On 29th April, 1942, R.A.F. Kenley received an unpublicised visit from King George VI, accompanied by Sir Sholto Douglas. He ...
On 13th July, 1943, a routine Fighter sweep for 403 squadron came to a disastrous conclusion for F/O James Ian ...
By June 1944, Kenley had been left behind as our Forces moved forward on the offensive. The last of Kenley’s ...
As Fighter Command looked to the future in 1941 following the end of the Battle of Britain and major German ...
(from the book “I came back the shortest way” by Jan Jokiel) Jan Jokiel was a Polish pilot participating in the ...
How does a system, originally designed as a maritime rescue apparatus, end up on Fighter Command airfields in 1940?
On 15th January, 1943, 401 squadron RCAF, flying from Kenley, lost Sergeant Pilot William Kennedy Ferguson…. From the squadron Operations Record ...
On the 4th June, 1943, Wing Commander Leslie Sydney Ford, DFC and Bar, met his end leading 402 squadron, when ...
