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figure was drawn with eight arms radiating out from a distance of 30 miles from the centre. A set of circumvential lines then joined the radial arms at 10, 20 and 30 miles making eight sectors, each sector divided into three sections. As the patrolling flying boat flew up and down each
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flying boats. He improved their hull designs, before developing the Felixstowe flying boats from those experiments. Many Felixstowe boats were built under licence in the USA. The craft were flown on long-range patrols to spot the
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To increase the range of the aircraft, experiments were carried out in the launch and retrieval of flying boats and bi-planes from specially designed
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Felixstowe F.2Bs starting out on patrol. Some of the motor boats that towed them can be seen. A converted seaplane lighter with a
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paint schemes applied; the base would become the largest operational seaplane station in the United Kingdom.
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During June 1912, surveys began for a suitable site for a base for Naval hydro-aeroplanes, with at first
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was announced in April 1913, to be developed along the lines of the station already established on the
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Aerial view of Felixstowe air station. Taken from a Short Seaplane by PO Woodcock RNAS from 2500 feet.
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To begin with the flying boats had little success against U-boats until the introduction of the "
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was created soon after the outbreak of World War I following the formation of the
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based at Felixstowe, planned to operate against the Zeppelins; the aircraft, two
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from 1 April 1924 until the Second World War. It was also used as a base by the
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Photographs taken at Felixstowe and Lowerstoft (sic) air stations 1914–1918
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Upon Porte's recommendation, the station was initially equipped with
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A Pictorial Postcard History of Harwich, Dovercourt and Parkeston
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The unit at Felixstowe was commissioned 5 August 1913 on the
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On 24 April 1916 trials were run in conjunction with the
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Aeroplane & Armament Experimental Establishment
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Index

Felixstowe
Suffolk
51Β°56β€²42β€³N 1Β°19β€²16β€³E / 51.945Β°N 1.321Β°E / 51.945; 1.321
Naval air station
Royal Air Force station
Royal Navy
Royal Air Force
First World War
Felixstowe
Shotley
Mistley
River Stour
Great Yarmouth
Isle of Grain
River Orwell
Landguard
Captain
RM
Lieutenant
RN
Lieutenant-Commander
John Cyril Porte
RN
Royal Naval Air Service
Royal Flying Corps
hangars
slipways
Norwich
Boulton & Paul
camouflage

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