Whitfield
Also known as: | Dover |
County: | Kent |
Current Status: | Housing |
Date: | June 1911 - 1913 (last known date May, possibly closed by August); alleged minor use to circa 1914 |
Current Use: | Disused |
Used By: | Civil |
Landing Surface Types: | Unpaved |
Prominent People: | Harriet Quimby |
Aircraft Roles: | General aviation |
The following organisations are either based at, use and/or have at least potentially significant connections with the airfield (as at 31/01/2022):
- Holiday Inn Dover - memorial plaque to early aviator Harriet Quimby
- Whitfield Parish Council
The following alternative information/mass media sources have at least potentially significant connections with the airfield (as at 31/01/2022):
- The Dover Historian
Video and photographs of ABCT's Whitfield Airfield memorial plaque unveiling, Friday 17 March 2023. Courtesy of Ed Andrews
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Footage from the Circuit of Europe International Air Race at Hendon, Shoreham I and Whitfield. Courtesy of British Pathé