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Old 11th Feb 2024, 21:52
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The current VB Ave is the road that leads to the Portcullis Club (Behind the remains of the Officers Mess, which is 1/3 of the way down the picture on the LH side).
Unfortunately Kenley has suffered far more since the war than it did on the 18th Aug raid, such is the level of our inability to preserve a classic 11 group airfield which was so important to the free world in 1940. Worth a visit though and there is an Aero Jumble there in June. As an Air Cadet Pobjoy had his first ever flight at Kenley in 1960 in a Kirby Cadet MK3 Glider, and after a great time instructing with the then 615 Gliding school had the pleasure of returning later with the Tiger Club to attend a couple of air shows there. Once out on the current airfield you are in a place that is the same as 1940, apart from a dreadful fence on the peri track (another crass move from the nerds in charge).
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