Mark Appleby
The August 1940 air raid - seen from both sides
Adapted from an article originally written by Phillip Rhodes and published in the Driffield Times newspaper on August 16, 2000. For...
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Mark Appleby
Aug 22 min read
Sonic boom time - and Royalty at RAF Driffield
As mentioned in the book Strong Foundations: Driffield's Aerodrome from 1917 to 2000 by Geoff Simmons and Barry Abraham, August 1954 ‘had...
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Mark Appleby
Jan 23, 20232 min read
Appeal for information - amateur historians assemble!
Welshman Chris Pickering, now resident in France, is hoping to find out more about an aircrash close to RAF Driffield in which his late...
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Mark Appleby
Jan 22, 20233 min read
From The Driffield Leader...
I wrote this article for our local parish magazine, The Driffield Leader. Residents of the Capital of the Wolds may have already seen...
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Mark Appleby
May 20, 20221 min read
A new guide in town
Netflights.com are currently compiling a website featuring a guide to UK airfields, and their latest addition is a guide to our very own...
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Mark Appleby
May 31, 20211 min read
A blast from the past
I recently acquired a copy of Aviation News from 1973, featuring a history of RAF Driffield by local author Arthur Pearcy. Ironically,...
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Mark Appleby
Feb 13, 20202 min read
From New York to Europe via Montreal - remembered in Driffield
On a recent walk through Driffield Cemetery, among the CWGC headstones, one in particular stood out to me - and the young man...
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Mark Appleby
Nov 16, 20192 min read
It's a flaming miracle!
If you’ve passed through Carnaby lately on the way from Driffield to Bridlington or vice versa, you may well have noticed a striking new...
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Mark Appleby
Jan 18, 20191 min read
The Blue Stars - RAF Driffield, the rock n' roll years
These photos (and report from the Driffield Times in 1961!) may stir some memories in people who were at RAF Driffield in the rock n’...
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Mark Appleby
Jan 3, 20194 min read
RAF Driffield (Eastburn) – the early years
By Damian Smyth At the beginning of the 1914-1918 war military air activity was rare; indeed, the aeroplane was still very much a...
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