Egan Close, Kenley, Surrey
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Egan Close, Kenley, Surrey
Image: © Peter Trimming Taken: 1 Apr 2010
View towards some of the houses, in Egan Close, built on part of the RAF Kenley airfield. The roads are named as memorials to RAF pilots, based at RAF Kenley, who were killed in the Battle of Britain. Sergeant Edward James Egan (Hurricane Pilot) was killed on 17th September 1940*, aged 19. http://www.raf.mod.uk/bob1940/roll.html http://www.bbm.org.uk/Egan.htm * Note: this is the date given on his gravestone inscription.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.300023
Longitude
-0.094057