London Biggin Hill Airport (IATA: BQH, ICAO: EGKB) is an operational general aviation airport at Biggin Hill in the London Borough of Bromley, located 12 NM (22 km; 14 mi) south-southeast of Central London. The airport was formerly a Royal Air Force station RAF Biggin Hill, and a small enclave on the airport still retains that designation.
Biggin Hill is best known for its role during the Battle of Britain in World War II, when it served as one of the principal fighter bases protecting London and South East England from attack by German Luftwaffe bombers. Over the course of the war, fighters based at Biggin Hill claimed 1,400 enemy aircraft, at the cost of the lives of 453 Biggin Hill based aircrew.
London Biggin Hill Airport in Or Even Eagle Flew[]
In late 1942, 609 Squadron was posted at RAF Biggin Hill[1], which is where Flight Officer Amelia Earhart rejoined them.[2]
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- ↑ See:Inconsistencies (Or Even Eagle Flew).
- ↑ Or Even Eagle Flew, pg. 157, loc. 1704, ebook.
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