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Latest revision as of 14:33, 28 March 2022
Howden Air Station was a Royal Naval Air Service command during the Great War. It opened on 26 June, 1916.
Facilities
The station consisted of barrack huts, officers' quarters, and a pigeon loft for the two carrier pigeons each airship carried to relay messages back to the station in the event of radio failure or if the airship ditched.
A large shed was built to accommodate a rigid airship and two smaller sheds for non-rigids. By 1919, the station boasted the largest shed in the world: 750 feet in length and 130 feet at the top of the doors.
In Command
- Wing Commander Frederick L. M. Boothby, 1 March, 1916[1] – February, 1918[2]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Boothby Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/125. f. 125.
- ↑ Boothby Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/125. f. 125.
