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  • Parachute and Cable? Schermuly Not

    Parachute and Cable? Schermuly Not

    How does a system, originally designed as a maritime rescue apparatus, end up on Fighter Command airfields in 1940?
  • Pathfinder Association Badge

    Pathfinder Association Badge

  • Paul Farnes DFM, AE (16 July 1918-28 Jan 2020)

    Paul Farnes DFM, AE (16 July 1918-28 Jan 2020)

    We are saddened to learn that RAF Kenley’s last fighter ace from the Battle of Britain, Wing Commander Paul Farnes ...
  • Photo of Women's Junior Air Corp - 'A' Flight (1941)

    Photo of Women's Junior Air Corp - 'A' Flight (1941)

  • Pictures of Stanisław Skalski

    Pictures of Stanisław Skalski

  • Piece of a Type 6 Switch

    Piece of a Type 6 Switch

  • Piece of fuel pipe

    Piece of fuel pipe

  • Pilot Officer Adrian Francis Laws DFM

    Pilot Officer Adrian Francis Laws DFM

    Having survived as a fighter pilot with 64 Squadron at Kenley during the Battle of Britain, Adrian Laws tragically lost his life on the 30th September 1940 in a mid-air collision, while stationed at RAF Leconfield.
  • Pilot Officer Allan Corkett of No.253 Squadron

    Pilot Officer Allan Corkett of No.253 Squadron

    Allan Corkett flew with No.253 Squadron at RAF Kenley during the Battle of Britain. Here, Jo Corkett pays tribute to the relative she sadly never met and Dave Brocklehurst MBE, of Kent Battle of Britain Museum, explains the significance of the items which Allan donated to the museum.
  • Pilot Officer Arthur Leslie Holden

    Pilot Officer Arthur Leslie Holden

    On 16th May, 1927, luck ran out for one of 32 squadron’s most daring and colourful characters – 21 year old Pilot Officer Arthur Leslie Holden.
  • Pilot Officer Horace Horne - 615 Squadron and The Battle of France

    Pilot Officer Horace Horne - 615 Squadron and The Battle of France

    "There were times in France when, before a patrol, my stomach would writhe at the thought of meeting a violent end, but I put on an act of don't-give-a-damn rather than let anyone know it."
  • Pilot Officer James Elmer Abbott's Miraculous Escape

    Pilot Officer James Elmer Abbott's Miraculous Escape

    While relating the stories of fighter combat during WW2, we often talk of ‘miraculous escapes,’ but what happened to P/O ...
  • Pilot Officer William Daniel Disbrey - A Horseshoe for Luck!

    Pilot Officer William Daniel Disbrey - A Horseshoe for Luck!

    Pilot Officer William Daniel Disbrey wrote off two of No.3 Squadron's Bristol Bulldog fighters within a week during 1934, and escaped relatively unscathed..but would his luck hold out?
  • Possible Typewriter and Parts

    Possible Typewriter and Parts

  • Pottery

    Pottery

  • Pottery

    Pottery

  • Pottery Pieces

    Pottery Pieces

  • Pride Comes Before a Fall - Flying Officer Montgomery and the death of Dora Ball

    Pride Comes Before a Fall - Flying Officer Montgomery and the death of Dora Ball

    A routine practice flight took a disastrous turn for F/O Montgomery and the pupils of Locksheath Council School.
  • Pulley Wheel

    Pulley Wheel

  • Questions in Parliament - June 1917

    Questions in Parliament - June 1917

    On 5th June 1917, Sir F. Banbury, M.P. asked the Under Secretary for War, Mr. Macpherson, in Parliament, whether he was aware that the Royal Flying Corps had taken possession of 81 acres of Kenley Common and were felling trees on land that the City of London was under statutory obligation to maintain for the use of the public.
  • RAF Tapestry

    RAF Tapestry

  • RAF War Graves

    RAF War Graves

  • RAFA Battle of Britain 40th Anniversary Programme

    RAFA Battle of Britain 40th Anniversary Programme

  • Rainville's Rescue

    Rainville's Rescue

    On 3rd February, 1943, 416 squadron, RCAF, were escorting Ventura bombers to St. Omer when they were attacked by FW190s of JG26. P/O John Rainville was lucky to escape with his life..
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