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	Biggin Hill - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		RAF Biggin Hill was the home airbase of the first aircraft to take part in air to ground radio communications, and of the first British aircraft to shoot down a German aircraft in World War II.
		It was a crucial RAF Sector airfield during the Battle of Britain.
		The RAF Biggin Hill Mutiny of 1919 on peopleshistory.co.uk
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Biggin_Hill (329 words)

	BigginHill (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The aircraft is a Spitfire, one from 607 Squadron stationed on rotation at the Biggin Hill RAF Station, a major hotspot in WW2.
		The Spitfire is mounted on a pole outside the RAF Memorial Chapel built in 1951, along side a Hurricane that is mounted on another pole.
		As RAF Biggin was flattened, it was obviously not a very good place to leave a new and unusual vehicle.
	www.studebakerdriversclub.com /BigginHill.asp (746 words)

	Royal Air Force Station Biggin Hill
		The Chapel at Biggin Hill Airfield with the fullsize replica of a Spitfire.
		Today, the RAF's 75 year pressenceat Biggin Hill and in particular the 454 allied aircrew who gave their lifes in the Second World War on operations from the Biggin Hill Sector, are commemorated in St George's Royal Air Force Chapel of Remembrance.
		One of the first events in the Biggin Hill civil calendar was its fairly intensive use by a considerable proportion of the entrants in the Daily Mail London to Paris Air Race in July 1959.
	www.bigginhill.co.uk /rafstation.htm (2115 words)

	NZFPM - Pilot Officer Howard Perry Hill (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Hill went on to attack a second bomber which crashed into the edge of a wood south of the Estuary and exploded.
		Hill then directed a rescue launch to the scene and the crew were picked up.
		Hill's aircraft was one of the first hit and he went down in flames to crash into high trees at West Hongham in Kent.
	www.nzfpm.co.nz /aces/hill.htm (426 words)

	London Biggin Hill Airport - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		London Biggin Hill Airport (IATA: BQH, ICAO: EGKB), formerly RAF Biggin Hill, is an airport at Biggin Hill in London Borough of Bromley, England.
		The RAF station eventually closed in 1992 as the Officer and Aircrew Selection Centre moved to RAF Cranwell.
		Biggin Hill is also the location of an annual airshow, usually on the first weekend in June.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/RAF_Biggin_Hill (353 words)

	The Battle of Britain - Home Page
		RAF Biggin Hill was home to the Biggin Hill Sector Operations Room and Staff, and the following Squadrons during the Battle:
		Detling was one of the 11 Group satellite airfields used by units on a day-to-day basis as required, often flights or squadrons would detach to such an airfield in the morning and return to their main operating and maintenance base in the evening.
		Lympne was one of the 11 Group satellite airfields used by units on a day-to-day basis as required, often flights or squadrons would detach to such an airfield in the morning and return to their main operating and maintenance base in the evening.
	www.raf.mod.uk /bob1940/11group.html (912 words)

	Biggin Hill (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The absence of a rail link makes Biggin Hill a very affordable place to live and new properties continue to be built wherever planning permission can be obtained, with growth between 1971 and 2001 estimated at around 40 per cent.
		Biggin Hill occupies an important place in British history as a military airfield, familiarly known as ‘Biggin-on-the-Bump’ or simply ‘Biggin’.
		The airfield was downgraded to non-operational status in 1958 and the RAF finally left in 1980.
	www.hidden-london.com /bigginhill.html (442 words)

	Flightline UK - Biggin Hill International Air Fair 2005 = REVIEW
		The Biggin Hill International Air Fair is the longest running and most well known of the civilian airshows held in the UK each year.
		Biggin always manages to mix up the history was some of the best modern day civilian displays.
		Biggin Hill again provided it's large audience with a highly varied and entertaining flying display in very pleasant conditions.
	www.airshows.org.uk /2005/airshows/bigginhill/review.html (1734 words)

