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Old 14th Sep 2017, 22:59
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Kenley

Just a reminder that Kenley (most complete 11 group airfield in its wartime state) is still with us and under MOD control, and when the ATC top brass get their act together will hopefully continue as a base for ATC Gliding again. Amazingly the Aug 18th raid left most of the camp area intact despite the loss of all but one of the WW1 Belfasts. The science museum Hurricane (615 County of Surrey) is a survivor from that raid having been in action on that day. The 11 group fields really did get a hammering, but were never non operational despite the shambles, and the GPO (as was) managed to keep the phone lines open that kept the system operational.
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