RAF Ash
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RAF Ash (formerly RAF Sandwich) was an RAF underground control centre and radar station situated near the village of Woodnesborough, Kent, England.
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]
[edit] References
- ^ "House of Commons Hansard Written Answers for 2 Dec 1999 (pt 5)". www.publications.parliament.uk. 1999-12-02. http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm199900/cmhansrd/vo991202/text/91202w05.htm. Retrieved 2011-01-29.
- ^ "Ash". www.thebunker.net. http://www.thebunker.net/colocation/facilities/ash/. Retrieved 2011-01-29.
[edit] External links
- RAF Sandwich/RAF Ash
- www.thebunker.net - current owners
Coordinates: 51°16′8″N 1°17′41″E / 51.26889°N 1.29472°E
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