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  • 'Friendly Fire' for 402 Squadron

    'Friendly Fire' for 402 Squadron

    On 23rd May, 1942, two pilots were injured, as well as one precious Spitfire lost and another damaged in an awful friendly fire incident involving Kenley's Canadian 402 Squadron and 91 Squadron from Hawkinge.
  • 'Reach For The Sky' - Spitfires TE351/VT151 and TE288

    'Reach For The Sky' - Spitfires TE351/VT151 and TE288

  • "Fighter Firepower" by Tony Harding

    "Fighter Firepower" by Tony Harding

  • "Respected Commander" by Tony Harding

    "Respected Commander" by Tony Harding

  • 47 Days: Kenley & the Battle of France

    47 Days: Kenley & the Battle of France

    RAF Kenley is more commonly known for its role in the Battle of Britain or the Canadian Wing, under “Johnnie” Johnson, but it also featured heavily in the Battle of France. Between 10 May and 25 June 1940 eight squadrons, or parts thereof, were based at Kenley.
  • 615 Squadron at Dohazari, India - Walter James "Bill" Tyrrell's collection

    615 Squadron at Dohazari, India - Walter James "Bill" Tyrrell's collection

  • 615 Squadron Personnel - Dates and Locations Unknown from the collection of Walter James "Bill" Tyrrell

    615 Squadron Personnel - Dates and Locations Unknown from the collection of Walter James "Bill" Tyrrell

  • A Double Funeral for Redhill's Canadians

    A Double Funeral for Redhill's Canadians

    401 squadron RCAF were stationed at RAF Redhill at the end of July 1943, when they lost two pilots in unrelated accidents only a couple of days apart.
  • A Long Affair...

    A Long Affair...

    A love letter with a difference from Kenley's best-known Wing Leader - James Edgar 'Johnnie' Johnson - the RAF's top-scoring fighter pilot of World War II.
  • Aeroplanes from "The Hardest Day"

    Aeroplanes from "The Hardest Day"

    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.
  • American Spitfires Over Dieppe - The 308th Fighter Squadron at RAF Kenley

    American Spitfires Over Dieppe - The 308th Fighter Squadron at RAF Kenley

    "My number three man called that he was going down and I saw him bale out"
  • Kenley Wing Leaders

    Kenley Wing Leaders

    As Fighter Command looked to the future in 1941 following the end of the Battle of Britain and major German ...
  • Kenley's Gate Guardian - Spitfire LF Mk.XVIe RR263

    Kenley's Gate Guardian - Spitfire LF Mk.XVIe RR263

  • Kiwi Collision!

    Kiwi Collision!

    On 11th January, 1942, Sgt. Maskill, of 485 (New Zealand) Squadron, had a lucky escape when he misjudged his landing..
  • Mk.XVI Spitfire at Kenley

    Mk.XVI Spitfire at Kenley

  • 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 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 ...
  • 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..
  • Reunited with the Help of the Resistance

    Reunited with the Help of the Resistance

    When Flight Lieutenant John Trull's engine failed over Lille on 20th February, 1944, he must have wondered if he would live to see another day, let alone marry his sweetheart...
  • Ronald Parsonson - No.602 (City of Glasgow) Squadron Ground Crew

    Ronald Parsonson - No.602 (City of Glasgow) Squadron Ground Crew

    My father, Ronald Parsonson, volunteered for the RAF when war broke out . He was prompted to join the RAF by his school friend and tennis partner Robert (Bob) Palmer who was later awarded a posthumous VC.
  • Spitfire IX, BS288 - Exhibit at Wings Museum, Balcombe

    Spitfire IX, BS288 - Exhibit at Wings Museum, Balcombe

    At 16.25hrs, on 15th December, 1943, Spitfire IX, BS288, caught fire over East Grinstead, forcing the pilot, Flight Sergeant E. L. Hampson (138274), to abandon the aircraft and take to his parachute. The Spitfire plummeted into the ground at Forest Row.
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