RAF Eastleigh [entry place]
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RAF Eastleigh was an RAF station in Kenya located in the eastern suburbs of Nairobi.
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The RAF started using the station in December 1929 and it became the primary RAF station in East Africa. During World War Two it was used by meteorological flights using Gladiators, Defiants, Hurricanes, Spitfires and Proctors. Post war 82 Squadron Lancasters conducted radar mapping and surveying in 1951 and in November 1953 the Lincolns of 49 Squadron flew operations against the Mau Mau. Because of its high elevation and short runways the station was unsuitable in the late 1950s for later RAF Hunter jets which had to operate from a nearby airfield. From 1945 to 1958 RAF Eastleigh also acted as the main civilian airport for Nairobi. Now known as Moi Air Base it is still used by the Kenya Air Force.
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