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Ee Raf Kenley August 1940 E E CLUB AND AIRPORT NEWS BIGGIN HILL AIRPORT SOCIAL CLUB LTD In Ass. with BigginHillReunited.co.uk ISSUE No. 90 1st August 2012 www.bigginhillclub.co.uk RAF KENLEY AUGUST 1940: parade ground ‘I noticed that normal ‘parked’ attitude whilst PETER CHANNON they still bore the signs of their making the wing root difficult to camouflage paint’ climb on for a peek into the Aug 18th 1940 1.25pm; It would seem that Kenley was finished, with brick and chalk dust still lingering in the sky, giant bonfires from the wooden hangar roofs were sending cascades of flames, sparks and smoke spiralling upwards, then with delayed action bombs starting to go off the next raid came in; this really had to be the end. Only minutes earlier nine Do17’s had streaked in across Caterham and delivered a ‘knock out’ attack at incredibly low level, with the eight shot up survivors now desperately fleeing back Making the wing root difficult homewards on their own fight for cockpit. With all of its instruments, survival. gun sight, seat, and control column That they had succeeded seemed in On the left were wooden huts with dual cannon and mg button no doubt, over 150 50kg bombs (offices) and then the Sergeant’s this was one of the machines left had been placed smack on the main mess buildings, with the brickwork behind when the filming of (Reach targets and destruction was evident bearing signs of wartime drab for the Sky) was completed, but had everywhere, ‘Kenley was kaput’ or paint, plus noticeable been spared the fate of being towed was it! bullet/shrapnel marks. Opposite to the airfield dump unlike a sister this and commanding a majestic ship. It was a MK16 (RR263) (LZ- When as a 12 year old I walked presence on the north side of the B) and still had its serviceable past the guardroom one summer parade ground stood the Rolls Packard Merlin under the evening in 1959 looking for the impressive Airmans mess with the cowlings. local ATC unit; it was like entering famed NAAFI alongside (as a historic time warp. Opposite, featured in the film Reach for the Years later this machine would be were the Station sick quarters with Sky), a substantial flagpole presented to the French Air force a small brass plaque installation completed the scene. at Tours where it was restored and commemorating those who had Standing guard at the end of the flew, before eventually becoming a fallen in the 1940 raid, (when the avenue was a very airworthy museum exhibit at Le Bourget in original sick quarters had been looking Spitfire with its French Squadron marking. destroyed). Continuing down the undercarriage and tail wheel main entrance road (Victor sitting on small plinths about two Having passed the Spitfire the Beamish Ave) with its tree lined feet high surrounded by a grass operational part of the airfield lawns, the original 1933 barrack verge. This arrangement had started to open up, although large blocks stood overlooking the advantage of giving the aircraft a open spaces seemed to be evident that looked like parade grounds, obvious one other than it had double bay structures utilising however once clear of a wartime several stations nearby, was elegant buttressed brick walls and a steel hangar the unmistakeable conveniently placed for onward curved wooden roof covered in a sight of a 1917 double Belfast shed deliveries to the front line in bitumen-felt material. These are hove into sight. My destination on France and happened to be close to certainly the most attractive of all that first visit was to 450 the home of the officer in charge of hangars ever made, (known as (Caterham and Warlingham) arranging the parks! In what at the Belfast truss sheds) even down to Squadron) ATC with their HQ right time would have been a massive the arched brick ends that held the alongside the edge of the airfield construction project 14 aircraft open doors, unfortunately the wood on what would now be called an (sheds) were built and roof element would prove to be a apron, in fact their parade ground comprehensive workshop and limiting factor in a future conflict. ‘complete with its own flag pole’ camp facilities completed. A local Kenley then took on the mantle of was on part of the old apron. road (Hayes Lane) actually ran a red-bricked country club, with through part of the park and an neat lawns and tree lined avenues If one stood outside the elegant brick house (Flintfield) that that opened up onto the all grass headquarters looking north, the was situated nearby was taken over airfield. With the silver doped mighty Belfast shed was on the left, for use as an HQ and mess. biplane fighters of the day arranged the open vista of the airfield was in Squadron order for the day’s ahead and the grandeur of the Why the nearby Beddington flying on this Surrey hill, it would Officers mess with attendant trees (Croydon) location was not have made a magnificent sight, and tennis courts over to the far enlarged remains a mystery, as the more akin to a flying club but with right. This then was the place that clearing of trees and removal of a little in the way of a means to would become a second home to golf course at Kenley must have protect itself from attack. Empire me for over 15 years and steer me been a fairly onerous task. The Air Days were held to give the into a life forever linked with Corporation of London owned the public a chance to see the RAF at flying. common as one of its many open work, with air displays and spaces (it still does) and its demonstrations, plus the chance of It is easy to forget, that in a world proposed use caused considerable spotting one of the new devoid of the internet and disquiet in the area. When the war monoplanes that were to be the electronic publishing, historical finished considerable pressure was future Airforce. One may think information with regard to old used to have the structures that the Air Ministry of the day airfields was somewhat lacking removed, but the then “war office” were somewhat remiss in the and the presence of several decided that with so much having reality of a situation that had seen ‘parade grounds’, and pocked being spent the location should be enemy aircraft attacking our marked buildings bore no real retained as part of our Defence of Country only 15 years before with significance at the time, with even the Realm. Aircraft of the day long range bombers and that the local ATC unit having no were covered in doped fabric and advances in aircraft design and record of the history that had gone were garaged from the effects of performance would certainly not before. It therefore came as rain and sun when not in use, even preclude this happening again. somewhat of a shock to find out so Kenley with its 14 hangars was Kenley would not be alone in being later that Kenley had possessed no certainly well provided for. What one of our main defence airfields less than 14 Belfast sheds in 1917 had become the ‘Royal Air Force’ tasked with protecting the South and 8 up to 1940; ‘the parade then entered a period of being East yet with no real thought on grounds mystery was solved’. divided between established home how it would be protected itself! bases, and overseas operations to Kenley came into the aviation police our various interests in the With the reality of yet another world due to the Great War and a middle and Far East and in 1926 a conflict to be addressed, 1938-9 requirement for what were then permanent Officers mess was saw Kenley subjected to a rapid called ‘aircraft parks’ that were constructed. Kenley was then improvement scheme that had the needed to assemble and store the chosen to become one of our main size of the flying field enlarged, increasing requirement for military fighter sector stations for home and eventually provided with hard flying machines in France. Such defence and in 1933 (marked on runways, a taxiway, aircraft blast places had to have access to the brickwork) was subject to a pens, air raid shelters and slit railheads and also be close to areas major upgrade with elegant new trenches, but only a limited of production. brick buildings replacing those addition in the provision of airfield fromWW1. However the original defences. This expansion also The choice of Kenley Common in hangars were kept, consisting of Surrey for such a park was not an required the removal of 6 of its there), so was removed from the forever and more Surrey fields original hangars. flying rota, (mortified was the were added on to its western word). On the Sunday morning the boundary. The original Hayes Lane Having satisfied the OC 450 Sdn coach picked up the happy bunnies was sealed off and diverted around that I could probably measure up to go to WW with the officer who outside of the new perimeter track. to their standards, I was informed had reprimanded me. Those who Two hard runways now traversed that parades were two evenings a were left behind were detailed to the grass area, with twelve fighter week plus Sunday mornings, but break out the bumpers and tins of blast pens giving the area a new being underage, I would have to floor polish (so big you could military look.
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