Historical place archive

Biggin Hill in History

Browse historical events and people recorded at Biggin Hill in New Zealand. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

2 records1 event labels1 people1940–1940

Historical events in Biggin Hill

1940

30 August 1940
Battle of Britain
Keith Park · World War, 2nd

Biggin Hill suffers severe damage while remaining operational.

30 August 1940
Battle of Britain
Keith Park · World War, 2nd

Directs interceptions during heavy attacks on Fighter Command sector stations.

Provenance

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