- Publisher: Fonthill Media
- Year: 2013
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 128pp
- Illustrated: Yes
- Dimensions: 233x156mm
- Condition: New
- Weight: 0.3kg
- ISBN: 9781781553350
- Product code: 541836
From Moths to Merlins
RAF West Malling: Premier Night Fighter Station
Robin Brooks New Paperback Illustrated
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RAF West Malling was used as a landing area during the First World War before becoming a private airfield, later known as Maidstone Airport. This history explains how it was appropriated by the military in 1939 but put out of action by the Luftwaffe before, in 1941, becoming a crucial night-fighter base, and later a US Naval Air Station.
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As a small club airfield during the 1930s, West Malling was very popular with flyers. Taken over by the RAF in 1939 it became a forward landing airfield to Biggin Hill. Unfinished by the time the Battle of Britain began, it played no operational part during the conflict. However, due to faulty German intelligence it was bombed on several occasions delaying completion even further. From 1941 it became the home of many night fighter squadrons within the umbrella of No. 11 Group, Fighter Command. During the Dieppe operation it became a forward base for day fighter squadrons after which it reverted to its primary role. One of the main anti-diver bases during the V1 campaign during 1944, it continued in its defensive role during peacetime until 1960 when the MOD leased the airfield to the American Navy. After two years it returned to the MOD who sold the site to the Kent County Council for development as an industrial park together with housing. This entailed all civil flying and Air Cadet gliding to cease despite much local opposition to the plans.
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RAF West Malling was used as a landing area during the First World War before becoming a private airfield, later known as Maidstone Airport. This history explains how it was appropriated by the military in 1939 but put out of action by the Luftwaffe before, in 1941, becoming a crucial night-fighter base, and later a US Naval Air Station.
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