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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 stretches back to the first decade of the 20th century when it was used as an airfield by members of the Royal Aero Club. The area saw the first flight by a British pilot in Britain.
Left-to-right: Oswald (1883–1969), Horace (1872–1917) and Eustace Short (1875–1932) at Muswell Manor 1909
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
Mussell Manor – the birthplace and cradle of British aviation
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 piracy and smugglers".
The Church of All Saints in Eastchurch, Isle of Sheppey
The Church of All Saints in Eastchurch, Isle of Sheppey
Detail on the Memorial to the Home of Aviation in Eastchurch
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
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
The eighteenth-century building at 2 Warden Road