That Missing RAF Eastchurch Airfield.

[Panzergranate]

It would have been nice if they'd included an historical raid such as bombing the invasion barges at Callais, though Blenhiems would have to substitute for Fairey Battles.

By the time of the BoB, all the Fairey Battles were transfered to Coastal Command for anti-shipping and raids on German coastal instalations. As such operations required a fighter escort, the chances are that Eastchurch was a home for CC Fairey Battles.

The Fleet Air Arm's contribution during the BoB is eclipsed by the RAF. In September 1940 two Royal Navy F4-F Martlets, From Portsmouth, scrambled and shot down a lone Ju-88 raider / recce bomber, making the first kill for a US built warplanes in WW2. Before anybody points out that the French were flying P-36 Hawks, no actual kills were recorded by the FAF and most were abandoned and captured by the Germans as they over ran the airfields in May 1940.

Land based Royal Navy Sea Gladiators and Martlets also acted as reserves and patrolled over the Channel.

[The_Goalie_94]

The first RAF kill of the war was done by a Lockheed Hudson, it shot down a dornier flying boat.

[Panzergranate]

OK first US fighter kill, according to the book.

Oddly enough the Belgians and the French both had US build fighters, some still in crates. The Germans found Brewster Buffaloes still in crates at the dockyard warehouse, which ended up as Luftwaffe trainers or sold to the Fins.

The french Curtis P-36 A-4 Hawks were sold to the Fins also and suplemented their existing P-36 A-3 Hawks.

[haitch40]

i cant find the airfeild help

[The_Goalie_94]

ANyone want to show me this this week. I think this would be a good target for that B-17 mission jack is hosting saturday.

[Panzergranate]

The villiage of Eastchurch, on the BOP map, is just south of the middle of the Isle Of Sheppy in the top left corner of the Dover and Canturbury maps.

Now there is a long field that ends with the west end next to East Church villiage with a few large buildings under the trees on the north and south east ends.

On Google Earth, this field also exists and the buildings are industrial today.

There are also some old hangar sized indiustrial buildings, shown on Google Earth, to the north of the villiage a few hundred yards from the large field.

In BOP and from ariel pictures, the large field with trees flanking the north and south sides and the villiage on the west side exist.

Fly around and you'll spot it.

Landing on it is easy as the field length is longer that Hawkinge or Pimperne.

[The_Goalie_94]

Originally Posted by Panzergranate

The villiage of Eastchurch, on the BOP map, is just south of the middle of the Isle Of Sheppy in the top left corner of the Dover and Canturbury maps.

Now there is a long field that ends with the west end next to East Church villiage with a few large buildings under the trees on the north and south east ends.

On Google Earth, this field also exists and the buildings are industrial today.

There are also some old hangar sized indiustrial buildings, shown on Google Earth, to the north of the villiage a few hundred yards from the large field.

In BOP and from ariel pictures, the large field with trees flanking the north and south sides and the villiage on the west side exist.

Fly around and you'll spot it.

Landing on it is easy as the field length is longer that Hawkinge or Pimperne.

on google earh, is it that strip of land that is to the west of the village were it goes through a green field then ends in a yellow colored field (Were it looks like the farmers had to go around it with their tractor). I'm probably jst blind but i cant spot it. Can someone post a link with it on google maps?