, air navigation beacons and track indicating beacons. However, no such beacon is marked for Cruden Bay, nor indeed can I see any marked on any of the Scottish maps, other than as combined symbols at aerodromes, eg Abbotsinch. If Cruden Bay had one of these aerial lighthouses, why is it not marked on these maps, and surely it wouldn't have operated in isolation, so where are the other ones?