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This website will continue to be updated with news and information until the event.
In the meantime feel free to contact us with any questions
Sponsored by Rose 2E0RXO Grid.Radio
Organised by the International Bomber Command Centre Radio team, ( Lincolnshire Portable Radio Group ) Andy M0IYE, Rose 2E0RXO, Daron 2E0GFY, James M7GYP and the Plusscouts Radio team in the Netherlands Sander PD9HIX , Erwin PA3EFR.
With a huge amount of help from radio Clubs and individuals around the world. Nearly 100 people who have worked so hard to make this event possible. Huge thanks to them all!
Also many thanks to the Radio Amateurs of Canada and the Radio Society of Great Britain for all their help and support!
A-M-R-O
This event will be supported by AMRO operators mostly in Australia but also worldwide with their event on the 25th of April (ANZAC day) and the 26th and 27th of April. Details on their website.
CURRENT OPERATING FREQUENCY AND DETAILS OF OFFICIAL MANNA@80 STATIONS TAKING PART IN THE AWARDS PROGRAM
COMMEMORATING 80 YEARS SINCE
Operation Manna & Operation Chowhound
Operation Manna?and?Operation Chowhound?were humanitarian food drops to relieve the famine in Holland behind Nazi lines late in World War two.
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The Special Event
10 Teams of radio amateurs from locations all around the world will operate on HF , VHF and DMR Brandmeister Talk Groups unique to this event 98080, 980801, 980802, 980803. As well as providing activities to visitors from their locations. Please have a read of the website and get involved with this commemoration.
Listen in to the Stations on the Internet
The locations of teams operating in commemoration of events 80 years ago, include a station in the Netherlands at an Operation Manna / Chowhound Drop Zone.
Three UK Teams: one at the International Bomber Command Centre, another at Former RAF Binbrook, an Operation Manna Airfield in the UK, and another at the 100th Bomb Group Museum Thorpe Abbots representing the US operation Chowhound from a former Chowhound airfield.
Plus Canadian, Australian, American, Polish and Dutch teams operating from their respective countries due to the international participation in operation Manna / Chowhound.
62 nationalities were part of Bomber Command in WW2 with Poland, Australia and Canada making massive contributions.
We will have awards for those amateurs who work a number of our Stations. Please click the button below to request your award. If you work another station go back to get an updated award. The teams will work on HF, VHF, and DMR Brandmeister talk groups 98080, 980801, 980802, and 980803. Many teams will run Digital modes and CW.
Please bear in mind that the current logbooks for this award are from previous events and this setup is currently in a test phase. During the actual commemoration, the logs of the respective stations will be used to deliver the earned award.
CHECK MY MANNA@ 80 AWARD
This event is great chance to get your Children or Grandchildren on the air; many of our locations are running Children’s activities and getting Children to speak to other Children around the World.
Your children can participate from your station if you’re a radio amateur or from one of our locations if you can visit. Why not join in with your radio club and have a Children’s on-air day to commemorate this important operation in WW2 while teaching some History and Science. Check out our Children’s page.
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ABOUT OPERATION MANNA
History
Approximately 20,000 people behind Nazi lines in Holland had died through starvation, with a further 980,000 classed as malnourished. Desperation had lead to many having to survive by eating small animals including pets and tulip bulbs, some of which were poisonous.
In the final days of the war operation Manna / Chowhound was launched to help those people. The first ever use of air power in a humanitarian mission.
Some of the Stations
The Station in Australia
The Drop Zone Station in the Netherlands
The Station at the International Bomber Command Centre UK
The Station at RAF Binbrook UK
Surrey Amateur Radio Communicators Station in Canada
The Station at the 100th Bomb Group Norfolk UK
The Station in Poland
The Station In the USA
The Station at the Bomber Command Museum of Canada
The Station in Nova Scotia Canada
Latest News
Congratulations to Ken VE6AGD and his Team at the Bomber Command Museum of Canada who obtained their Callsign VB6MAN!
Congratulations on the Callsign guys it is great to have you join us. A really fitting tribute to your founding director Joe English an operation Manna pilot and Hero! The Bomber Command Museum of Canada
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March 25, 2025
We are in the National amateur radio magazine in the U.k. Radcom
Many thanks to the RSGB we are in this Months edition of Radcom in the UK that is landing on doormats this Weekend.
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March 22, 2025
Many thanks to Erwin PA3EFR team Plusscouts and Rudy PD0ZRY Brandmeisters Dutch Rep for organising some special talkgroups for the event
They are Brandmeister DMR talkgroups 98080 980801 980802 and 980803.
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March 19, 2025
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100th Bomb Group Thorpe Abbots Museum U.K.
About Operation Manna / Chowhound
Children’s Page
Contact
Dutch op Manna leaflet in English
Gallery
GB80CHO Gallery U.K
GB80MAN Gallery U.K.
GB8MAN Gallery U.K.
Guest Book
Interview with Doortje Frumau
Interview with Family Schenk
Interview with Mr. Hofstede
Interview with Mr. Kulik
Interviews
INTERVIEWS BY PHONE
Lincoln Shortwave Club GB8MAN U.K.
Lincolnshire Portable Radio Group GB80MAN U.K.
News
Norfolk Amateur Radio Club U.K.
Op Manna @ 80
Operation Manna Inspire Ride
PH80MAN GALLERY – Team The Netherlands
Privacy Policy
RAF Binbrook / His Church GB8MAN U.K.
SN80MAN Gallery Poland
Surrey Amateur Radio Communicators VB7MAN Canada
Testemony of late Mr. Barend van der Haar
The International Bomber Command Centre GB80MAN U.K.
The Nova Scotia Team Canada
The Stations
The Team at the Bomber Command Museum of Canada
The Team In Australia VK80MAN
The Team in Poland
The Team in the Netherlands PH80MAN
The Team in the USA
The Teams
The Teams In Canada
VB6MAN Gallery Canada
VB7MAN Gallery Canada
VE1MAN Gallery Canada
VK80MAN Gallery Australia
W4C Gallery USA
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