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Mandatas
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 Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2007 11:44 am Post subject: Detling Airfield |
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Does anyone have any info on this old WW1/WW2 airfield and whether any of it actually exists anymore. It was only by chance that me and Gary were driving past a road in Detling called Aerodrome Road recently, and he mentioned there must have been an airfield there at sometime.
Funnily enough, I have a book at home I recently got from the library about Kent Airfields and there is a little about it in there, but not much.
Does any of it still exist now?
manda
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garypup1
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| Posted: Thu Aug 23, 2007 11:38 am Post subject: |
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I have been doing some research for you, but not found that much yet. Will keep at it though.
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homerun2
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| Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2007 8:20 pm Post subject: |
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re detling airfield
started as a civil airfield and taken over by the raf in 1937 -1938 for no.16 group coastal command the resident squadron was no.500.this was an auxiliary squadron and was equipped with avro ansons used for protection of convoys and reconnaissance .
detling was heavily bombed in 1940 with the loss of personnel and aircraft on the ground .
nothing remains of the airfield today apart from some pilboxes and the site has been taken over by the kent county showground and an industral estate.
there is a memorial in detling village . |
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garypup1
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I did wonder if the showground was part of the airfield because of the roadways along it.
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SHAMEN
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Check out the OS Map (explorer series) for that area - you will see if the trackways you`ve seen are similiar to the taxiways and runways then of RAF or USAF bases. Normally they follow a triangular pattern with three runways crossing each other or forming the sides.
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