Definition of RAF Denge
Royal Air Force Denge or more simply RAF Denge is a former Royal Air Force station near Dungeness, in Kent, England. It is best known for the early experimental acoustic mirrors which remain there.
The RAF had begun research into acoustic mirrors during World War I.
The Denge acoustic mirrors, known colloquially as 'listening ears', are located between Greatstone-on-Sea and Lydd Airport, on the banks of a now disused gravel pit. The mirrors were built in the late 1920s and early 1930s as an experimental early warning system for incoming aircraft, developed by William Sansome Tucker. Several were built along the south and east coasts, but the complex at Denge is the best preserved, and are protected as scheduled monuments.
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What is RAF Denge?
Royal Air Force Denge or more simply RAF Denge is a former Royal Air Force station near Dungeness, in Kent, England. It is best known for the early experimental acoustic mirrors which remain there.