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Cecil Pashley Way, SHOREHAM-BY-SEA, BN43 5FF

The propeller is from a Martin B-26 Marauder that came down in the English Channel in June 1944. "This memorial is dedicated to all the British, Commonwealth and Allied servicemen and women who gave their lives during the first and second world wars. WE WILL REMEMBER THEM"

Viewed from the footpath on the western side of the River Adur. The land was once an inlet which stretched across to the outskirts of modern day Lancing until silting up in the 14th and 15th century. After that the area was inned and farmed until 1911 when a new aerodrome was opened on the site. The terminal building was added in 1935 and is still in use today.

On re-discovering this box-Brownie photograph - taken when I was a schoolboy - I couldn’t help wondering whether this aircraft ever flew again. The plane is a Handley-Page [aka Miles] Marathon, surplus to RAF requirements. In May 1960 it was still in RAF training colours, though the civil registration G-AMER had been painted on the rear fuselage. By some miracle the spotter’s notebook I kept at the time has survived, and it tells me that there were four Marathons at Shoreham that day, all equally woe-begone. I believe I’ve located the image with reasonable accuracy - the tower of the terminal building https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/573952 is visible above the plane’s nose, and the direction of view is roughly eastward. Searching the Air Britain photo collection https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/search?type=marathon&airport=shoreham&date_taken=&information=&tag_fields=%5B%22type%22%2C%22airport%22%5D I found that all four Marathons at Shoreham were doomed, broken up within a few years. Pre-war light aircraft - such as the Tiger Moth - survived for club-flying, but it seems there was no market for the Marathon [dating from circa 1946]. As a period touch, notice the flash Mercedes in the right foreground - with US-style sun-visor.

Grade II listed. http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-503030-municipal-hangar-at-shoreham-airport-sho

The oldest airport in the UK having been in operation since 1910. Viewed at sunset.

Built in 1936 and still in use today. A cafe/restaurant is located in western part of the downstairs building along with outdoor seating for those with a penchant for plane spotting.