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Manston 100 Years – Banner 2

November 27, 2024

Messerschmitt Bf109 “Black 12” crash lands at Manston, 27th November 1940

Messerschmitt Bf109E ‘4101 / Black 12’ of 21 year old Leutnant Wolfgang Teumer from 2/JG51 based at Wissant near Calais, was attacked by the Spitfire of 66 Squadron’s Flt Lt...

264 Sqn / 54 Sqn / Battle of Britain / Boulton Paul Defiant / On this day / Supermarine Spitfire / World War II

August 28, 2024

Prime Minister, Winston Churchill visits Manston on 28th August 1940

Manston’s importance was recognised when the Prime Minister, Winston Churchill, paid it a personal visit. He saw an airfield barely serviceable, still with craters everywhere and markers denoting unexploded bombs...

264 Sqn / 54 Sqn / Battle of Britain / Boulton Paul Defiant / On this day / World War II

August 24, 2024

Heavy Luftwaffe raids on Manston and Ramsgate on 24th August 1940 leaving the airfield unserviceable

Six heavy attacks, the first at 0600 hrs (TBC) when approximately 80 aircraft crossed the coast to Thanet, left Manston unserviceable after the heavy raid at 1520 hrs, despite its...

17 Sqn / 266 Sqn / Battle of Britain / Featured / On this day / World War II

August 18, 2024

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...

65 Sqn / Battle of Britain / Bristol Blenheim / World War II

August 14, 2024

The second large attack on Manston during the Battle of Britain, 14th August 1940

At 1140hrs, a large formation of enemy aircraft was detected forming up over Calais by Dover and Pevensey radar. Four squadrons were brought to readiness, including seven Spitfires of No.65...

54 Sqn / 65 Sqn / Battle of Britain / Featured / On this day / World War II

August 12, 2024

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...