RAF Manston History Museum

[planecrazy]

Visiting the UK on a driving tour taking in the sights and hopefully as many
old aeroplanes as she allows??!!

First stop the RAF Manston History Museum, not sure if the V1 out the front is
a replica a good one if it is. Around 150 V1 flying bombs where destroyed by
aeroplanes operated from RAF Manston.

Web site www.rafmanston.co.uk


Outside a couple of more modern types.




Gloster Meteors operated out of Manston during the war, in 1945 a single seat
Meteor broke the airspeed record near Herne Bay not far from Manston.


The Americans had T33 Shooting Stars at Manston for a period of time in the 50’s.






Another famous event in the region, the testing of the bouncing bomb of the
Dam Buster’s fame was not far from Manston, a portion of a test bomb in
the museum.

[nuuumannn]

Great little museum with a surprisingly extensive collection. Housed in MT sheds built in 1916 for the RNAS.

2307 RAF Manston History Museum Buccaneer nose

2307 RAF Manston History Museum Wessex

2307 RAF Manston History Museum J79

2307 RAF Manston History Museum T-33

2307 RAF Manston History Museum Lightning

2307 RAF Manston History Museum Iskra

2307 RAF Manston History Museum Jaguar

2307 RAF Manston History Museum Fi 103

[planecrazy]

Great pic's, I'll tell you else what is great is you can walk 2mins across the carpark
to the Spitfire and Hurricane museum and it's free, two birds with one stone!

[11SQNLDR]

Looks like a great wee museum - one to add to my 'round two' UK visit list

[nuuumannn]

I'll tell you else what is great is you can walk 2mins across the carpark
to the Spitfire and Hurricane museum and it's free, two birds with one stone!

Yup.

2307 Manston Spitfire and Hurricane Memorial Spitfire XVI

2307 Manston Spitfire and Hurricane Memorial Hurricane