Hawkinge before the end.
A H Apparently Hawkinge used to suffer from the dreaded coastal fog that was known by the Gliding Centre as the HAWKINGE HOMER. and used to come in fast.
Of course it did not 'come in' the temp would drop and it was already there ready to form.
The memories of the airfield in the Battle of Britain live on in the 1968 film with some great shots of aircraft taking off and departing over the coast.
Those of us at Kenley were disappointed that it was not used for some of the scenes,as we still had a complete original airfield with blast pens,the original ops room and a belfast hangar with unique tower,all as per 1940.
We have Reach for the Sky in glorious 'mono' to remind us.
AH your XE810 lives on as a motor tutor G-BOOD,and i had the Naylor/King duo but at Swanton in 63.
LG your XA282 hangs from the roof at Caernarfon Museum
They both looked better in the original silver/yellow paint scheme of training command.