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Cark Airfield |
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North West Parachute Centre |
| locality:- |
Flookburgh (near) |
| civil parish:- |
Lower Allithwaite (formerly Lancashire) |
| county:- |
Cumbria |
| locality type:- |
airfield |
| coordinates:- |
SD374745 |
| 1Km square:- |
SD3774 |
| 10Km square:- |
NY35 |
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hearsay:-
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Opened as a fighter station by the RAF, 1941, but used for flying traing for air observers;
closed 1945. Reopened for private aircraft and as a parchute club base, about 1970.
Used by Lancashire Parachute Club.
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Davies, Ken: 2001: Lakeland Aviation and Airfields: Regional Publications (Freshwater,
Isle of Wight)
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