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amalgamated. The station at Eastchurch was transferred to the newly formed Royal Air Force and was re-designated Royal Air Force Station Eastchurch, or RAF Eastchurch for short. During the last few months of the War, No. 204 Training Depot Station, the 64th (Naval) Wing and the 58th (Training) Wing
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visited Sheppey and inspected the airfield before moving on to visit the Short Brothers' factory. They then took lunch at Mussell Manor with members of the Aero Club and there was considerable discussion regarding the possibility of establishing a flying school in Sheppey.
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In November 1910 the Royal Aero Club, at the instigation of Francis McClean, offered the Royal Navy the use of its airfield at Eastchurch along with two aircraft and the services of its members as instructors in order that Naval officers might be trained as pilots. The
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promulgated the scheme to the officers under his jurisdiction, stipulating that applicants be unmarried and able to pay the membership fees of the Royal Aero Club. Two hundred applications were received, and four were accepted: Lieutenants
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are two brass plaques; one records that the prison is built on what was the airstrip of RAF Eastchurch, and the other lists the owners of the airstrip from 1909 to the end of the RAF use.
823: 878: 451:. This was the first aircraft factory in the British Isles and the first factory in the world for the series production of aircraft, these being license-built copies of the 882: 1735: 1471: 868: 373:, England. The history of aviation at Eastchurch stretches back to the first decade of the 20th century when it was used as an airfield by members of the 1605: 1481: 220: 1527: 1501: 1687: 1476: 910:. The main roads in the prison reflect the aviation links; Rolls Avenue and Airfield View, Short's Prospect and Wright's Way. In the entrance to 105: 444: 17: 1491: 1466: 1929: 1924: 1410: 1740: 1756: 1682: 1630: 1522: 1161: 140: 573:
In 1914, it was under the command of Commander C.R. Samson (R.N.) and had 24 trained officers (as pilots) and 41 (trained) men.
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RAF Squadrons. A comprehensive record of the movement and equipment of all RAF squadrons and their antecedents since 1912
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No. 1 Observers' School RAF (July - December 1918) became No. 2 Marine Observers School RAF (December 1918 - June 1919)
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as First Lord of the Admiralty, learned to fly here, despite warnings of the risk. (Martin Gilbert, 1991, page 248).
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Left-to-right: Oswald (1883–1969), Horace (1872–1917) and Eustace Short (1875–1932) at Muswell Manor 1909
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on 1 April 1918, the station was transferred to the newly formed Royal Air Force and was re-designated
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took his place, giving his services free of charge. Technical instruction was provided by
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or Triple Twin. At this time seaplanes had to be taken by barge to Queenborough on the
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In 1910 both the airfield and the aircraft factory were relocated to larger quarters at
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The Military Airfields of Britain. Southern England: Kent, Hampshire, Surrey and Sussex
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to fly. In 1911 Shorts built one of the first successful twin-engine aircraft, the
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RAF Eastchurch remained active during the inter-war years and it was home to
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In 1916 a siding was laid to connect the Royal Navy Aviation School with
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was unveiled in near All Saints' Church in Eastchurch in 1955.
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would be their instructor but, following his untimely death,
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Mussell Manor – the birthplace and cradle of British aviation
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Impact of Air Power on the British People and the Government
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No. 2 Air Armament School RAF (July 1918 - September 1939)
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accepted and on 6 December the Commander-in-Chief at the
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No. 204 Training Depot Station (April 1918 - March 1919)
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all used the flying club's services. In May 1909 the
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Naval Air Station Eastchurch


Eastchurch
Kent
RAF Eastchurch is located in Kent
51°23′40″N 000°50′48″E / 51.39444°N 0.84667°E / 51.39444; 0.84667
Royal Air Force station
Air Ministry
Royal Navy
Royal Air Force
RAF Coastal Command
No. 16 Group RAF
RAF Technical Training Command
RAF Fighter Command
No. 11 Group RAF
RAF Army Cooperation Command
No. 72 Group RAF
RAF Flying Training Command
No. 54 Group RAF
European theatre of World War II
AMSL
Direction
Royal Air Force
Eastchurch
Isle of Sheppey
Kent
Royal Aero Club
Royal Navy
Royal Naval Air Service

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