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Louise Williams is an award-winning writer, editor and journalist and the niece of Squadron Leader John ‘Willy’ Williams DFC. He was one of seventy-six POWs who tunnelled […]

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

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

‘Laddie’ Roy was killed 102 years ago today, he is one of the South Asian volunteers to feature in the Museum’s inspiring ‘Hidden Heroes’ project.

On 28 June 1940, the Women’s Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF) was a year old. It had certainly been a challenging but formative first year.

RAF exchange pilot’s contribution to the RAAF during the Korean War

Citizen Airman: Flight Lieutenant Ray Holmes RAFVR – Part One: VE Day

The ‘Few’ and the First Battle of Britain: The ‘Zepps’

To mark Valentine’s Day, Lucia Wallbank explores some tokens of love in the RAF Museum collection.

Posts From the Archive: Evelyn Hudson ‘Hawaii’s Amelia Earhart’ and the Air Transport Auxiliary.

The RAF Museum holds an extensive collection of periodicals, which are a fascinating source of information.

Lucia Wallbank looks into an RAF Christmas Letter Home … written on Christmas Eve 1918 from a hospital in Egypt.

Bryan Legate details the research undertaken to identify the correct paint schemes for aircraft undergoing conservation at Cosford.

12 November 2019 marks the 75th anniversary of the sinking of the Battleship Tirpitz

Posts from the Archive: ‘McKnight killed strafing Huns’

Today marks 80 years since the formation of the WAAF on 28 June 1939. This blog highlights how and why this took place.

This blog commemorates the centenary of Alcock and Brown’s pioneering flight across the Atlantic in 1919.

In this blog, Bryan Legate highlights the activities of some non-flying units on D-Day

The RAF’s longest serving Search & Rescue helicopter

Lucia Wallbank writes of World Thinking Day and of the RAF’s links to the Scout & Guide movement