On the 28th January 1957, British Pathe issued this film of a reunion at Kenley’s Officers’ Mess. Lots of familiar ...
There are some great views of the Officers’ Mess and the building that served as Kenley’s original Operations Room in ...
I spent most of the years between 1945 and 2012 living at 170 Whyteleafe Hill opposite "the aerodrome" as everyone called it.
During the 1950's, RAF Kenley hosted several firefighting competitions. Jane Collman Williams has given permission for us to add these photos and cuttings which came from her Grandfather Edward John Charles Williams OBE.
We are saddened to learn that Flight Lieutenant William Terence Clark has passed away this evening, only a few weeks after his 101st birthday. Our deepest condolences go out to his family and friends.
In 1959, the Daily Mail organised a London to Paris Air Race to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Louis Bleriot’s first cross-Channel flight. Lord Rothermere offered overall prize money of £10,000 for the fastest journey between the Arc de Triomphe and Marble Arch.
In the early 50's I was an Air Cadet in the ATC 97th Sqn Mitcham Road Barracks and it was from Kenley that I took my very first flight in a Avro Anson.
Fond memories of Memory from 1953 to 1959 when as a cadet with 450 Squadron ATC. Served as cadet with final ...
In June 1917 an area of Coulsdon Common, part of which was in use as a golf course, was commandeered for ...
RAF Kenley was re-activated at the end of January 1940 when Hurricanes of No 3 Squadron took up residence, even ...
The end of the war in 1945 saw the transition of the RAF from propeller driven to jet driven aircraft ...
