Fortune Way, Kings Hill
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Fortune Way, Kings Hill
Image: © Marathon Taken: 13 Oct 2015
Kings Hill was developed from 1969 on the site of the former RAF West Malling. More detail about Kings Hill can be seen at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kings_Hill RAF West Malling had a long and distinguished history from the First World War, through the air shows of the 1930s and the Second World War when it was a front line airfield against the Luftwaffe. After the War, West Malling was in use throughout the 1950s and early 1960s as Britain's premier night fighter station before closure as an operational air station in 1969. A fuller history of West Malling Airfield can be seen at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_West_Malling
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Image Location
Latitude
51.271789
Longitude
0.403984