Manston Airport in Kent has not been commercially active since 2014. It was developed on the site of the old RAF Manston, which was frequently attacked and heavily bombed during the Battle of Britain.

The site had been used by aircraft since the First World War, and RAF Manston was heavily bombed during the Battle of Britain. Barnes Wallis used the base to test his bouncing bomb, used during ...

Do you remember Manston during WWII? Do you have any photos of the airfield at the time? If the answer is yes, let us know... From the 30's to the early 40's I often visited the RAF station at ...

These aerial pictures show for the first time the size and scale of the taxpayer-funded facility in Manston, Kent ... 2,600 people inside the former RAF base. The total number of migrants ...

There was a feeling around that Invasion was being prepared for and after one or two small moves had to drive up to RAF Manston (a few weeks previously number WAAFs had been killed there.

One is the reworking of the crossroads of the Spitfire Way and Manston Road - a few hundred yards from the airport’s existing ...

It served in the front line Air Defence of the United Kingdom from the three principal ... Fire Training and Development Centre (DFTDC) at RAF Manston where for 8 years it performed a valuable ...

The two-day family-friendly event will celebrate aviation throughout Manston's history as an airfield, from its early development during World War One, through its RAF and Cold War years to its ...