The first pilot casualty during the Battle of Britain , when Sgt Ian Clenshaw flew a dawn patrol from here on 10 July 1940 .
The first pilot was killed in what is generally regarded as a disorientation accident .
The first pilot casualty during the Battle of Britain , when Sgt Ian Clenshaw flew a dawn patrol from here on 10 July 1940 , and was killed in what is generally regarded as a disorientation accident .