Historical place archive

Kenley in History

Browse historical events and people recorded at Kenley in New Zealand. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

2 records1 event labels1 people1940–1940

Historical events in Kenley

1940

18 August 1940
Battle of Britain
Keith Park · World War, 2nd

Directs Fighter Command responses as Kenley and other airfields are attacked.

18 August 1940
Battle of Britain
Keith Park · World War, 2nd

No. 11 Group fights sustained engagements over south-east England.

Provenance

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