12th February 2026 marked the 84th anniversary of the Channel Dash in 1942. Three of Germany’s largest battleships ran the gauntlet of the Dover Strait from their location at Brest...
Baron Jean Michel P.M.G. de Selys-Longchamps was born 31st May 1912 in Brussels as the son of Baron Raymond Charles Michel Ghislain de Selys-Longchamps and Emilie de Theux de Meylandt...
No.198 Sqn Typhoon JR523 piloted by F/O Henry “Harry” Hector MacKenzie (RCAF) took off from Manston at 1143hrs as “Blue 3” in a formation of four Typhoons with F/Lt R.O....
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...
12th February 2026 marked the 84th anniversary of the Channel Dash in 1942. Three of Germany’s largest battleships ran the gauntlet of the Dover Strait from their location at Brest...
Baron Jean Michel P.M.G. de Selys-Longchamps was born 31st May 1912 in Brussels as the son of Baron Raymond Charles Michel Ghislain de Selys-Longchamps and Emilie de Theux de Meylandt...
No.198 Sqn Typhoon JR523 piloted by F/O Henry “Harry” Hector MacKenzie (RCAF) took off from Manston at 1143hrs as “Blue 3” in a formation of four Typhoons with F/Lt R.O....
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...
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...
On the night of the 26/27th November 1954, the South Goodwin Lightship’s anchor chains failed during a hurricane force 12 storm between midnight and 0100hrs. Ashore the Ramsgate and Deal...
Channel Dash – The Bravest of the Brave
February 12, 2026
South Goodwin Lightship Disaster, 26/27th November 1954
November 27, 2025
Air Speed Record set at Reculver, 7th November 1945
November 7, 2025
An unexpected passenger in a Handley Page O/100 on 4th November 1916
November 4, 2025
Rise and Defend – The USAF At Manston 1950-1958
August 31, 2006
South Goodwin Lightship Disaster, 26/27th November 1954
November 27, 2025
V-1 Flying Bomb Aces by Mark Postlethwaite
August 4, 2017
On this day, 28th August 1942, 56 emergency landings
August 28, 2025
Manston’s role in Operation Market Garden, 17th September 1944
September 17, 2025
Manston’s role on D-Day, 6th June 1944
June 6, 2025
