Are there any photographs of Hooton Royal Air Force station? There are a number of war graves in various church yards around this area and some contain men who held army rank and not airforce which one assumes is due to it first being Royal Flying Corps before becoming RAF.
It has obviously been in existence in both wars. Was it going before Speke?
During WWI Hooton Park was the home of No.4TDS which was formed in 1917 to train RFC pilots who could already fly, aerial combat. As a training unit there were many fatal accidents with the pilots many of who were from across the pond being buried in local churchyards. St.Mary.s in Eastham has 7 buried there with a plaque inside the church. The 8th grave is of a member of the ground staff who committed suicide.
Speke was not opened until 1933. Between 1930 and 1933 Hooton Park was known as Liverpool Airport.
There will be section uploaded early next year with info on regarding the Hooton Park, in the mean time Colin is your best source for any aviation history.
