RAF Eastleigh

RAF Eastleigh

RAF Eastleigh was a Royal Air Force airbase in Kenya, in the Eastleigh suburb of Nairobi. It played a significant role during the struggle for Kenyan independence. The name "RAF Eastleigh" was also used during 1935 for the airbase in England that became RAF Southampton in 1936.

Eastleigh was the primary RAF station for East Africa. However because of its high elevation and short runways (which could not be extended because of its location close to the city), jet fighters and bombers had to operate out of nearby Embakasi Airport. Eastleigh also operated as a civilian airport with BOAC operating flights through the fifties and sixties.

RAF Eastleigh is known today as Moi Air Base (Eastleigh Airport) and is used by the Kenya Air Force.

External links

* [http://www.mccrow.org.uk/EastAfrica/NairobiAirport/Nairobi%20Airports.htm Photographs of Eastleigh and other Nairobi airports from 50 years ago]


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