From Moths to Merlins: RAF West Malling: Premier Night Fighter Station
As a small club airfield during the 1930s, West Malling was very popular with flyers. Taken over by the RAF in 1939 at the outbreak of the Second World War,...
History of Manston Airfield 100 years of flight
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...
Detling Airfield: A History 1915-1959
This is the story of Detling airfield, from its earliest days through its role in the Second World War – when several dramatic and tragic events occurred – and finally...
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...
