Battle of Britain : Untold Stories Short, Castle Bromwich
14 October 2025
In this Untold Stories Short Curator Tom Hopkins looks at the strategic importance of manufacturing in the Midlands to the Battle of Britain.
Battle of Britain : Untold Stories Short, The Defiant
9 October 2025
In this Short, Curator Tom Hopkins looks at the Boulton Paul Defiant Fighter and its connection to our Midlands site.
Battle of Britain : Untold Stories, Episode 10
23 September 2025
Episode 10 of Battle of Britain: Untold Stories introduces the Fiat CR42 Falco, a rare Italian fighter from London's Fighter Four display.
Flight Lieutenant John Alexander Cruickshank VC, AE
22 September 2025
In August, the Royal Air Force Museum was saddened by the news of John Cruickshank’s passing at the age of 105.
Battle of Britain : Untold Stories, Episode 9
18 September 2025
The Rolls Royce Kestrel, born in the 1920s, was light but mighty—pioneering a cast block design used in nearly 5,000 engines.
Battle of Britain : Untold Stories, Episode 8
15 September 2025
On 15 September 1940, Battle of Britain Day, one fifth of the RAF pilots fighting in the skies over Great Britain were Poles.
Battle of Britain : Untold Stories Short
12 September 2025
In response to a recent enquiry from an eagle-eyed young visitor, Tom Hopkins explains why some of our German Second World War aircraft have Dunlop Ty
Battle of Britain : Untold Stories, Episode 7
9 September 2025
In our latest Untold Story we look at the Battle of Britain through the eyes of some of the children who lived it.
Battle of Britain : Untold Stories, Episode 6
4 September 2025
When the Second World War started, the United Kingdom faced the threat of air attack once more. This time, however, the British Isles were protected.
For Valour : Lieutenant William Leefe Robinson VC
3 September 2025
On the night of 2/3 September 1916, the German Army and Navy mounted a combined attack, the largest of the Great War.
Battle of Britain : Untold Stories, Episode 5
2 September 2025
This is the Untold Story of a Canadian ace, his indomitable Polish comrades, and a legacy stitched into history… quite literally.
Battle of Britain : Untold Stories, Episode 4
28 August 2025
In the Battle of Britain, victory depended on knowing not just where your enemy was, but where your own fighters were in the vast skies above.
Battle of Britain : Untold Stories, Episode 3
26 August 2025
While “The Few” often conjures images of fighter pilots duelling in the skies, another brotherhood fought a darker, deadlier battle—by night
Battle of Britain : Untold Stories, Episode 2
21 August 2025
Beyond the dogfights over the white cliffs of Dover, another battle raged in the skies over the heart of England.
Battle of Britain : Untold Stories, Episode 1
19 August 2025
In the first of our Battle of Britain Untold Stories we examine the life of Billy Fiske, 'an American citizen who died that England might live'.
VJ Day 80: End of the Second World War
15 August 2025
Japan’s surrender in August–September 1945, following atomic bombings and Soviet entry into the war, ended the Second World War.
VJ Day 80: Operating in South East Asia
15 August 2025
RAF operations in South East Asia faced extreme terrain, weather, and logistical challenges, using specialised aircraft like the Liberator
VJ Day 80 : Not Forgotten
15 August 2025
Corporal Leonard Beckett, was an RAF radio mechanic who had been captured on Java and moved to Borneo during 1942. Here is his VJ Day story.
Cheshire and the Bomb
9 August 2025
Group Captain Leonard Cheshire VC, witnessing the Nagasaki blast from afar, felt both relief at war’s end and moral revulsion at the weapon’s power.