
Jet engine development, the Gloster Meteor and the V1 threat

Channel Dash – The Bravest of the Brave

F/Lt Baron Jean de Selys Longchamps’ Attack on Secret Police HQ and a hectic day for No.609 Squadron – 20th January 1943

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

Loss of F/O Henry “Harry” Hector MacKenzie (RCAF) – 3rd January 1944

A New Year’s Day present to the Germans of a Handley Page O/100 – 1st January 1917

South Goodwin Lightship Disaster, 26/27th November 1954

The Manston Camp Light Railway

Manston’s role in Operation Market Garden, 17th September 1944

Air Speed Record set at Reculver, 7th November 1945

An unexpected passenger in a Handley Page O/100 on 4th November 1916

Battle of Britain Day, 15th September 1940

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

On this day, 28th August 1942, 56 emergency landings

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

The Manston Spy

Gotha raid of 22nd August 1917 – Part of the first “Battle of Britain”

Manston attacked on ‘The Hardest Day’, 18th August 1940

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

Manston takes the full force of Luftwaffe attack against airfields, 12th August 1940

US Author John Steinbeck visits No.609 Sqn, writes article on William de Goat, 29th June 1943

Two Messerschmitt Bf 109s land at Manston, 21st July 1944

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

USAF F-86D from Manston ordered to fire on UFO – May 20th 1957

Dambuster Bouncing Bomb Tests at Reculver and Manston

No.600 Sqn Bristol Blenheim I crashes at Manston – 11th March 1940

Herald of Free Enterprise Disaster, 6th March 1987

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

No.550 Sqn Avro Lancaster NF998 BQ-D Crash Landing – 24th February 1945

Avro Anson K6158 crashes near Ewell Minnis – 22nd February 1937

The Valentine’s Day ‘Battle of the MTB’ – 14th February 1943

Gloster Meteor Mk.4 “World Speed Record” 1:72

Hurricane Homecoming by Stephen Brown

Manston, 12th August 1940 by Gerald Coulson

Manston: 100 Years of Flight Project

“Winter of ’41” by Philip E. West

Rise and Defend – The USAF At Manston 1950-1958

A Detailed History of RAF Manston 1945-1999

Valor over Ramsgate by Paul’s Aviation Art

Evening Trials at Reculver by Paul’s Aviation Art

Last Round at Reculver by Paul’s Aviation Art

Defiants over Dunkirk by Mark Postlethwaite

A Detailed History of RAF Manston 1941-1945

The RAF WWII Logbooks of Wing Commander R.P. Beamont

The Story of 609 Squadron: Under the White Rose

William de Goat: The Story of Air Commodore William de Goat DSO DFC, the extraordinary Mascot of 609 (West Riding) Squadron during the Second World War

To Live Among Heroes

Erprobungsgruppe 210: ‘Bombsights Over England’

From Battle of Britain Airman to PoW Escapee

Insight #3: Publication of updated Squadron and Units Timeline

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

Wings Over Westgate

Insight #2: Expanding the detail on Manston’s history

The Mallon Crew

“Typhoon Attack” by Robert Taylor

Account by Doreen Maddison WAAF on International Women’s Day

A Glint in the Sky

Arnhem 1944: The Airborne Battle

Battle of Britain: A day-to-day chronicle, 10 July-31 October 1940

The Battle of Britain (James Holland)

Tales from the Control Tower

263 and 137 Squadrons: The Whirlwind Years

Operation Cerberus – The Channel Dash by Philip E. West

Run The Gauntlet: The Channel Dash 1942 (Raid)

Sanctuary! – The Stories Behind the Spitfire & Hurricane Memorial Museum

Insight #1: On This Day at Manston

“The Channel Dash” by Robert Taylor

“Evening Reflection” by Richard Taylor

“Typhoon Scramble” by Richard Taylor

“Channel Dash Heroes” – by Philip E. West

“The Pride of Britain” by Philip E. West

Restoration of Typhoon RB396 has links back to Manston

Hawker Typhoon RB396 Restoration Project Launch

Bloody Paralyser: The Giant Handley Page Bombers of the First World War

Hawkinge, 1912-1961: An in depth history of the former Royal Air Force Station Hawkinge

Manston Memories 1916-2006

Hawker Hurricane Survivors

Throwley 1917-1919: Kent’s Forgotten Airfield

Westhampnett At War

Lympne Airfield At War and Peace

From Moths to Merlins: RAF West Malling: Premier Night Fighter Station

RAF Westhampnett – A Fighter Command Station at War

Kent Airfields in the Second World War

Battle of Britain – Airfields of 11 Group

The Military Airfields of Britain: Southern England

Heroes of Fighter Command – Kent

Kent Aviation – A Century of Flight

Airfields of the D-Day Invasion Air Force

Battle of Britain Airfields

To Scale the Skies: The Story of Group Captain J.C. ‘Johnny’ Wells DFC and BAR

Kent’s Own: The Story of No. 500 Squadron Royal Auxiliary Air Force

Whirlwind: Westland’s Enigmatic Fighter

The Most Dangerous Enemy: A History of the Battle of Britain

Battle of Britain Voices

The History of RAF Manston

RAF Manston in Old Photographs

RAF Manston in Old Photographs – A Second Selection

RAF Manston Album

Twilight of the Pistons: Air Ferry – a Manston Airline

A Detailed History of RAF Manston 1931-40: Arise to Protect

A Detailed History of RAF Manston 1916-1930: The Men Who Made Manston

Kent Airfields Remembered

Kent Airfields in the Battle of Britain

The Last Enemy
