On this day, 28th August 1942, 56 emergency landings
Fifty six emergency landings on the night of 28th/29th August 1942 left devastation that would lead to the approval for the new runway to be built. The Station Commander had already...
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Manston attacked on ‘The Hardest Day’, 18th August 1940
“The Hardest Day” It would be described later as “The Hardest Day” but although Manston escaped most of what the Luftwaffe would today throw at the RAF, it still was...
Manston takes the full force of Luftwaffe attack against airfields, 12th August 1940
12th August 1940 marked the first major raid inland against RAF airfields by the Luftwaffe and Manston was to feel the full force of the offensive. By the end of the...
Two Messerschmitt Bf 109s land at Manston, 21st July 1944
In the early hours of the morning of 21st July 1944, two Messerschmitt Bf 109G-6 fighters landed at Manston airfield. Both were from the same unit and carrying out a...
US Author John Steinbeck visits No.609 Sqn, writes article on William de Goat, 29th June 1943
No.609 Sqn ORB: This morning’s Roadstead consists of aircraft of all 3 Sqdns: 609, 3 and 184. Taking off at 0500, Haabjoern, Roberts and Leslie act as close escort to...
Manston’s role on D-Day, 6th June 1944
On this day, 6th June 1944, known as D-Day, more than 160,000 Allied troops landed along a 50-mile stretch of heavily-fortified French coastline forming the largest amphibious attack in history....
