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After seeking permission from the owners of Stainsby Grange I was finally able to get a closer look at a pillbox I must have seen hundreds of times travelling on the A19.
The pillbox is in excellent condition and still has a ladder attached that would have given access to the top.
This pillbox would have been part of the defences for Thornaby Aerodrome
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This stone marks the crash site of the Mosquito which crashed attempting to land at Thornaby Aerodrome at 11.00hrs on 11th of November 1943.
The crew of two were both killed, a Canadian pilot Alan J F Symes from Rockcliffe, Ontario and navigator Edward Lyon of Ormskirk, Lancanshire.
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The aerodrome armoury in Master Road stand out due to the bars over its windows which are not a modern addition, it also has a datestone from 1931
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The aerodrome NAFFI also stands on Martinet Road and has a date stone from its construction in 1931
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This memorial to the Thornaby Aerodrome was unveiled by Wing Commander Hank Costain MBE on 8th of May 1997. Sculptor – Tony Maw, Architect- David Shuttlesworth, Stonemason – Bob Weatherill.
Just behind the memorial is an aerodrome boundary marker which was re-located from Stainsby at the eastern side of the aerodrome