	RAF BIGGIN HILL - Find Friends from RAF BIGGIN HILL at Forces Reunited
		Maggie Arshad (nee Thomas) was at RAF Biggin Hill between 1980 and 1982
		Ethel Baker was at RAF Biggin Hill between 1940 and 1945
		Roger Cheeseman was at RAF Biggin Hill between 1967 and 1973
	www.forcesreunited.org.uk /namearchive/units/RAFNames/RAF-Biggin-Hill.html (1225 words)

	Biggin Hill Air Show - UKAirshows
		Biggin Hill was a famous fighter station, which played a major role in the Battle of Britain and, despite repeated attacks, remained operational throughout.
		Biggin Hill is on the A233 in Kent, quite close to Bromley.
		Biggin was one of only a couple of chances to see the Dornier in the UK.
	www.titherly.com /airshow/showbigginhill.htm (1132 words)

	Bumper Biggin!
		With the demise of the North Weald shows some time ago, Biggin Hill was left as London's only major airshow and thanks to skyrocketing public liability insurance rates after the September 11th terrorist attacks in the USA and a lack of big sponsors, it seemed that this show, too, was doomed.
		RAF participation wasn't bad considering the recent ending of the war in Iraq, with Tucano, Hawk, Jaguar and Tornado F3 solo displays as well as, of course, the Red Arrows.
		A single Spitfire joyously rolling over Biggin Hill, this most famous of Battle of Britain airfields, can bring on a shiver to the most stoic of characters and it was simply the perfect end to a damn good show.
	www.airsceneuk.org.uk /airshow03/biggin/biggin.htm (1474 words)

	Biggin Hill History - 1924 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		By 1924 the R.A.F. had established itself at the airfield at Biggin Hill.
		The RAF and Biggin Hill airport played a major role in the Battle of Britain during world war two.
		It is known that members of the R.A.F. visited the tea gardens as described in Ken Wilson’s book "The Story of Biggin Hill" on page 22 "141 Squadron removed the four foot high wooden teapot from the front of the shop owned by Alphonse Haentjens.
	www.bigginhill.co.uk /hst_1924.htm (335 words)

	St George's Chapel of Rememberence, RAF Biggin Hill, Bromley, c.1960
		The airfield at Biggin Hill dates back to World War I, though the heroic action of pilots based there during the Battle of Britain in the early years of Worlld War II made it internationally famous.
		Biggin Hill was an ideal location for an airfield, being strategically placed to defend the capital: high, flat and with a huge undivided field.
		The base was taken over by Bromley Council in 1973 and the RAF moved out in 1992.
	www.ideal-homes.org.uk /bromley/biggin-hill/st-georges-chapel-1960-02.htm (169 words)

	1919: The RAF Biggin Hill mutiny \| libcom.org
		A short history of the victorious rebellion of British servicemen in the air force who were living in appalling conditions, soon after World War I. This dispute was in many ways typical of the smaller struggles of the wave of mutinies which swept the British Armed Forces towards the end of World War One.
		Most of them slept in tents, the camp was a sea of mud and all the duck-boards and other stealable fuel had been burnt to obtain warmth in the freezing weather.
		Support came from the men of 141 Squadron of the RAF stationed in the neighbouring North Camp, who refused to intervene on the side of the authorities.
	libcom.org /history/articles/raf-biggin-hill-mutiny-1919 (693 words)

	Flightline UK 2003 - Biggin Hill International Air Fair- 7th - 8th June - REVIEW
		While most of the RAF aircraft and the Breitling Fighters arrived, only the Belgain Air Force Dassault Alpha Jet E and French Navy Dassault Falcon 10MER were able to practise.
		RAF training was also well represented by the Shorts Tucano T1 and BAE Systems Hawk T1A from 100sqn.
		Andy's story is typical of so many pilots at the Air Fair, starting off displaying for the RAF at Biggin Hill 1995 before joinign the reds before finally returning again as a civilian display pilot.
	www.ukairshows.info /2003/airshows/bigginhill/review.html (1983 words)

