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In the channel a Motor Torpedo Boat (MTB) had been disabled near the French coast between Dover and Cap Griz-Nez ...

12th February 2023 marked the 81st anniversary of the Channel Dash in 1942. Three of Germany's largest battleships ran the ...

F/Lt Baron Jean de Selys Longchamps DFC and dog (sometimes referred to as "Bullsh*t", sometimes "Spit") - Biggin Hill, October ...

No.198 Sqn Typhoon JR523 piloted by F/O Henry “Harry” Hector MacKenzie (RCAF) took off from Manston at 1143hrs as "Blue ...

A Handley Page O/100, #1463 flown by Flt Lt Henry Connell Vereker accompanied by HP 1462 of Sub Lt Sands ...

By Alan Wilson from Stilton, Peterborough, Cambs, UK (Messerschmitt Bf109E-4/B ‘4101 / Black 12’ (DG200)) [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia ...

On the night of the 26/27th November 1954, the South Goodwin Lightship's anchor chains failed during a hurricane force 12 ...

The often unknown story of the railway serving RAF Manston that we believe operated from 1918 to around 1924 (with ...

On 7th November 1945, Group Captain Hugh Joseph Wilson, CBE, AFC, Royal Air Force, Commandant of the Empire Test Pilots’ ...

Published with permission from 'Bloody Paralyser - The Giant Handley Page Bombers of the First World War' by Rob Langham (Fonthill ...

Troops preparing to board British Horsa type gliders at Manston Air Base, England. Believed to be before or during Operation ...

Pilots of No. 601 (County of London) Squadron run to their waiting Hurricane aircraft at RAF Northolt, 9 January 1941 ...

The Prime Minister Winston Churchill inspects bomb damage caused by Luftwaffe night raids in Ramsgate, Kent, England on 28 August ...

No.218 Sqn Short Stirling N3717 that crash landed at Manston early on 29th August 1942 and FAA Fairey Albacore. Photo ...

Luftwaffe Recon photo some time after raids of 24/08/1940 Six heavy attacks, the first at 0600 hrs (TBC) when approximately ...

Please note that this post is very much still in development. If you have any additions or corrections, please let ...

EVENING REFLECTION by Richard Taylor, used with permission © The Military Gallery www.militarygallery.com With soft evening sunlight radiant behind them, ...

Bofors gun crew ready for action, November 1939. Location unknown. © IWM (H 145) At 1140hrs, a large formation of ...

Manston, 12th August 1940 by Gerald Coulson. A depiction of No. 65 squadron taking off as the attack on Manston ...

RAF Manston yet again played its part in history when the jet engine age was born. In July 1944, the ...

Messerschmitt Bf 109G-6/U2 (W.Nr. 412951) 'White 16' of 3./JG 301, one of two aircraft which landed in error at Manston ...

No.609 Sqn ORB: This morning’s Roadstead consists of aircraft of all 3 Sqdns: 609, 3 and 184. Taking off at ...

On this day, 6th June 1944, known as D-Day, more than 160,000 Allied troops landed along a 50-mile stretch of ...

Secret files are released In October 2008, a number of previously secret UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) files concerning UFO ...

In May 1943, a top secret weapon was used against dams in the German Ruhr valley in an attempt to ...

Bristol Blenheim Mark I, L1295 in flight above the clouds. This aircraft commenced service in August 1938 with No. 107 ...

RAF Search and Rescue teams in helicopters from No.22 Sqn at Manston were part of the rescue operation for the ...

Not directly related to Manston at the time, but the birth of another aircraft closely linked to Manston's later history ...

No.550 Sqn Lancaster I NF998 BQ-D crewed by Sgt. Melvin Tomas "Tom" Ditson RCAF (R.285781) - Mid Upper Air Gunner, ...

No.48 Sqn's Avro Anson K6158 flown by Sgt Plt Gwilym James Maurice (pilot, aged 23), Flt Lt George Edward Strangman ...

The very first British jet engine-powered fighter to see operational service was the Gloster Meteor. Following the wartime Meteor Mk.Is ...

Hurricane Homecoming by Stephen Brown A Hawker Hurricane Mk IIB in the markings of 174 (Mauritius) Sqn based at RAF ...

One of the most notorious German spies of the Second World War period landed in Harwich on 29th August 1935 ...

BOOK DESCRIPTION Having been classified by the Air Ministry as a 'Master Diversion' airfield, RAF Manston was for many years ...

