Controlled by Royal Air Force Year built 1939 | In use 1939-1998 Owner Ministry of Defence | |
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Type Underground control centre and radar station | ||
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. It is now used as a secure server farm by The Bunker, an Internet hosting company.
References
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