FSX – RAF West Malling

FSX – RAF West Malling. Located near Maidstone in Kent and the Thames estuary, and ideally suited for the defence of South East London, famous as one of the Battle of Britian airfields, Ive chosen to represent West Malling as it looked during the 1950’s when WM was home to Meteor and Javelin night fighter squadrons, flying carried on for some years as a home for air training corp gliders and was the home of the Great Warbirds flying display, many of which i attended before the airfield was given over to redevelopment as a housing estate in 1991,some buildings remain, most notably, the control Tower,in the middle of the estate. which has become a Costa coffe shop. One intresting use for the airfield was as a location for the Beatles 1967 Magical Mystery Tour movie, making good use of the runway and dispersl areas and studio shots film’d in the large hanger behing the control tower.

By Ian Elliot

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