Special Report
Kent's finest hour
At KM Group we’re proud
to pay tribute to the brave men famously described by Churchill as
‘The Few’.
Click here to see how you can mark
the 70th anniversary with a special supplement.
Action stations!
As the skies above Kent turned black with the fighters and
bombers of Hitler's Luftwaffe the county became the battleground
for the survival of the nation.
See our interactive map here.
A flypast for heroes
A flypast by a
Lancaster and Spitfire was greeted with applause and waves as
thousands of people marked the 70th anniversary of the Battle of
Britain at Capel-le-Ferne.
For more, click here.
Video: Fly with legends
Fancy scrambling to the skies alongside classic Battle of
Britain aircraft? Well Manston-based Action Stations are
offering just that.
For more, click here.
Memories of Kent's Few
Read the incredible tales of some of Kent's very own Battle of
Britain pilots as they recount their life and death experiences of
fighting in the skies above the county in the dark days of
1940.
Click here for more.
The Battle of Graveney
The Luftwaffe bomber was in trouble. It had
dropped its 4,000lb cargo of bombs over London and was heading
home. As it flew over Kent it was hit by anti-aircraft fire from a
gun emplacement beside the Medway at Upnor...
Read more.