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New Chapel

Major Airfield
Also known as: New Chapel Landing Ground / Newchapel / RAF New Chapel / RFC New Chapel
County: Surrey
Current Status: Farmland
Date: October 1916 - 1919 (notification of relinquishment 13 August)
Current Use: Disused
Used By: RAF / RFC
Landing Surface Type(s): Unpaved
Aircraft Role(s): Fighter

The following organisations are either based at, use and/or have at least potentially significant connections with the airfield (as at 31/10/2019):

  • British Wildlife Centre – finest collection of native wildlife in Britain
  • Horne Parish Council

Main unit(s) present:

  • No 39 Sqn
  • No 78 Sqn

Photographs of the plaque at New Chapel. Courtesy of the British Wildlife Centre

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Plan of New Chapel, 1916. Courtesy of Ed Andrews

Home Defence Flight Station(s):

Gosport / Penshurst (Chiddingstone Causeway) / Telscombe Cliffs

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