Category: Supermarine Spitfire

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...

137 Sqn / 143 Sqn / 455 Sqn / 489 Sqn / 605 Sqn / Bristol Beaufighter / de Havilland Mosquito / Featured / Hawker Typhoon / On this day / Supermarine Spitfire / World War II

June 6, 2024

Manston’s role on D-Day, 6th June 1944

On this day, 6th June 1944, known as D-Day, more than 160,000 Allied troops landed along a 50-mile stretch of heavily-fortified French coastline forming the largest amphibious attack in history....

Spitfire F37/34 Prototype, K5054, ground view. © IWM (MH 5212)

On this day / Other Airfields / Supermarine Spitfire

March 5, 2024

Spitfire Prototype K5054 maiden flight from Eastleigh airfield – 5th March 1936

Not directly related to Manston at the time, but the birth of another aircraft closely linked to Manston’s later history. The first test flight of Supermarine’s Type 300 K5054 prototype...

609 Sqn / Books / Hawker Typhoon / Manston References / Supermarine Spitfire / World War II

January 1, 1971

The Story of 609 Squadron: Under the White Rose

DETAILS First Edition Hardback: 336 pages. Publisher: TBS The Book Service Ltd (1 Jan. 1971). Language: English ISBN-10: 0356036413 ISBN-13: 978-0356036410 Product Dimensions: 21.8 x 14.6 x 3 cm Later...