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'First Things First", The Early Days: RFC Suttons Farm' - Richard Smith

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This talk, at the Hornchurch venue, is a truly local story.  This talk will cover the origins and history of RFC Suttons Farm in Hornchurch.  It was from here that William Leefe Robinson shot down a Zeppelin in September 1916, the first downed by air combat over the UK. Suttons farm was a key part of home defence in the First World War and continu…