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Netherthorpe Airfield is located west by north of Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England. The airfield is in the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham. It was opened as a civil aerodrome in 1935. Netherthorpe is owned and operated by Sheffield Aero Club. The 18/36 runway at is the shortest licensed runway in the UK, and probably in Europe, and is barely longer than some helicopter landing pads (such as Penzance Heliport which is ). Flying training is provided by Sheffield Aero Club and by the Phoenix Flying School. Aircraft maintenance is available from Dukeries Aviation. Netherthorpe Aerodrome has a CAA Ordinary Licence (Number P601) that allows flights for the public transport of passengers or for flying instruction as authorised by the licensee (Sheffield Aero Club Limited). The aerodrome is not licensed for night use (though it was until the 1990s) and there are currently no airfield lights.〔(Civil Aviation Authority Aerodrome Ordinary Licences )〕 ==Second World War== The first RAF personnel arrived at Netherthorpe on 28 June 1940. A plaque on the outside of the club house of Sheffield Aero Club records Pilot Officer Grosvenor Louis Edmunds (1917-1940) who crashed at Netherthorpe on the 6th September in lysander P1692〔613 sqn operational diary〕 and died in hospital on 13 September 1940. He was coming in to land from a photographic reconnaissance mission when his Lysander aircraft hit a lorry on the airfield and caught fire. His gunner, Sgt Letham, managed to escape. A portrait is inside the club house.〔Further details at (Rotherham War Memorials )〕 On 7 November 1940, 613 Squadron moved to nearby RAF Firbeck with its Lysander aircraft. Netherthorpe was widely used for secret operations, Lysanders taking SOE agents on missions to occupied Europe. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Netherthorpe Airfield」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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