'Shrieking from the clouds, the Stukas achieved the measure of
surprise they needed. The accuracy of the raid was good. Every
runway was hit, the length of them just bomb craters, rock and
earth. Fires were started in all the hangers eventually spreading
to enormous proportions. As the operations room disappeared in one
large explosion, the Station Commander fell dead with a piece of
jagged concrete driven straight through his skull...' 500 Squadron
was formed in 1930 at Manston in Kent. Initially recruited from
Kent men and women, it became international when war broke out. The
Battle Honours are the English Channel and North Sea, Dunkirk,
Biscay Ports, Atlantic, North Africa, the Mediterranean and Italy.
In peacetime, it won the coveted Cooper and Esher Trophy twice for
the best performance in the auxiliary squadrons. Sadly, it fell
victim to defence cuts in 1957 when allauxiliary squadrons were
disbanded. The squadron may have disappeared from the Royal Air
Force Order of Battle, but it will never be forgotten.Its history
lies in the annals of the service and the fact that the Old
Comrades Association of 500 Squadron holds an annual reunion at
their ancestral home, RAF Manston in Kent.
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