Upton
UPTON: Military Airship Mooring-out Station
Aerial view 2018
Note: This picture was obtained from Google Earth ©
Location: Just N of the A35, in the area just N today of Upton Country Park, roughly 2nm NW of Poole town centre
Period of operation: 1917 to 1918 (Others say 1918 to 1919)
NOTES: Mooring-out station for RNAS/RAF POLEGATE. It appears that two SSZ type airships were based here most of the time.
The RNAS was the Royal Naval Air Service, charged largely with the defence of the UK in WW1. When the Royal Air Force was formed on the 1st April 1918 this combined the RNAS with the RFC (Royal Flying Corps). It was certainly not a popular decision for members serving in either Service.
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