Excellent job of overlaying! Very nice historical preservation. My father in law flew B-24's out of a base near Shipdam for the 8th Air Force. He loved the English countryside. Well done sir.
I’m American, but I never cease to be impressed by the enormous number of airfields built for the RAF during WWII. Thank you for creating this video. I’m surprised that all the airfields in this video have 2 runways, rather than the usual 3 for this era.
None of them were proper tarmac/concrete runways, they were Advanced Landing Grounds laid temporarily, which were then re-used, as far as practicable, on the continent as Allied forces advanced. They were designed with two runways for speed of construction, or one running east-west if that was sufficient.
@@jonh1808 I see. It’s amazing, nonetheless, that so many temporary airfields from the 1940s are still visible on Google Maps today. Quite a few of them were built with concrete block, which were repurposed into roads and building foundations and continue to be in use.
Brilliant! Thank you. I live in Staplehurst and I had ( now sadly sold) a WW2 (an Auster AOP6) aircraft based in Headcorn (Lashenden). There is so little left to see from the air it was great to see the different perspectives.
Visited many of these forner airfield sites by air and on the ground as part of an ongoing historical project nine years on. Very moving at times even though I've been flying and gliding 56 years with a keen sense of history.
Excellent work ^_^ My workplace here in York is an industrial estate that was RAF Clifton during the war (and the York Municipal Aerodrome before that) - I wonder if it will show up in one of your future videos? ^.~
Excellent job of overlaying! Very nice historical preservation. My father in law flew B-24's out of a base near Shipdam for the 8th Air Force. He loved the English countryside. Well done sir.
This is a great idea, well executed.
Kent is a great place to start!
So much nostalgia - brilliant
I’m American, but I never cease to be impressed by the enormous number of airfields built for the RAF during WWII. Thank you for creating this video. I’m surprised that all the airfields in this video have 2 runways, rather than the usual 3 for this era.
None of them were proper tarmac/concrete runways, they were Advanced Landing Grounds laid temporarily, which were then re-used, as far as practicable, on the continent as Allied forces advanced. They were designed with two runways for speed of construction, or one running east-west if that was sufficient.
@@jonh1808 I see. It’s amazing, nonetheless, that so many temporary airfields from the 1940s are still visible on Google Maps today. Quite a few of them were built with concrete block, which were repurposed into roads and building foundations and continue to be in use.
Brilliant! Thank you. I live in Staplehurst and I had ( now sadly sold) a WW2 (an Auster AOP6) aircraft based in Headcorn (Lashenden). There is so little left to see from the air it was great to see the different perspectives.
How much did you sell it for?
Visited many of these forner airfield sites by air and on the ground as part of an ongoing historical project nine years on. Very moving at times even though I've been flying and gliding 56 years with a keen sense of history.
ABSOLUTELY AMAZING *****
Great video, would have been good to see West Malling on there though.
Luv these,
Me too.
Excellent work ^_^ My workplace here in York is an industrial estate that was RAF Clifton during the war (and the York Municipal Aerodrome before that) - I wonder if it will show up in one of your future videos? ^.~
RAF High Halder is back in use for aviation, the landowner has allowed KMAC use for microlight aircraft.
Brilliant..
Thanks for the history lesson. I live in East Yorkshire - I wonder how many airfields we may have lost?
Probably about the same a Lincolnshire
Nice
Could you do some airfields up Norfolk
I did a few years back cover a lot of Norfolk Airfields - do you follow my facebook page Scotty? facebook.com/timetravelimages
RAF Hawkinge….. nearest RAF Station to France
Nearly all lost to the naked eye
So much history lost.
Doesn't include RAF Gravesend
What about mansion
hakinge,lympe, ??????