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Gibson Building: Former Officers' Mess, headquarters of Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council since 1974. RAF West Malling is now the site of Kings Hill , a mixed development of residential and business developments, including over 2,000 homes, two schools, local retail units and 18-hole golf course.
No. 196 Squadron was a Royal Air Force squadron originally formed as a training unit during World War I. It was active during World War II in Nos. 3 , 4 and 38 Group RAF . It served first as a bomber squadron and later as an airborne support and transport unit.
Tonbridge, Kent, UK: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. ISBN 0-85130-164-9. Jefford, C.G. (2001). RAF Squadrons, a Comprehensive record of the Movement and Equipment of all RAF Squadrons and their Antecedents since 1912 (2nd ed.).
Detachment from No. 58 Operational Training Unit RAF (October 1942) [6] No. 143 (RCAF) Airfield (January – March 1944) [7] 415th Night Fighter Squadron, with the USAAF regarding the location as USAAF Station 570 [2] No. 1490 (Fighter) Gunnery Flight (April – October 1943) [8] then No. 14 Armament Practice Camp (October 1943 – September ...
The site is still employed for minor civil use using a small unlicensed landing strip which is the most recently resurfaced part of runway 07/25. The other runway, 02/20, is unsuitable for use. Pilots landing at the airfield are also recommended to check the runway for livestock before landing as the site is also used for farming. [17]
In 1951, 609 Squadron re-equipped with jet fighter aircraft, the Gloster Meteor, and moved back to Church Fenton in order to take advantage of the longer runway. At this time, 19 regular squadrons and 10 reserve squadrons of Meteors formed Britains main fighter defence.
It initially acted as a training squadron until 27 July 1915 when it relocated to Saint-Omer on Western Front in France. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] No. 10 Squadron's first major engagement was providing spotting for the Indian Corps during the Battle of Loos in September 1915 with the Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2 . [ 5 ]
Number 207 Squadron is a historic bomber squadron and, latterly, a communications and flying training squadron of the Royal Air Force.It was announced on 5 July 2017 that No. 207 Squadron will again reform to become the Operational Conversion Unit for the UK F-35B Lightning Force and will return to RAF Marham in Norfolk where it was last based in 1965. [11]