Spitfire & Hurricane Memorial Museum suffering from decline in visitor numbers since closure
This is part of the very real way that the current closure of the airport affects everything around us, including
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Manston Airport
24th August proves to be an eventful date in history for Manston airfield and Thanet
August 24th was an eventful day for Manston airfield and Thanet, in more than one year: #OnThisDay1940 264 Sqn Defiants
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Letter in this week’s Isle of Thanet Gazette from SuMA
A letter by SuMA published in this week’s Isle of Thanet Gazette There has been some criticism of Thanet District
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Manston attacked on ‘The Hardest Day’, 18th August 1940
Described by many as “The Hardest Day”, Manston escaped most of what the Luftwaffe would today throw at the RAF.
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Bristow Marks First Anniversary of Search and Rescue at Lydd Airport
News back in April confirmed that Bristow would be maintaining a permanent service run from Lydd Airport and not from
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