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January 1, 2025

A New Year’s Day present to the Germans of a Handley Page O/100 – 1st January 1917

Handley Page O/100 1463 “L’Amazone” flown by Flt Lt Henry Connell Vereker, accompanied by Handley Page O/100 1462 of Sub Lt Sands left from Manston just before noon for Villacoublay...

World War I

November 16, 2024

The Manston Camp Light Railway

The often unknown story of the railway serving RAF Manston that we believe operated from 1918 to around 1924 (with the line being removed in 1928) and narrow guage lines...

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November 4, 2024

An unexpected passenger in a Handley Page O/100 on 4th November 1916

Published with permission from ‘Bloody Paralyser – The Giant Handley Page Bombers of the First World War’ by Rob Langham (Fonthill Media, 2016). Following the first flight of the Handley Page...

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August 22, 2024

Gotha raid of 22nd August 1917 – Part of the first “Battle of Britain”

Please note that this post is very much still in development. If you have any additions or corrections, please let us know. During the First World War, the earlier raids...