Marden Airfield
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Marden Airfield was an airfield in Marden, Kent, United Kingdom. It was operation from 1917 to 1935. Initially a Royal Flying Corps airfield during the First World War it was used post-war as an Emergency Landing Strip, RAF Marden by the Royal Air Force. It was also known as Pagehurst Emergency Landing Ground. Later serving as a civil Emergency Landing Ground, the airfield closed in 1935. The site housed a Royal Air Force transmitter station during the Second World War.
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Marden Airfield RAF Marden Pagehurst Emergency Landing Ground | |||||||||||
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Airport type | Private/Military | ||||||||||
Serves | Marden / Staplehurst | ||||||||||
Location | Staplehurst, Kent | ||||||||||
Built | 1917 | ||||||||||
In use | 1917–1935 | ||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 90 ft / 27 m | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 51°10′N 000°31′E | ||||||||||
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