RAF Museum Blog Posts

Our Museum and local community have not only showed resilience but built upon it.

A tribute to former RAF pilot Squadron Leader Lawrence 'Benny' Goodman

Curator Peter Devitt interviews the niece of of Squadron Leader John Williams DFC, an Australian who took part in the Great Escape.

On this day, 5 May in 1936, now 85 years ago, the first Spitfire took the skies.

Today, 2 March 2021, marks the 79th anniversary of the Lancaster’s first operational mission.

‘Repeat, Please!’ Poles and Czechoslovaks in the Battle of Britain

Citizen Airman 2: Ray Holmes and the ‘Buckingham Palace Raider’

The Battle of Britain may have been waged in the air, but there was a lot happening on the ground and at sea in order to keep the aircraft fighting.

‘Whose Surgeon’s fingers gave me back my pilot’s hands’: McIndoe, Page and the Guinea Pig club.

What part did women play in the Far East during the Second World?

Touching the Sky with Glory: The Royal Indian Air Force, 1932 – 1947

A collection of some RAF experiences of VJ Day in the Far East

Singapore was the symbol of the British Empire in the Far East. Yet, its defences were neglected and became exposed when Japan attacked in late 1941.

'Cheshire and the Bomb'

The Few and the Battle of Britain Pt III: The Raids on London, June-July 1917