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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 34 NE 332 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Hawkshill Down First World War airfield (also known as Walmer Aerodrome) |
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Summary
During (or possibly before) the First World War the Royal Navy constructed an airfield at Hawkhill Down. The site was heavily re-used during the Second World War and it is possible that some of the surviving structures are of First World War date.
| Grid Reference: | TR 3752 4946 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR34NE |
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| Parish: | WALMER, DOVER, KENT |
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Monument Types
- MILITARY AIRFIELD (Modern - 1914 AD? to 1918 AD?)
Full description
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During (or possibly before) the First World War the Royal Navy constructed an airfield at Hawkhill Down. The site was heavily re-used during the Second World War and it is possible that some of the surviving structures are of First World War date.(1)
RNAS Walmer, an out-station of RNAS Dover was located on Hawkshill Downs, but was abandoned by 1919 and nothing now survives at the site which is marked by a memorial to lost pilots erected shortly after the war. (2)
Fleet Air Arm, 2016, Fleet Air Arm Officers Association. (Website). SKE31491.
<1> John Guy, Verbal Communication (Verbal communication). SKE15418.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | --- | Website: Fleet Air Arm. 2016. Fleet Air Arm Officers Association.. |
| <1> | Verbal communication: John Guy. Verbal Communication. |