	Fighter Control Association
		On 3 Sep 39, the day war broke out, the research establishment at RAF Bawdsey was disbanded and relocated to many different places because the location was considered to be high risk being on the south east coast of England.
		Flt Lt J R T Bradford was appointed to command the unit with the acting rank of Squadron Leader, the initial J stood for Joseph leading to the colloquial name of "Joe’s Academy" being assigned to this first attempt at a School; subsequent nicknames may not have had such a friendly connotation.
		Although I had served at RAF Marham on Bloodhound Mark Is in the early 60s, I still did not feel I had the expertise to form this judgement.
	www.raffca.co.uk /asp/basepage.asp?pagename=sfchist (18735 words)

	RAF WWII (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Whilst commanding RAF Coltishall in October 1940 Barwell flew three operational sorties with 242 Squadron on the 5th of the month, in Hurricane R 4115, thus qualifying for the Battle of Britain clasp.
		He took command of RAF Biggin Hill in June 1941 and sometimes flew as No 2 to Sailor Malan on fighter sweeps.
		Control at Biggin Hill warned of unidentified aircraft in the area, which proved later to be two Spitfires from Tangmere flown by inexperienced pilots.
	freespace.virgin.net /war.memorial/html/raf_wwii.html (3062 words)

	History of the Royal Air Force: Part One quiz -- free game (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		For a short period after the formation of the RAF, the ranks used for officers were the same as the Army and Navy.
		In March 1936, an aircraft that was to become one of the most famous aircraft in the world flew for the first time.
		December 1939 saw the end to RAF daylight operations in the early part of the war.
	www.funtrivia.com /playquiz.cfm?qid=191730 (193 words)

	Guardian \| Air Commodore Dame Felicity Peake
		Some of the events at this frontline fighter station, particularly the heavy casualties suffered by the WAAFs when their quarters and a shelter suffered a direct hit, were portrayed in the 1969 film Battle of Britain, with Susannah York playing the young WAAF officer.
		After a short spell as a code and cipher officer, in May 1940 she was posted to Biggin Hill.
		It was here, too, that she met her second husband, Air Commodore Harald Peake, then director of RAF public relations and later chairman of Lloyds Bank and the Steel Company of Wales, whom she married in 1952.
	www.guardian.co.uk /print/0,,4543785-110595,00.html (810 words)

	here they are
		I was stationed at RAF Wunstorf from June 1953 till Sept 1954.
		I was an RAF Police Cpl from 1953 to 1958 - I was at Netheravon in late '53 and again for Provost training in 1954 - My two main postings were RAF Biggin Hill and RAF Beachy Head.
		RAF Police 1960ish to 1986, serving at Debdon, Upwood, Rudloe, Rhiendalen,Bruggen,Benson and Cranwell.
	www.rafpa.com /here.htm (1200 words)

	New Page 1
		On August 18, 1940, RAF Kenley was attacked by nine low- flying Dornier Do I 7s, flying in three waves of three and causing much damage and many casualties.
		When the RAF Regiment was formed in 1942, he and his unit were incorporated into it.
		Next, in command of No 3 Wing RAF Regiment in Cyprus, he was heavily involved in the EOKA campaign there for two years.
	www.rafregiment.freeservers.com /2001.htm (697 words)

	HURRICANE
		Although an eye-catching and evocative sight, the Hurricane's steel and timber frame had suffered very, very badly from exposure to the elements and it was obvious that something had to be done very quickly to save further deterioration.
		So bad was the overall condition that MAPS requested the MOD to release Hurricane LF 738 from RAF Biggin Hill and this aircraft was removed to Rochester Airport later the same year so that the task of rebuilding could be reduced by exchanging parts from both aircraft.
		BN 230 was the first RAF fighter over Dieppe on 19th August 1942, leading the Tangmere Wing in 'Operation Jubilee'.
	home.freeuk.net /tjtom/hurricane.html (647 words)

