RAF West Malling
England
About
RAF West Malling, in the Kent Weald, was a flying field from 1930 and became a celebrated night-fighter station. The Bristol Beaufighters and de Havilland Mosquitoes of No. 29 and other squadrons flew from it, and in the summer of 1944 the Spitfires of the Dutch No. 322 Squadron flew against the V-1 flying bombs. It remained a leading night-fighter base into the jet age before closing in 1969; the site is now the Kings Hill development, with the control tower and officers’ mess surviving.
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- No. 29 Squadron — 85 Group
- No. 264 Squadron (Madras Presidency) — 12 Group
- No. 322 Squadron (Dutch) — 85 Group
People connected to this base
39 persons cross-referenced to this airfield — through a posting here, a squadron based here, or aircrew who flew from it.
| Name | Rank | Connection | Dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barge, Arthur Lowthian | Flying Officer | Aircrew (squadron based here) | — |
| Bell, Hugh Bernard | Pilot Officer | Aircrew (squadron based here) | — |
| Bennett, Joseph Eric | Flight Lieutenant | Aircrew (squadron based here) | — |
| Bishop, Edward Laurence | Flight Sergeant | Aircrew (squadron based here) | — |
| Brown, Ronald Westland | Flying Officer | Aircrew (squadron based here) | — |
| Clarke, John Charles Everett | Flight Sergeant | Aircrew (squadron based here) | — |
| Coulthard, John | Flying Officer | Aircrew (squadron based here) | — |
| Edgar, John Anthony | Flying Officer | Aircrew (squadron based here) | — |
| Frencham, Reginald Maurice Charles | Pilot Officer | Aircrew (squadron based here) | — |
| Fuller, Sydney Ben | Pilot Officer | Aircrew (squadron based here) | — |
| Harding, Paul Anthony | Flying Officer | Aircrew (squadron based here) | — |
| Hendra, Peter Desmond | Warrant Officer | Aircrew (squadron based here) | — |
| Hill, Thomas Bryan | Flight Sergeant | Aircrew (squadron based here) | — |
| Innes, Arthur Charles Sydney | Flight Lieutenant | Aircrew (squadron based here) | — |
| King, William Lawrence | Flight Lieutenant | Aircrew (squadron based here) | — |
| Kinnery, John Frederick | Captain | Aircrew (squadron based here) | — |
| Knox, Ernest William | Sergeant | Aircrew (squadron based here) | — |
| Lambert, George William Anthony | Warrant Officer | Aircrew (squadron based here) | — |
| Lawrence, Charles Radford | Flying Officer | Aircrew (squadron based here) | — |
| Leek, George Arthur | Flight Sergeant | Aircrew (squadron based here) | — |
| Lord, John Maden | Flying Officer | Aircrew (squadron based here) | — |
| Mack, Robert Ewart Xavier | Wing Commander | Aircrew (squadron based here) | — |
| Matthews, Arthur John | Flying Officer | Aircrew (squadron based here) | — |
| Meadows, Trevor Sydney Francis | Flight Lieutenant | Aircrew (squadron based here) | — |
| Menlove, William John Henry | Flight Sergeant | Aircrew (squadron based here) | — |
| Mullard, Thomas Henry | Flight Sergeant | Aircrew (squadron based here) | — |
| O'Dowd, Kevin Patrick | Flight Sergeant | Aircrew (squadron based here) | — |
| Petrie, James Harvie | Pilot Officer | Aircrew (squadron based here) | — |
| Piers, Arthur William Jarvis | Flying Officer | Aircrew (squadron based here) | — |
| Porter, Leonard John | Flight Lieutenant | Aircrew (squadron based here) | — |
| Pudsey, Edward Estill | Flight Lieutenant | Aircrew (squadron based here) | — |
| Quinlan, William Francis | Flight Sergeant | Aircrew (squadron based here) | — |
| Rosetta, William Harvey Edwards | Sergeant | Aircrew (squadron based here) | — |
| Shepherd, Edward Daniel Arthur | Flight Lieutenant | Aircrew (squadron based here) | — |
| Stanley, Anthony Hugh | Flying Officer | Aircrew (squadron based here) | — |
| Townsin, Bertram Cecil | Flight Lieutenant | Aircrew (squadron based here) | — |
| Utton, Peter Eric Gilbert | Warrant Officer | Aircrew (squadron based here) | — |
| West, Denis Leslie | Flying Officer | Aircrew (squadron based here) | — |
| Woolcott, Michael | Warrant Officer | Aircrew (squadron based here) | — |