Sunderland Hangar 1918 & RFC/RNAS/RAF Calshot 1913-61 - Calshot Activities Centre, Calshot Spit, Fawley, Southampton, Hampshire, UK
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N 50° 49.103 W 001° 18.473
30U E 619194 N 5630993
Near the entrance door to the Calshot Activities Centre are two plaques commemorating the time when Calshot was home to the flying boats.
Waymark Code: WMDC64
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 12/23/2011
Views: 4
The plaques reads:
'Sunderland Hangar 1918
The Sunderland flying boats
flew from Calshot
1939 to 1993.
Calshot Activities Centre'
'Transport Trust
RFC/RNAS/RAF
CALSHOT 1913-61
Seaplane and Flying Boat station.
Base for the High Speed Flight, winners of
the Schneider Trophy 1927, 1929, 1931
For further information visit:
www.transportheritage.com
TRANSPORT HERITAGE SITE'
Type of Historic Marker: Red Plaque
Historical Marker Issuing Authority: Calshot Activities Centre and Transport Heritage Site
Age/Event Date: 01/01/1913
Related Website: [Web Link]
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