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 the sleek twin-engine monoplane that was the RAF’s first single-seat,...
Category: Manston References
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. Every runway was hit, the length of them just bomb...
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 1968 with anecdotes about Basic Training at Swinderby where recruits...
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 the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen – stormed out of the...
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 at the Air Ministry. From idyllic pre-war training, he would...
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 that no-one could counter. Within weeks the German armies were...
