'SKYEHOUSE' 616 (S Yorks) Sqn Bombing Range post war

Sykehouse was certainly a bombing range but I have it noted as relinquished in 1946. If it had been handed back to the owners at the time, getting it back would have been a huge battle, lasting a couple of years or more.

It is also odd because i have come across mention of the Sunk Light vessel being used as an aiming point, along with others off the east coast, for camera gun work. I assume the range mentioned was Sykehouse and that the lat/long are incorrect. It seems that lat/longs are more often incorrect than grid references and have been a constant source of annoyance when plotting locations.

Below is a map showing the location of Sykehouse range.

Another interesting fact regarding Sykehouse is that the target had a large circle of dashes around it, possibly at 150ft radius and this was somewhat unusual for a non-USAAF target. I haven't come across the reason for this but assume it was to increase visibility. Targets used by the USAAF often have extra rings around them so that they were more visible at the greater bombing heights but finding evidence is difficult as it relies on an aerial photo being taken at the time they were in situ.