RAF Detling
Royal Air Force Detling or more simply RAF Detling is a former Royal Air Force station situated 600 feet above sea level, located near Detling, a village about three miles north-east of Maidstone, Kent.
It was a station of the Royal Naval Air Service in the First World War and the Royal Air Force in the Second World War.
RNAS Detling was used jointly by the Navy and Air Force between 1916 and 1919, and Fleet Air Arm aircraft also shared some facilities during the second World War. RAF Detling opened in 1939, was assigned to No 11 Group and closed in 1959.
The site of the airfield is now home to the annual Kent County Show, which takes place for three days every July, and a number of other shows and events.Operational units and aircraft
The following units were also here at some point:
