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<div name=fredbot:office0 otitle="In Command, Kingsnorth Airship Station" nat="UK"> | <div name=fredbot:office0 otitle="In Command, Kingsnorth Airship Station" nat="UK"> | ||
{{Tenure|rank=Wing Commander|name=Neville Florian Usborne|nick=Neville F. Usborne|appt=1 April, 1914{{NLDec14|p. 431''d''}}|end=13 August, 1915}} | {{Tenure|rank=Wing Commander|name=Neville Florian Usborne|nick=Neville F. Usborne|appt=1 April, 1914{{NLDec14|p. 431''d''}}|end=13 August, 1915|precBy=New Command}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank=Squadron Commander|name=Harold Larpent Woodcock|nick=Harold L. Woodcock|appt=13 August, 1915|end=9 October, 1915}} | {{Tenure|rank=Squadron Commander|name=Harold Larpent Woodcock|nick=Harold L. Woodcock|appt=13 August, 1915|end=9 October, 1915}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{WCommRN}}|name=Clement Richard Dane|nick=Clement R. Dane|appt=6 February, 1916<ref>Dane Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/49/34.|D7604133}} f. ?.</ref>|end=13 March, 1917<ref>Dane Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/49/34.|D7604133}} f. ?.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank={{WCommRN}}|name=Clement Richard Dane|nick=Clement R. Dane|appt=6 February, 1916<ref>Dane Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/49/34.|D7604133}} f. ?.</ref>|end=13 March, 1917<ref>Dane Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/49/34.|D7604133}} f. ?.</ref>}} | ||
Revision as of 16:24, 29 December 2021
Kingsnorth Airship Station was an airship base in Kent operated by the Royal Naval Air Service during the Great War. It operated as a training station, and eventually became a production facility for airships and base for anti-submarine airship patrols.
In Command
- Wing Commander Neville F. Usborne, 1 April, 1914[1] – 13 August, 1915
- Squadron Commander Harold L. Woodcock, 13 August, 1915 – 9 October, 1915
- Wing Commander Clement R. Dane, 6 February, 1916[2] – 13 March, 1917[3]
- Captain Alexander P. Davidson, 23 February, 1917 – 18 February, 1918
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1914). p. 431d.
- ↑ Dane Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/34. f. ?.
- ↑ Dane Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/34. f. ?.
