Details here are for books that mention Manston history or related events/eras. This page is currently being created.
From Battle of Britain Airman to PoW Escapee
This is the Second World War story of a champion cyclist turned airman who lived to tell the tale against ...
Bloody Paralyser: The Giant Handley Page Bombers of the First World War
Bloody Paralyser: The Giant Handley Page Bombers of the First World War tells the story of the largest British bombers ...
Battle of Britain Voices
DESCRIPTION July 1940, and Britain is the only European country which hasn’t caved in to Hitler’s Third Reich. Hitler’s stated ...
The Most Dangerous Enemy: A History of the Battle of Britain
Unrivalled for its synthesis of all previous historical accounts, for the quality of its strategic analysis and its truly compulsive ...
Whirlwind: Westland’s Enigmatic Fighter
Faster and better armed than the Spitfire, the Whirlwind was the RAF’s counter to a new generation of armoured German ...
263 and 137 Squadrons: The Whirlwind Years
References to Manston to be confirmed. For many, the Westland Whirlwind conjures the image of yellow air-sea rescue helicopters, not ...
Kent’s Own: The Story of No. 500 Squadron Royal Auxiliary Air Force
‘Shrieking from the clouds, the Stukas achieved the measure of surprise they needed. The accuracy of the raid was good ...
Tales from the Control Tower
Tales From The Control Tower is based on the author’s personal experiences of the Royal Air Force. It starts in ...
Run The Gauntlet: The Channel Dash 1942 (Raid)
In February 1942, three of the major ships of the German surface fleet - the battle-cruisers Scharnhorst and Gneisenau, and ...
To Scale the Skies: The Story of Group Captain J.C. ‘Johnny’ Wells DFC and BAR
With humble beginnings as an RAF apprentice, Johnny Wells progressed to pilot and rose to the higher echelons of command ...
The Battle of Britain (James Holland)
The Nazi Blitzkrieg was unlike any invasion the world had ever seen. It hit Europe with a force and aggression ...
Battle of Britain Airfields
References TBC DETAILS Hardcover: 160 pages Publisher: Midland Publishing (23 Sept. 2010) Language: English ISBN-10: 1857803280 ISBN-13: 978-1857803280 Product Dimensions: ...
Battle of Britain: A day-to-day chronicle, 10 July-31 October 1940
From the bestselling author of Fighter Boys and Bomber Boys, Battle of Britain is a magisterial and stunningly illustrated account ...
Airfields of the D-Day Invasion Air Force
As part of the Aviation Heritage Trail series, the airfields and interest in this book are concentrated in a particular ...
Arnhem 1944: The Airborne Battle
Arnhem was meant to end the war in Europe. The Germans were in retreat from Normandy and seemed to be ...
Kent Aviation – A Century of Flight
Using over 300 photographs, Roy Humphreys tells the story of civil and military aviation in Kent. From the excitement and ...
William de Goat: The Story of Air Commodore William de Goat DSO DFC, the extraordinary Mascot of 609 (West Riding) Squadron during the Second World War
Then we were up in the air; I tried to move around but was restrained. I really was special - ...
Heroes of Fighter Command – Kent
Kent remained at the centre of the conflict throughout the war, and the courageous pilots of Fighter Command received countless ...
The RAF WWII Logbooks of Wing Commander R.P. Beamont
This book is a facsimile copy of the pages of a pilot's flying logbook recording the operational tours of Wing ...
Battle of Britain – Airfields of 11 Group
The Royal Air Force's 11 Group played a leading role in the Battle of Britain. It included the airfields at ...
A Glint in the Sky
This compelling account of the German air raid on Folkestone and the appalling aftermath is the first comprehensive history of ...
Erprobungsgruppe 210: ‘Bombsights Over England’
Bombsights over England records in depth the activities of Erpobungsgruppe 210 over southern England during the bitter fighting of summer ...
To Live Among Heroes
This is a unique book. There have been many books about aerial combat in World War Two, quite a few ...
Wings Over Westgate
RNAS Westgate played a leading role in the defence of the Thames Estuary when the British Expeditionary Force (that 'Contemptible ...
The Story of 609 Squadron: Under the White Rose
DETAILS First Edition Hardback: 336 pages.Publisher: TBS The Book Service Ltd (1 Jan. 1971).Language: EnglishISBN-10: 0356036413 ISBN-13: 978-0356036410 Product Dimensions: ...
