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Battle of Britain · 18th August 1940

RAF Kenley 1940

Experience this iconic Battle of Britain fighter station as it stood at dawn on the Hardest Day — the moment before the Luftwaffe's devastating low-level raid changed the course of the battle.

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Now & Then

RAF Kenley today — MSFS default aerial view

Now — Today MSFS default scenery

RAF Kenley 1940 — TMD reconstruction aerial view

Then — 18th August 1940 TMD reconstruction in MSFS

RAF Kenley as rendered by MSFS default scenery (left) and as reconstructed by TMD at 18th August 1940 (right) — showing the full station layout, dispersal areas and blast pens as they appeared on the Hardest Day.

About this Product

Time Machine Designs has released RAF Kenley 1940, its reconstruction of this iconic Battle of Britain airfield as it may have appeared at dawn on 18th August 1940 — a date recognised as the battle's Hardest Day.

At lunchtime on that Sunday, Kenley was hit by a low-level raid that devastated the airfield, causing loss of life there and in the surrounding area. This reconstruction captures the station in the hours before that raid — at full operational readiness, with both resident squadrons at dispersal and the full complement of personnel and equipment in place.

The addon has been developed using original Air Ministry airfield plans and building drawings, aerial photographs from September 1940, first-hand accounts and photographs collected by Kenley Revival, and a site visit by the TMD team hosted by Kenley Revival. Reflecting TMD's underlying approach, the development team included students from boomsatsuma and early career creative technologists.

What's Included

✦ All station buildings, dispersals and blast pens reconstructed from Air Ministry plans
✦ Six blast pen parking spaces in each of the 64 and 615 Squadron areas for multiplayer scrambles
✦ Static Spitfires (64 Squadron) and Hurricanes (615 Squadron), plus three Magisters used as station hacks
✦ Unique aircraft codes for each model, including serial numbers for aircraft known to have been at Kenley on 18th August
✦ The Blenheim that force-landed at Kenley on 29th July and was destroyed in the raid on 18th August
✦ Period-accurate station vehicles including refuellers, crash tenders, Tillys and staff cars
✦ Airfield defences including anti-aircraft positions and the Parachute & Cable system deployed against the raid
✦ Replacement of all default trees and vegetation within the airfield perimeter to match 1940 aerial photographs