RAF Directional Sign. RAF Station Acklington directional sign, circa 1950, the aluminium sign with white lettering on a blue and red ground with 4 fixing holes, 100.5cm long (Qty: 1) RAF Acklington was situated in the small village of Acklington in Northumberland and was operational from 1916 being used by the Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force it closed in 1920 but reopened in 1938 and was used by the RAF until 1972. On 3 February 1940 3 Hawker Hurricane of 43 Squadron stationed at Acklington intercepted and shot down a Heinkel He 111 at Whitby, the formation was led by Flight Lieutenant Peter Townsend, it was the first German aircraft to fall on English soil. The station was also the home to 4 Squadrons during the Battle of Britain and on 21 October 1942 the test pilot Gerry Sayer flew from Acklington in his Hawker Typhoon to test a gunsight, he and a fellow pilot accompanying him never returned and it was assumed they collided over Druridge Bay.
RAF Directional Sign. RAF Station Acklington directional sign, circa 1950, the aluminium sign with white lettering on a blue and red ground with 4 fixing holes, 100.5cm long (Qty: 1) RAF Acklington was situated in the small village of Acklington in Northumberland and was operational from 1916 being used by the Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force it closed in 1920 but reopened in 1938 and was used by the RAF until 1972. On 3 February 1940 3 Hawker Hurricane of 43 Squadron stationed at Acklington intercepted and shot down a Heinkel He 111 at Whitby, the formation was led by Flight Lieutenant Peter Townsend, it was the first German aircraft to fall on English soil. The station was also the home to 4 Squadrons during the Battle of Britain and on 21 October 1942 the test pilot Gerry Sayer flew from Acklington in his Hawker Typhoon to test a gunsight, he and a fellow pilot accompanying him never returned and it was assumed they collided over Druridge Bay.
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