EAW023210 ENGLAND (1949). Hythe Flying Boat Base, Hythe, 1949

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Title [EAW023210] Hythe Flying Boat Base, Hythe, 1949
Reference EAW023210
Date 19-May-1949
Link
Place name HYTHE
Parish HYTHE AND DIBDEN
District
Country ENGLAND
Easting / Northing 442831, 107694
Longitude / Latitude -1.3912903599097, 50.866605445776
National Grid Reference SU428077

Pins

WW2 Camouflage Scheme

Sparky
Monday 28th of August 2017 12:53:43 PM

chainbull
Saturday 2nd of August 2014 08:35:36 PM
is this a converted wartime S.25 Sunderland ? nose and tail seem to show evidence of removed turrets rather than the more elegant tapering structures of the civil version

Al
Tuesday 27th of May 2014 11:34:17 PM

User Comment Contributions

Supermarine final assembly plant in 1925

Imperial airways (BOAC) flying boat maintenance base 1937 -1950

RAF Hythe 1967 - 2006. Used by the US Field Army Support Brigade, mainly for small boat repairs

chainbull
Saturday 2nd of August 2014 08:41:56 PM