	RAF Little Rissington - Gloucestershire
		RAF Little Rissington will never be as well known, or as historically glamorous as RAF Biggin Hill, or perhaps RAF Scampton, but the station has a very long and distinguished history.
		Containing a wealth of informative research, distilled from the National Archives, service and various other sources, the story is brought to life through the personal recollections of over 150 contributors who once served on the station.
		The authors are pleased to announce that, in conjunction with The Cotswold Innovation Centre, arrangements are in hand for a launch to take place on Monday 19th June in the CIC building at 12:00.
	members.aol.com /airfields2000/glos.htm (344 words)

	CFS2 Scenery Page 12
		by Mike Dews Rufforth was one of 20 airfields built in Yorkshire when the RAF bombing campaign against Germany gathered force in 1941.
		At Rufforth 600 acres of farm land was compulsorily purchased.
		It then became an OCU unit until the end of WW2 when RAF use was wound down.
	www.simviation.com /cfs2scenery12.htm (348 words)

	Tony Hawes - RAF Service 1951-63
		This site is designed to refresh the memories of those who served in the RAF in the 1950s and 60s, especially those who served in the Far East and in particular to the airmen who served at RAF Gan in the Maldive Islands.
		RAF Bovingdon, RAF Abingdon etc illustrate service life as seen through the lens of my camera in the 1950s.
		During my service with 99 Sqn (RAF Lyneham) I directed my photo abilities to shooting 8mm cine film (about two-hours in total), these have now been converted to digital video format, edited and burnt to DVD.
	groups.msn.com /TonyHawesRAFService195163/homepage (620 words)

	RAF Air Movements 1953-1961 - A retrospective of RAF service of the time
		The huge balloon hangars were in use as equipment dispensing stores and we trudged around being issued with the required gear.
		No 5 School of Recruit Training at RAF West Kirby was a distinct shock to the system to all us clumsy youths.
		My posting was to the major Transport Command operational unit at RAF Lyneham.
	www.freewebs.com /exrafairmovements (1069 words)

	Where?
		He was still in the RAF in 1946\47 in Hong Kong and he was also a dog handler, he also served in India but we have no idea when.
		The RAF will provide details of the service record of those who served in World War II or later if you are next of kin or have the permission of the next of kin.
		Contrary to current rumours, RAF Odiham have not recovered the old Guardroom Firebell, but have managed to obtain another, similar bell, which due to the good offices of RAF Lyneham and RAF St. Athan, will soon be gracing the front of Odiham's Guardroom.
	mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk /rafpa/where1.htm (2607 words)

	YouTube - Chinook display at Biggin Hill
		RAF Chinook military Lynx helicopter British Army tac-demo airshow Biggin C130 C-130 (more) (less)
		Biggin Hill Airshow 2006 - 05 - Lynx helicopters
		Biggin Hill Airshow 2006 - 07 - RAF Harrier GR7
	www.youtube.com /watch?v=_cq44aP7ceE (141 words)

	RAF News Online
		She leaves the RAF on March 31, 2007, after 15 years to stay in America with her new husband.
		Served Reading, RAF Uxbridge, then the North African Air Force always on the admin side.
		RAF KINLOSS Mountain Rescue Team reunion will be held in Newtonmore on November 4, 2006.
	www.rafnews.co.uk /default.asp?channel_id=129 (904 words)

	Memories
		We had lots of RAF station visits in those days (when there were lots of RAF stations!!), but more accurate records are not available.
		There was a RAF policeman who had lost an eye and had a glass eye fitted.
		His party piece was to sit next to a FNG (Fenton New Guy) at the bar and then take his glass eye out place it in his pint and tell the eye to keep an eye on his pint while he went to the toilet.
	www.rafchurchfenton.org.uk /memories_of_church_fenton.htm (7839 words)

	RAF Upper Heyford Memorials
		I do not have any details of the guy on the right or if he was on the fateful flight in question.
		I don't know when he was born, nor do I remember the exact day of his passing at the base, but his departure took us all by surprise.
		He was assigned to the 20th Supply Sq., 20 TFW, as Chief Inspector, where he retired from active duty as a Master Sergeant in 1974.
	www.raf-upper-heyford.org /Memorials.html (1111 words)

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