Last Round at Reculver by Paul’s Aviation Art. 8-14th May 1943. From the artist:Three Type 464 (Provisioning) Lancasters lead by ...

Evening Trials at Reculver by Paul's Aviation Art. 8-14th May 1943. From the artist:Local (Herne Bay and East  Kent) Dambuster's ...

Valor over Ramsgate by Paul’s Aviation Art. 8th August 1940. Notes from the artist:Blenheim IF L8665 BQ-A of 600 sqd ...

As part of the RAF Manston Spitfire & Hurricane Memorial Museum’s first ever Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) project, they aimed ...

'Defiants over Dunkirk', by Mark Postlethwaite, used with permission. Boulton Paul Defiants of 264 Squadron engage Heinkel 111s of III/KG51 ...

During the lifetime of this project, we have been attempting to put together a more complete timeline of Squadrons and ...

Manston, 12th August 1940 by Gerald Coulson A German raid catches the airfield at Manston by surprise, and Spitfires are ...

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We hope to continue to expand posts on both Facebook and the website in due course after referring to the ...

We are delighted to be able to share with you another book that has a connection to Manston. The author ...

This classic piece by Robert Taylor contains all that a true Typhoon enthusiast could ask for! The scenario was inspired ...

On International Women's Day, it seems appropriate to remember the role played often behind the scenes by the WAAF, WRNS, ...

The third of the "Detailed History" books about RAF Manston was officially launched on 2nd March 2017 at the Holiday ...

Peter W J Neale has written a book (new for 2017) that details the history behind The Spitfire and Hurricane ...

This is the Second World War story of a champion cyclist turned airman who lived to tell the tale against ...

Trying to piece together a more comprehensive day by day timeline for Manston was the initial goal that the current ...

With soft evening sunlight radiant behind them, Hauptmann Wolfgang Ewald, Gruppenkommandeur of 1./JG52, leads a schwarm of Bf109s back to ...

Led by Squadron Commander Roland “Bee” Beamont, Typhoons of 609 Squadron are dramatically illustrated as they scramble from their base ...

Undetected, the battlecruisers Scharnhorst and Gneisenau, together with the cruiser Prinz Eugen and supporting vessels, had escaped from the French ...

Heavy snow during the winter of 1941 often kept pilots and their aircraft grounded, despite the best efforts of the ...

The Straits of Dover, 12th February 1942. Sub Lieutenant Edgar Lee helps his badly wounded pilot, Sub Lieutenant Brian Rose from ...

The Channel Dash was one of three operations during the Second World War for which the Swordfish was to become ...

The winter of ’41 is remembered well by Geoffrey Wellum, pilot of Spitfire ‘G’ for George. Bitter cold and heavy ...

It was a very interesting afternoon yesterday (29th Oct 2016) at the Hawker Typhoon RB396 Restoration project launch, held at ...

After following the Hawker Typhoon RB396 Restoration page for a little while, we were very interested to find the link ...

Bloody Paralyser: The Giant Handley Page Bombers of the First World War tells the story of the largest British bombers ...

With 2015 being the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Britain – arguably the Hawker Hurricane’s ‘finest hour’ – it ...

Situated close to the South Coast, on flat land to the north of Chichester in West Sussex, lies Goodwood Aerodrome ...

DESCRIPTION July 1940, and Britain is the only European country which hasn’t caved in to Hitler’s Third Reich. Hitler’s stated ...

Unrivalled for its synthesis of all previous historical accounts, for the quality of its strategic analysis and its truly compulsive ...

Throughout the 1930s, RAF Manston became established as one of the most important airfields in the country. No. 48 Squadron ...

Faster and better armed than the Spitfire, the Whirlwind was the RAF’s counter to a new generation of armoured German ...

References to Manston to be confirmed. For many, the Westland Whirlwind conjures the image of yellow air-sea rescue helicopters, not ...

Lympne Airfield: At War and Peace is the story of ‘Kent’s Garden Airfield’, so called because of its location on ...

A Detailed History of RAF Manston 1916-1930: The Men Who Made Manston covers the development of aviation in Thanet up ...

‘Shrieking from the clouds, the Stukas achieved the measure of surprise they needed. The accuracy of the raid was good ...

As a small club airfield during the 1930s, West Malling was very popular with flyers. Taken over by the RAF ...

Tales From The Control Tower is based on the author’s personal experiences of the Royal Air Force. It starts in ...

In February 1942, three of the major ships of the German surface fleet - the battle-cruisers Scharnhorst and Gneisenau, and ...

