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'''Howden Air Station''' was a [[Royal Naval Air Service]] command during the [[Great War]]. | '''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== | ==In Command== | ||
<div name=fredbot:office0 otitle="In Command, Howden Air Station" nat="UK"> | <div name=fredbot:office0 otitle="In Command, Howden Air Station" nat="UK"> | ||
{{Tenure|rank=Wing Commander|name=Frederick Lewis Maitland Boothby|nick=Frederick L. M. Boothby|appt=1 March, 1916<ref>Boothby Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/46/125.|}} f. 125.</ref>|end=February, 1918<ref>Boothby Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/46/125.|}} f. 125.</ref>}} | |||
</div name=fredbot:office0> | </div name=fredbot:office0> | ||
==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
{{refbegin}} | {{refbegin}} | ||
* [http://www.historicalhowden.com/rnas Historical Howden website] | |||
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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.
