Kenley (Whyteleafe)
| Also known as: | Kenley Aerodrome / RAF Kenley / RAF Station, Kenley / RFC Kenley / USAAF Station 348 |
| County: | Greater London |
| Current Status: | Army land / Aviation |
| Date: | 1917 - May 1959 |
| Current Use: | Limited flying |
| Used By: | RAF / RAF (Belgian) / RAF (Czech) / RAF (Polish) / RFC / RAAF / RCAF / RNZAF / USAAF |
- Kenley Airfield Friends Group
- RAFA Kenley & Caterham
- The Bourne Society
- The Wattenden Arms in Kenley
Main unit(s) present:
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No 1 Comm Sqn
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No 1 Group
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No 1 Sqn
- No 2 MT Storage Unit
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No 3 Sqn
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4th FS
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No 6 (Fighter) Group
- No 7 (Kenley) AAP
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No 13 Sqn
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No 17 (Fighter) Wing
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No 17 (Fighter) Sector
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No 17 Sqn
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No 23 Sqn
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No 24 Sqn
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No 32 Sqn
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No 36 Sqn
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No 39 Sqn
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No 46 Sqn
- No 52 Repair Unit (Plant)
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No 56 E&RFTS
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No 61 (Eastern) Group
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No 61 (Eastern Reserve) Group
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No 61 Fighter Wing
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No 61 Gp Comm Flight
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No 61 (Southern Reserve) Group
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No 64 Sqn
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No 66 Sqn
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No 80 Sqn
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No 84 Sqn
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No 86 (Communications) Wing
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No 88 Sqn
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No 91 Sqn
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No 95 Sqn
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No 103 (Air Disarmament) Wing
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No 108 Sqn
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No 110 Sqn
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No 111 Sqn
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No 116 Sqn
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No 127 Airfield
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No 143 GS
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No 162 GS
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No 165 GS
- No 165 Sqn
- No 207 Sqn
- No 229 Sqn
- No 253 Sqn
- No 258 San
- No 302 Sqn
- 308th FS
- No 312 Sqn
- No 350 Sqn
- No 400 Sqn
- No 401 Sqn
- No 402 Sqn
- No 403 Sqn
- No 409 Repair & Salvage Unit
- No 411 Sqn
- No 412 Sqn
- No 416 Sqn
- No 419 (RCAF) Repair & Salvage Unit
- No 421 Sqn
- No 452 Sqn
- No 485 Sqn
- No 501 Sqn
- No 600 Sqn
- No 602 Sqn
- No 611 Sqn
- No 615 GS
- No 615 Sqn
- No 615 VGS
- No 616 Sqn
- No 661 Sqn
- No 1004 Servicing Wing
- No 1009 Servicing Wing
- No 1335 Wing RAF Regiment
- No 1336 Wing RAF Regiment
- No 1957 Reserve AOP Flight
- No 1960 Reserve AOP Flight
- No 2704 Sqn RAF Regiment
- No 2721 Sqn RAF Regiment
- No 2729 Sqn RAF Regiment
- No 2732 Sqn RAF Regiment
- No 2738 Sqn RAF Regiment
- No 2766 Sqn RAF Regiment
- No 2792 San RAF Regiment
- No 2815 San RAF Regiment
- No 2820 Sqn RAF Regiment
- No 3201 Servicing Commando
- No 3207 Servicing Commando
- ‘F’ Temporary MU
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Fighting Area
- Kenley AAP
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London UAS
- Photographic Experimental Section/Station
- Signal Co-operation Flight
- Station Flight, Kenley
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Surrey Hills GC
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University of London Air Sqn
The Officers' Mess at Kenley, May 1979.
Gliders at Kenley, 24 February 2008.
Remains of the airfield at Kenley, 1 April 2010.
A glider being winch-launched at Kenley, 1 April 2010.
Supermarine Spitfires and Hawker Hurricanes at Kenley, 1940. Courtesy of British Pathé
Footage of Kenley, c. 2008. Courtesy of IKS Exploration
Remains after a fire at Kenley on 29 January 2016. Courtesy of Surrey Mirror Series
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