Island Images - The Isle of Man in Pictures
The east end of Derbyhaven Crescent.  Immediately behind the large white house was the tarmac apron and hanger from where the Civil Air Services operated in 1944 and 1945.  The the left was the HMS Urley southern dispersal and hanger area.  For its short period of operation the base had 120 aircraft of which 92 were Fairey Barracuda.
 
 An Island Images picture  © Jon Wornham