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    Andy, please ask Michelle to hold fire for a couple of days. I have something I have been compiling privately I need to polish off and send to you. It is too large to post here, though I might put a summary up some time if anyone is interested.

    Just one quickie though - For what it is worth, the RFC set up their first temporary base at Swingate in October 1913 with the establishment of a permanent aerodrome agreed in principle on the 14 March 1914. Prior to the military base proper, Swingate camp was little more than canvas tents.

    This means that any reference you find to "Dover Aerodrome" is the same location as the "Whitfield Aerodome" as it was the only established airstrip operating until a just a few months before WW1 broke out.

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