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Military Airfields of Britain: Southern England
About this book
Entries cover every military airfield within the counties, from WW1 to the present day and comprise: Brief history of the airfield, construction and use including decoy sites; comprehensive list of flying units with dates and aircraft types; list of HQ units based at the airfield; details of memorials; maps and plans of almost every airfield; location details; selection of period photographs. The airfields of Southern England like Biggin Hill, Kenley and Hawkinge played host to the greatest part of the action of the Battle of Britain. Farnborough, birthplace of British aviation, lies in Hampshire and many regional airfields played host to vital anti-submarine patrols during WW1.
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Abbreviations
All aspects of military aviation are crammed with abbreviations, especially when it comes to the designations of units. The following abbreviations have been used in this series, especially in the unit tables. This list is by no means exhaustive - at a rough estimate a complete list would run to 20,000-plus abbreviations! However, it does include the abbreviations most relevant to this series. There is an element of logic the reader can apply where an abbreviation is not listed; for example, ‘CU’ is most commonly used for Conversion Unit, hence a WCU could be a Wellington Conversion Unit. The down-side of this logic is that it could also be Washington or Wessex and so context - i.e. which is most likely - must also be taken into account.
| AAC | Army Air Corps |
| AACU | Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit |
| A&AEE | Aeroplane and Armament Experimental Establishment |
| AAF | Auxiliary Air Force |
| AAP | Aircraft Acceptance Park, Air Ammunition Park |
| AAS | Air Armament School |
| AASDF | Anti-Aircraft Special Defence Flight |
| ABTF | Air Bomber Training Flight |
| AC | Army Co-operation |
| ... |
Table of contents
- The Military Airfields of Britain - Southern England
- Contents
- Series Introduction
- Airfield Recording
- Introduction – Southern England
- Operational Period Matrix
- Notes on Using the Series
- Airfields
- APPLEDRAM
- ASHFORD (Great Chart)
- BEAULIEU (Station 408)
- BEKESBOURNE
- BIGGIN HILL
- BISTERNE
- BOGNOR
- BRENZETT (Ivychurch)
- BROOKLANDS (Weybridge)
- CALSHOT
- CHAILEY
- CHATTIS HILL
- CHILBOLTON
- CHRISTCHURCH
- COOLHAM
- CROYDON (Waddon)
- DEANLAND
- DETLING
- EASTCHURCH (HMS Pembroke II)
- EASTLEIGH (Southampton) (HMS Raven)
- FAIROAKS
- FARNBOROUGH
- FORD (HMS Peregrine)
- FRISTON
- FROST HILL FARM
- FUNTINGDON
- GATWICK
- GOSPORT (HMS Siskin)
- GRAVESEND (Chalk)
- HAMBLE
- HAMMERWOOD (East Grinstead)
- HARTFORD BRIDGE (Blackbushe)
- HAWKINGE
- HEADCORN
- HIGH HALDEN
- HOLMSLEY SOUTH (Station 455)
- HORNE
- HURN
- IBSLEY
- KENLEY
- KINGSNORTH
- LASHAM
- LASHENDEN
- LEE-ON-SOLENT (HMS Daedalus, HMS Ariel)
- LYDD
- LYMINGTON (Station 551)
- LYMPNE (HMS Buzzard, HMS Daedalus II)
- MANSTON
- MARWELL HALL
- MERSTON (Station 356)
- MIDDLE WALLOP (HMS Flycatcher)
- NEEDS OAR POINT
- NEWCHURCH
- NEW ROMNEY (Honeychild)
- ODIHAM
- PENSHURST
- PORTSMOUTH
- PULBOROUGH (Parham Park)
- RAMSGATE
- REDHILL
- ROCHESTER
- SELSEY
- SHOREHAM
- SOBERTON
- SOMERTON
- STAPLEHURST
- SWINGFIELD
- TANGMERE
- THORNEY ISLAND
- WESTHAMPNETT (Goodwood) (Station 352)
- WEST MALLING
- WINKTON
- WISLEY
- WOODCHURCH (Station 419)
- WORTHY DOWN (HMS Kestrel, HMS Aerial II)
- World War One Airfields and Landing Grounds
- ALL HALLOWS
- BEMBRIDGE
- CAPEL (Folkestone)
- DOVER
- DYMCHURCH (Hythe/Palmarsh)
- EASTBOURNE
- FORELAND
- GORING-BY-SEA
- GRAIN (Port Victoria)
- KINGSNORTH
- LEYSDOWN (Shellbeach)
- NEWHAVEN
- POLEGATE
- RUSTINGTON
- SHEERNESS
- SOUTHBOURNE
- TELSCOMBE CLIFFS
- THROWLEY
- TIPNOR
- WALMER
- WESTGATE
- WYE
- Abbreviations