Construction of the airfield began in 1917 because Britain needed more aircraft to fight in Europe during the First World ...
Before the Second World War, the Royal Air Force was organised into ‘Fighter’ and ‘Bomber’ Commands. Fighter Command was further ...
By August 1940, Germany occupied much of mainland Europe, from the Scandinavian countries in the north to France in the ...
As the RAF Kenley tribute relocation works enter their final stages we at Kenley Revival HQ were incredibly fortunate to ...
It’s truly an exciting time as our Conservation works programme is now fully underway with both our contractors onsite. They’ll ...
From British aces Douglas Bader and Johnnie Johnson, to the great South African Sailor Malan and American Art Donahue, Kenley ...
To date most of our stories about Kenley have featured men. To mark International Women’s Day 2017 on 8 March we thought it was timely to record the amazing life of one of Britain’s foundation glider pilots who had a Kenley connection. Ann Welch (1917-2002) was a world class glider pilot and an aviator who flew more than 100 aircraft types, from gliders to Wellington bombers.
