Personal account of the raid on Kenley by Ralf von Pebal, a Luftwaffe photographer with the 9 Staffel/KG76 On the early ...
This is a brief outline of the planes that took part in the attack on and defence of the airfields defending London and south-east England on Sunday 18 August 1940, specifically RAF Kenley.
Attack Alarm is an espionage novel written by author Hammond Innes, who was stationed at Kenley as an anti-aircraft gunner during the Battle of Britain. Not a great deal is known about Innes’s service in the Royal Artillery between 1940-1946, but his book written and published during the war offers an invaluable and detailed account based on his time at Kenley, most notably the devastating attack on 18 August 1940, Kenley’s Hardest Day.
The local and national press covered the events of the 18th August 1940 for many weeks after the event; the ...
Here is the 1939 entry in RAF Kenley’s Operations Record Book 1 for the first wartime Christmas Day
An August 18th 1940 Kenley raid story. In 1940 my mother was living with her parents in Oak Road, Caterham. ...
At 2pm on the 3rd May, 1926, Kenley’s Station Commander addressed all airmen on their duties for the period of ...
Origins of Kenley Airfield The Prime Minister Winston Churchill shakes hands with a sergeant pilot of 615 Fighter Squadron during ...
Copyright of the attached article rests with the The Bourne Society. Bulletin 195 – February 2004 Preview Jim Crofts, who was stationed in Kenley ...
