Wittersham
WITTERSHAM: Mooring-out airship Station
Area view 2018
Note: This picture was obtained from Google Earth ©
I have to thank Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust for pin-pointing this location.
Military users: RNAS/RAF (Royal Naval Air Service / Royal Air Force)
Location: About 1nm NW of Wittersham village which is on the B2082 roughly halfway between Tenterden and Rye
Period of operation: 1915 to 1920 (?)
NOTES: This was a mooring-out Station for CAPEL-le-FERNE which had eight airships 'on-charge', at least most of the time.
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