HMS Daedalus, Lee-on-the-Solent, old pictures | Nostalgia
Royal Naval Air Station Lee-on-the-Solent (HMS Daedalus) was one of the primary shore airfields of the Fleet Air Arm.
First established as a seaplane base in 1917 during the First World War, it later became the main training establishment and administrative centre of the Fleet Air Arm.
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