RAF Ash
RAF Ash | |
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| Located near Sandwich in Kent | |
  RAF Ash | |
| Coordinates | 51°16′08″N 1°17′41″E / 51.2689°N 1.2947°E |
| Type | Underground control centre and radar station |
| Site information | |
| Owner | Ministry of Defence |
| Controlled by | Royal Air Force |
| Site history | |
| Built | 1939 |
| In use | 1939-1998 |
RAF Ash (formerly RAF Sandwich) was an RAF underground control centre and radar station situated near the village of Woodnesborough, Kent, England.
History
RAF Sandwich was originally a Ground Controlled Interception (GCI) site situated in Ash Road, Sandwich. However, after the Second World War the area was chosen for one of a chain of ROTOR air defence radar stations and the site was relocated to an underground bunker 1.5 miles to the south-west in Marshborough Road, Ash, the new site being renamed RAF Ash.
RAF Ash was closed and the site sold in July 1998.[1] It is now used as a secure server farm by The Bunker, an Internet hosting company.[2]
References
- ↑ "House of Commons Hansard Written Answers for 2 Dec 1999 (pt 5)". www.publications.parliament.uk. 1999-12-02. Retrieved 2011-01-29.
- ↑ "Ash – The Bunker Secure Hosting". www.thebunker.net. Retrieved 2011-01-29.
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- RAF Sandwich/RAF Ash
- www.thebunker.net - current owners
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