World War One Audit of Surviving Remains
Date 11 June 2013
Event ID 961440
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type World War One Audit of Surviving Remains
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/961440
Alloa aerodrome was the aerodrome of the British Caudron Company, attached to its aircraft factory, which was sited in buildings at the NW end of the site. The factory was established in 1915 and produced fifty BE2 type and 100 Sopwith Camels, under licence. The factory closed after the war but the aerodrome was used by an aerial photography and advertising company after 1922. The aerodrome was marked on a map of 1924, where it is shown as extending to 11.8 hectares, bounded on the south-west side by the River Forth. By 1925 the site had been acquired by a ship-building company. Fife (2007) suggests that the site was subsequently built over by housing, but no subsequent maps shows this. The 4th edition of the OS 6-inch map depicts a mine and railway yards on the airfield site. No trace survives of the aerodrome or the factory buildings.
Information from HS/RCAHMS World War One Audit Project (GJB) 11 June 2013.
