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In the vehicular combat multiplayer video game War Thunder, the 'Britain' map centers around RAF Manston. The map itself is based on the southeast coast of England, depicting just under half of the county of Kent, the Strait of Dover, and a small part of France (in the southeast corner of the map, usually well outside the playable area).
The RAF Manston Museum tells the story of the air station. [10] The former RAF Manston became home to Kent International Airport, which closed in May 2014. In February 2022 the site opened as a processing centre for migrants arriving in the UK by sea, with the aim of having between 1,000 and 1,600 people passing through it daily, with all ...
Ramsgate Airport was a civil airfield at Ramsgate, Kent, United Kingdom which opened in July 1935. It was briefly taken over by the Royal Air Force in the Second World War, becoming RAF Ramsgate. The airfield was then closed and obstructed to prevent its use. It reopened in 1953 and served until final closure in 1968.
The USAF withdrew from Manston in 1960, and the airfield became a joint civilian and RAF airport, employed for occasional package tour and cargo flights, alongside its continuing role as an RAF base. Air Cadets used the northern side of the airfield as a gliding site, and an Air Experience Flight flying de Havilland Chipmunks was based there.
Inside the base, the old RAF CTE building was a museum of firefighting, especially as it related to the RAF, called the Manston Fire Museum. This started as the private collection of Flt Sgt Steve Shirley; when he was posted to Manston the RAF agreed to take it over and it opened as the Ministry of Defence Fire Museum in June 1995. [5]
Spitfire and Hurricane Memorial Museum: Manston: Thanet: Aviation: website, World War II military aviators and aircraft, aviation memorabilia St Augustine's Abbey: Canterbury: City of Canterbury: Religious: Operated by English Heritage, remains and museum about the 7th-century Benedictine abbey St Margaret's Museum: St Margaret's Bay: Dover: Local
London Biggin Hill, a former RAF station This list of former RAF stations includes most of the stations, airfields and administrative headquarters previously used by the Royal Air Force. They are listed under any former county or country name which was appropriate for the duration of operation. During 1991, the RAF had several Military Emergency Diversion Aerodrome (MEDA) airfields: RAF ...
RAF Coltishall Heritage Centre, Scottow, Norfolk [25] RAF Hornchurch Heritage Centre, Hornchurch, London; RAF Ingham Heritage Centre, Fillingham, Lincolnshire [26] RAF Manston History Museum, Manston, Kent [27] RAF Marham Aviation Heritage Centre, Kings Lynn, Norfolk [28] RAF Regiment Heritage Centre, Thetford, Norfolk [29]