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.
For Valour: July 31, 1915, over Belgium
31 July 2025
Liddell won his VC on his second – and last – combat flight. Liddell himself was in France for only 8 days until his death.
For Valour :
1 July 2025
On 1 July 1916 Rees and another pilot took off on a patrol to prevent German reconnaissance aircraft observing the Battle of the Somme's developing gr
Pride and Progress
12 June 2025
“Being able to march in a Pride in your uniform is something that I couldn’t even have dreamed of.”Kevin Bazeley ponders on Pride and progress.
Coastal Command
4 June 2025
Although Victory in Europe was declared on 8 May on this day in 1945, 4 June, Coastal Command ended the longest war campaign of any RAF Command.
For Valour: Captain William Avery (‘Billy’) Bishop, VC, CB, DSO, MC, DFC, Croix de Guerre avec Palmes*
2 June 2025
'Billy' Bishop was the highest-scoring Commonwealth pilot of the Great War, officially credited with 72 enemy aircraft destroyed.
Arrest and Humiliation
12 May 2025
25 years ago the ban on LGBT+ people in the British Armed Forces ended. To mark this anniversary, the RAF Museum has been recording those affected.