Ashford flying sites
Note: This map is of the WW2 airfield location.
ASHFORD: Temporary landing site
NOTES: In August 1912 Mr W B Rhodes-Moorhouse flew from Douai in France to ASHFORD with two passengers, Mrs Rhodes-Moorhouse and Mr J H Ledeboer. He was flying a new Bréguet and made a bad landing, the aircraft being wrecked. However, he had made the first flight across the Channel with two passengers.
ASHFORD see also LYMPNE
ASHFORD: Temporary aerodrome?
NOTES: Venue for CD Barnard Air Tours, possibly 30th June 1931? Can anybody confirm the location used? The same question applies to the Ashford venue for Sir Alan Cobham’s 1933 No.1 Tour on the 18th May
ASHFORD: Military aerodrome
Military users: USAAF 9th Air Force 406 Fighter Group
RAF Maintenance Command
Location: 2nm SW of Ashford
Period of operation: 1943 to 1945
Runways: 15/33 1463 grass 04/22 1143 grass
NOTES: According to some sources the grass runways were actually semi-hard using ‘Somerfield’ track and steel planking. However, (see 'Comment' below), Paul Doyle informs me this was PBS track.
ASHFORD see also HOLIDAY INN HOTEL
Paul Doyle
This comment was written on: 2016-04-27 20:45:08WW2 Ashford ALG had PBS runways, not Summerfeld tracking. References to Rhodes-Moorhouse and CD Barnard/Cobham landing here are purely coincidental - name-wise.
Reply from Dick Flute:
Hi Paul, Many thanks. I shall put a mention in. Regards, Dick
We'd love to hear from you, so please scroll down to leave a comment!
Leave a comment ...
Copyright (c) UK Airfield Guide
