History of Manston Airfield - From 1916 to the present day
A slowing advance and a plan By September 1944, Paris and Brussels had been liberated through weeks of heavy and costly fighting through the Normandy fields and hedgerows, after the triumph of...
New Luftwaffe tactics On 15 September – now known as “Battle of Britain Day” – the Luftwaffe launched two huge bombing raids on London. Believing that the RAF was close...
On this day, 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...
Fifty six emergency landings on the night of 28th August 1942 left devastation that would lead to the approval for the new runway to be built. The Station Commander had already...
Six heavy attacks, the first at 0600hrs (TBC) when approximately 80 aircraft crossed the coast to Thanet, left Manston unserviceable after the heavy raid at 1520hrs, despite its many tunnels...
During the First World War, the earlier raids by Zeppelin airships had brought the war to the civilian population on home soil. However, their impact was slight compared to the...
Battle of Britain Day, 15th September 1940
15 Sep, 2020
On this day, 28th August 1942, 56 emergency landings
28 Aug, 2020
Rise and Defend – The USAF At Manston 1950-1958
31 Aug, 2006
V-1 Flying Bomb Aces by Mark Postlethwaite
4 Aug, 2017
Manston’s role on D-Day, 6th June 1944
6 Jun, 2020
