Category: Battle of Britain

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

July 24, 2025

Messerschmitt Bf 109 shot down by No.54 Sqn, crashes into Byron Avenue, Margate, 24th July 1940

No.54 Sqn’s P/O Gray attacks a Bf 109 piloted by Lt Josef Schauff of 8/JG 26 over Margate. The German’s parachute fails to open, his body landing on a local...

Battle of Britain / Books / Manston References

June 9, 2011

The Battle of Britain (James Holland)

The Nazi Blitzkrieg was unlike any invasion the world had ever seen. It hit Europe with a force and aggression that no-one could counter. Within weeks the German armies were...

Battle of Britain / Books / World War II

September 13, 2010

Finding the Foe: Outstanding Mysteries of the Battle of Britain and Beyond Investigated and Solved

DESCRIPTION A follow-up to Finding the Few, this companion volume deals with the postwar discovery and recovery of wartime Luftwaffe aircrew who were downed and lost over the UK, most...