Eastchurch
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Eastchurch is a village and civil parish on the Isle of Sheppey, in the English county of Kent, two miles east of Minster. The village website claims the area has "a history steeped in stories of pira
The Church of All Saints in Eastchurch, Isle of Sheppey
Detail on the Memorial to the Home of Aviation in Eastchurch
Sculpture on the edge of Eastchurch depicting a Short Brothers biplane, unveiled in July 2009 to mark the centenary of British aviation
The eighteenth-century building at 2 Warden Road
RAF Eastchurch
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Royal Air Force Eastchurch or more simply RAF Eastchurch is a former Royal Air Force station near Eastchurch village, on the Isle of Sheppey, Kent, England. The history of aviation at Eastchurch stret
Eastchurch
…The village website claims the area has "a history steeped in stories of piracy and smugglers". Eastchurch is styled the "home of British aviation" as Eastchurch airfield saw the first controlled flight by a British pilot on British soil. The Eastchurch airfield played a significant role in the history of British aviation…
Left-to-right: Oswald (1883–1969), Horace (1872–1917) and Eustace Short (1875–1932) at Muswell Manor 1909
Mussell Manor – the birthplace and cradle of British aviation