RNAS Hendon

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Royal Naval Air Service station military airfield

RNAS Hendon was a significant First World War-era Royal Naval Air Service airfield in Hendon, London, used for training, operations, and early military aviation development.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
RAF Hendon 2

Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Royal Naval Air Service station ⓘ
military airfield ⓘ
conflict World War I ⓘ
surface form: First World War
country United Kingdom ⓘ
followedBy RNAS Hendon self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: RAF Hendon
garrison Royal Naval Air Service personnel ⓘ
hasCoordinateLocation 51.594°N 0.238°W ⓘ
hasHistoricalPeriod World War I ⓘ
surface form: First World War era
heritageStatus former airfield site ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity London, England ⓘ
surface form: London

Middlesex, England ⓘ
surface form: Middlesex
locatedNear Colindale ⓘ
Cricklewood ⓘ
Edgware Road ⓘ
locatedOn Hendon Aerodrome site ⓘ
location Hendon, London, England ⓘ
militaryBranch Royal Navy ⓘ
notableFor early use of airfields for large-scale military flying training ⓘ
pioneering British naval aviation training ⓘ
nowPartOf Greater London ⓘ
surface form: Greater London urban area
operator Royal Naval Air Service ⓘ
partOf British home front air defence infrastructure during WWI ⓘ
Royal Naval Air Service ⓘ
surface form: Royal Naval Air Service training system
precededBy civilian flying field at Hendon ⓘ
timePeriod 1910s ⓘ
usedFor aircrew training ⓘ
early military aviation development ⓘ
operational flying ⓘ
pilot training ⓘ
testing and development of early military aircraft ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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RNAS Hendon → followedBy → RNAS Hendon self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: RAF Hendon
Colindale → near → RNAS Hendon ⓘ
this entity surface form: RAF Hendon