RAF Lympne
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Dymchurch-Saint Marys Bay /
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/ Dymchurch-Saint Marys Bay
World / United Kingdom / England
military airbase, Second World War 1939-1945, military, former air force base
During the Battle of Britain in 1940, 11 Group used RAF Lympne as a satellite airfield, in support of Sector Stations such as Hawkinge and Manston. It was used by units on a day-to-day basis as required, often flights or squadrons would relocate in the morning and return to their main operating and maintenance base in the evening.
The Luftwaffe bombed RAF Lympne many times but didn't put it out of action.
As you can see several of the buildings and bunkers still remain.
www.raf.mod.uk/bob1940/11group.html#lympne
The Luftwaffe bombed RAF Lympne many times but didn't put it out of action.
As you can see several of the buildings and bunkers still remain.
www.raf.mod.uk/bob1940/11group.html#lympne
Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Lympne
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 51°4'51"N 1°0'58"E
- Hythe Ranges 1.9 km
- Shorncliffe Garrison 7.7 km
- Lydd Training Camp 17 km
- Lydd Ranges 20 km
- Manston Airport (closed) 37 km
- Mereworth Military Training Area 52 km
- WW2 Defence Boom 52 km
- RSME Chattenden and Lodge Hill Camp 53 km
- Foulness Proving Ground 54 km
- Curtis’s and Harvey Ltd Explosives Factory 59 km
- Lympne industrial estate 0.3 km
- Port Lympne Animal park 1.3 km
- Folkestone Racecourse 1.4 km
- Patridge Solar Farm 3.6 km
- Brabourne Lees 5.8 km
- Romney Marsh 9 km
- William Harvey Hospital 10 km
- Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway, Kent 10 km
- The North School 11 km
- Ashford Kent Electoral Ward - Little Burton Farm 12 km