RAF Kenley

[JG52Uther]

The KG76 low level attack on Kenley has always fascinated me. Must have been a site to see, low level Do17's hedge hopping over Kent. If it was flyable in CoD I doubt I would fly anything else.

[kendo65]

Originally Posted by TomcatViP

"The hardest day" is a must to read. It's only 100 pages long and tell every major events during one single day in the BoB campaign. It has stunning documentation and pictures (like this one).

Agree completely. Recommended.

There is a sequence of photos in the book taken from one of the Dorniers - you see them approaching the English coast flying just feet above the sea, then heading inland, one photo shows people running in panic in a town, then the famous photo at Kenley.

[ATAG_Snapper]

Originally Posted by NZtyphoon

Ahh, t'was a Dornier Do17Z of 9./KG76 which Staffel was attacking at low level, 18 August 1940. (Sorry, it's 2.31 am here and I'm just finishing a major assignment.)

Hmmm, is the wartime picture faked? I have it on good authority elsewhere in this forum that vulching was not done on RAF airfields!

[NZtyphoon]

Originally Posted by ATAG_Snapper

Hmmm, is the wartime picture faked? I have it on good authority elsewhere in this forum that vulching was not done on RAF airfields!

The problem was the slack German moderators - they allowed their gamers to get away with anything during the 1940s.

[ATAG_Snapper]

Originally Posted by NZtyphoon

The problem was the slack German moderators - they allowed their gamers to get away with anything during the 1940s.

Aha!

[salmo]

You can find a historical recreation of RAF Kenley for COD HERE ... You're welcome

[IvanK]

Something you don't see in Google earth is that kenley is built on the top of a hill. When walking around the perimeter track and looking in towards the centre of the field you can only see about a third of the way across. The remaining 2/3 lies on the downslope and cant be seen.