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Location: August – October 1918, over France Who: Lieutenant (Acting Captain) Andrew Frederick Weatherby Beauchamp-Proctor VC DSO MC and Bar DFC, Royal Air Force 4 September 1894 […]

Withdrawal and Reckoning ‘Market Garden was not a failure: it was 90% successful. We gained 90% of our objectives’. Field Marshal Montgomery in official 21st Army Group […]

22 to 26 September: Der Hexenkessel [Witches’ cauldron]/The Cauldron The attack to seize the Arnhem bridges having failed, the task falling to the troops remaining at the […]

The fog of war Contemporary official records and personal recollections differ, as do statistics between sources. Battle for the Bridge: 18 to 21 September Chapter 2 had […]

Location: 19 September 1944, over Arnhem, Netherlands Who: Flight Lieutenant David Samuel Anthony Lord (49149), VC DFC , Royal Air Force 18 October 1913 – 19 September […]

The Assault, Sunday 17 September 1944 ‘No plan ever survives first contact with the enemy.’ Field Marshal Helmut von Moltke (1890) Direct RAF support for Market Garden […]

When: 15 September 1940 , over Belgium Sergeant John Hannah VC (652918) Royal Air Force: 27 November 1921 – 9 June 1947 The Battle of Britain normally […]

Planning and preparation: 10 – 16 September 1944 On the narrow corridor that would carry the armoured drive, there were five major bridges to take. They had […]

Location: June 1940 – September 1944, over Europe Who: Wing Commander Geoffrey Leonard Cheshire VC DSO** DFC (72021) Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, 7 September 1917 – […]

This is the story of the Royal Air Force’s role in Operation Market Garden, the attempted capture of the bridge over the Lower Rhine at Arnhem. But […]

Lieutenant DH Thomas and his Troop of Sapper Engineers in 1944. Lieutenant DH Thomas is standing at the rear of the group. This blog tells the D-Day […]

  Location: 16 August 1940, over Hampshire, England Who: Flight Lieutenant James Brindley Nicolson (39329) VC DFC Royal Air Force, 29 April 1917 – 2 May 1945 The […]

It has been a little while since my last blog post, back in the spring, after the absolutely wonderful educational shows that I attended with my ever […]

Location: 12 August 1943, over Italy Who: Acting Flight Sergeant Arthur Louis Aaron VC DFM, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, 5 March 1922 – 13 August 1943 As […]

Location: 12 August 1940, over Germany Who: Acting Flight Lieutenant Roderick Alastair Brook Learoyd (37860) VC RAF, 5 February 1913 – 24 January 1966 The Battle of […]

Location: 10 August 1918, over France Who: Lieutenant (Acting Captain) Ferdinand Maurice Felix West VC, MC, Royal Air Force, 29 January 1896 – 7 July 1988 After […]

Location: 11 August 1943, over North Atlantic, west of  The Gambia Who: Flying Officer Lloyd Allan Trigg (N.Z.4I35I5) VC DFC Royal New Zealand Air Force, 5 June […]

Location: 4 August 1944, over France Who: Acting Squadron Leader Ian Willoughby Bazalgette (118131) VC, DFC, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, 19 October 1918 – 4 August […]

This summer, the RAF Museum Midlands proudly presents Bravo, Bravo! an extraordinary new show by the award-winning physical theatre company, Highly Sprung. This immersive performance celebrates the […]

Location: June-July 1918, over France Who: Captain (Acting Major) Edward Corringham (‘Mick’) Mannock VC DSO** MC* Royal Air Force 24 May 1897 – 26 July 1918 After […]