Lost Airfields of World War II: Kent
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2 жыл бұрынA now and then look at lost World War Two airfields from around Kent, England! Featuring RAF Ashford, RAF Headcorn, RAF High Halden, RAF Kingsnorth, RAF Lashenden, RAF Staplehurst & RAF Woodchurch! #kent #history
@CortWeaver 19 күн бұрын
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.
@petedemaio168 2 жыл бұрын
This is a great idea, well executed. Kent is a great place to start!
@kittapscott4168 2 жыл бұрын
So much nostalgia - brilliant
@user-yd9bj3bs8g 9 ай бұрын
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.
@johnsamson-snell9558 2 жыл бұрын
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.
@MrMrliamo 6 ай бұрын
How much did you sell it for?
@selkie76 2 жыл бұрын
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? ^.~
@DataPilot370 7 ай бұрын
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.
@jonh1808 6 ай бұрын
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.
@DataPilot370 6 ай бұрын
@@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.
@craigerrington6589 Жыл бұрын
ABSOLUTELY AMAZING *****
@alcook8366 2 жыл бұрын
Luv these,
@coolbro8922 2 жыл бұрын
Me too.
@lesleygilbert1945 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the history lesson. I live in East Yorkshire - I wonder how many airfields we may have lost?
@GenaF 2 жыл бұрын
Probably about the same a Lincolnshire
@gillwil 2 жыл бұрын
Brilliant..
@meadroad 2 жыл бұрын
RAF Hawkinge….. nearest RAF Station to France
@richardh8082 Жыл бұрын
Nice
@lesrobertson7306 9 ай бұрын
Nearly all lost to the naked eye
@scottybee8 2 жыл бұрын
Could you do some airfields up Norfolk
@JamesFoxTimeTravelArtist 2 жыл бұрын
I did a few years back cover a lot of Norfolk Airfields - do you follow my facebook page Scotty? facebook.com/timetravelimages
@angelsone-five7912 2 жыл бұрын
So much history lost.
@vishnuvenkateshwaran8915 2 жыл бұрын
Doesn't include RAF Gravesend
@samanthabates537 Жыл бұрын
What about mansion
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