With humble beginnings as an RAF apprentice, Johnny Wells progressed to pilot and rose to the higher echelons of command ...

This is the story of Detling airfield, from its earliest days through its role in the Second World War - ...

The Nazi Blitzkrieg was unlike any invasion the world had ever seen. It hit Europe with a force and aggression ...

References TBC DETAILS Hardcover: 160 pages Publisher: Midland Publishing (23 Sept. 2010) Language: English ISBN-10: 1857803280 ISBN-13: 978-1857803280 Product Dimensions: ...

DESCRIPTION A follow-up to Finding the Few, this companion volume deals with the postwar discovery and recovery of wartime Luftwaffe ...

From the bestselling author of Fighter Boys and Bomber Boys, Battle of Britain is a magisterial and stunningly illustrated account ...

DESCRIPTION The Last Enemy is the story of Richard Hillary, one of Sebastian Faulks' three 'fatal englishmen'. In this extraordinary ...

DETAILS Hardcover: 150 pages Publisher: Privately Published (2010) ASIN: B00V5510LM Product Dimensions: 23.2 x 16.7 x 2.8 cm ...

As part of the Aviation Heritage Trail series, the airfields and interest in this book are concentrated in a particular ...

Arnhem was meant to end the war in Europe. The Germans were in retreat from Normandy and seemed to be ...

Using over 300 photographs, Roy Humphreys tells the story of civil and military aviation in Kent. From the excitement and ...

Written by Doug Cockle (of the RAF Manston History Museum) - Details and availability TBC. DETAILS Paperback: 128 pages Publisher: ...

Then we were up in the air; I tried to move around but was restrained. I really was special - ...

Kent remained at the centre of the conflict throughout the war, and the courageous pilots of Fighter Command received countless ...

Details to be added. DETAILS Author(s): Malcolm Finnis Publisher: Michaels Bookshop Date of Publication: 01/05/2007 Language(s): English Format: Paperback ISBN-10: ...

The forgotten airfield at Throwley, Faversham, Kent, which existed between 1917 and 1919, was created to aid Britain's coastal defence ...

Taken over by the United States Air Force in 1950 as a direct result of the developing chill of the ...

This book is a facsimile copy of the pages of a pilot's flying logbook recording the operational tours of Wing ...

This series of books provides a fresh user-friendly look at the military airfields of the British Isles. The series is ...

The Royal Air Force's 11 Group played a leading role in the Battle of Britain. It included the airfields at ...

This compelling account of the German air raid on Folkestone and the appalling aftermath is the first comprehensive history of ...

Bombsights over England records in depth the activities of Erpobungsgruppe 210 over southern England during the bitter fighting of summer ...

The airfield at Manston has played an important part in the lives not just of those who served here but ...

This is a unique book. There have been many books about aerial combat in World War Two, quite a few ...

A full account of the part played by Kent's airfields during the Second World War. The history of each airfield ...

Description to be added. DETAILS Author(s): Royal Air Force Manston History Club Publisher: The History Press Ltd Date of Publication: ...

RNAS Westgate played a leading role in the defence of the Thames Estuary when the British Expeditionary Force (that 'Contemptible ...

DETAILS Paperback: 160 pages Publisher: Sutton Publishing Ltd (25 Nov. 1993) Language: English ISBN-10: 0750901357 ISBN-13: 978-0750901352 Product Dimensions: 21.6 ...

PRODUCT DETAILS Paperback: 160 pages Publisher: Countryside Books (29 Sept. 1990) Language: English ISBN-10: 1853060992 ISBN-13: 978-1853060991 Product Dimensions: 26.2 ...

Details the history of RAF Manston from 1916 to 1986. DETAILS Paperback: 104 pages Publisher: RAF Manston; 3rd Revised edition ...

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DETAILS Hardcover: 192 pages Publisher: Meresborough Books; First Edition, First Printing edition (May 1981) Language: English ISBN-10: 0905270355 ISBN-13: 978-0905270357 ...

PRODUCT DETAILS Hardcover: 192 pages Publisher: Meresborough Books; First Edition edition (May 1981) Language: English ISBN-10: 0905270363 ISBN-13: 978-0905270364 ...

DETAILS First Edition Hardback: 336 pages.Publisher: TBS The Book Service Ltd (1 Jan. 1971).Language: EnglishISBN-10: 0356036413 ISBN-13: 978-0356036410 Product Dimensions: ...

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