All posts in Collections Division

How Britain developed and built a force of long range flying boats during the First World War.

Between 29 April and 8 May 1945 Allied bomber aircraft averted a humanitarian catastrophe by delivering food to starving people in Holland.

Clare Carr tells the story of a very unassuming Veteran who after being awarded the DFC went on to Oscar success.

In his latest blog Julian Hale, the Museum's Cross & Cockade Curator, looks at the evolution of a very prolific aviation company.

Ewen Cameron, Curator at the the Museum's Reserve Collection tells of a recent rediscovery

With the arrival of Halloween it falls upon me to make the obligatory tenuous link between the festivities and the RAF.

Answers for the most common questions regarding the heraldic badges used by the Royal Air Force.

In his latest blog for the Museum, Julian Hale explores the fighter aircraft of Austro-Hungarian Empire.

How images used in the First World War in the Air exhibition were tidied up to look their best.

Bryan Legate explores one of the more intriguing enquiries recently received by the Department of Research

In this blog we explore the amazing history behind one of our lucky charms on display at Cosford.

The story of an RAF airman who had survived falling from his aircraft without a parachute, and much more.

Assistant Curator Bryan Legate indulges his passion for military vehicles by writing about two lesser known RAF vehicles.

Gordon Leith explains about unusual aircraft control column grips, better known as joysticks.