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...
History of Manston Airfield 100 years of flight
The Manston Spy
One of the most notorious German spies of the Second World War period landed in Harwich on 29th August 1935. Dr. Hermann Görtz (anglicised as Goertz) was a swarthy, thick...
A Detailed History of RAF Manston 1945-1999
BOOK DESCRIPTION Having been classified by the Air Ministry as a ‘Master Diversion’ airfield, RAF Manston was for many years open twenty-four hours a day and available to both civil...
Manston: 100 Years of Flight Project
As part of the RAF Manston Spitfire & Hurricane Memorial Museum’s first ever Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) project, they aimed to celebrate, commemorate and promote RAF Manston’s unique history. As...
Insight #3: Publication of updated Squadron and Units Timeline
During the lifetime of this project, we have been attempting to put together a more complete timeline of Squadrons and Units based at Manston. This has taken a vast amount...
Insight #2: Expanding the detail on Manston’s history
We hope to continue to expand posts on both Facebook and the website in due course after referring to the records available from the National Archives and other sources, including...
