History of Manston Airfield - From 1916 to the present day
Manston’s importance was recognised when the Prime Minister, Winston Churchill, paid it a personal visit. He saw an airfield barely serviceable, still with craters everywhere and markers denoting unexploded bombs...
Six heavy attacks, the first at 0600 hrs (TBC) when approximately 80 aircraft crossed the coast to Thanet, left Manston unserviceable after the heavy raid at 1520 hrs, despite its...
Boulton Paul Defiants of 264 Squadron engage Heinkel 111s of III/KG51 over Dunkirk on the second day of Operation Dynamo, 27th May 1940. “This final painting of the three shows...
South Goodwin Lightship Disaster, 26/27th November 1954
November 27, 2024
The Manston Camp Light Railway
November 16, 2024
Air Speed Record set at Reculver, 7th November 1945
November 7, 2024
An unexpected passenger in a Handley Page O/100 on 4th November 1916
November 4, 2024
Manston’s role in Operation Market Garden, 17th September 1944
September 17, 2024
Battle of Britain Day, 15th September 1940
September 15, 2024
Rise and Defend – The USAF At Manston 1950-1958
August 31, 2006
South Goodwin Lightship Disaster, 26/27th November 1954
November 27, 2024
On this day, 28th August 1942, 56 emergency landings
August 28, 2024
V-1 Flying Bomb Aces by Mark Postlethwaite
August 4, 2017
Manston’s role on D-Day, 6th June 1944
June 6, 2024
Manston’s role in Operation Market Garden, 17th September 1944
September 17, 2024
