RAF Museum Blog Posts

The story about the RAF expedition to Russia which was descending into the maelstrom of civil war in the end of the First World War.

In his latest blog Ewan Burnet, our Film and Sound Curator, examines how personal stories can bring official histories alive.

The RAF Museum London offers an array of exciting activities for unforgettable summer holidays.

Polish airman honoured as 'The People's Spitfire Pilot' in 'RAF Stories: The First 100 Years, 1918 -2018'.

The spectacular celebration of the Armed Forces Day and the grand Re-Opening of the RAF Museum London

In a blog specially commissioned for the Museum friend of the Museum Howard Wheeldon looks back at our RAF Centenary Transformation Project

In this last of his Sopwith blogs, Julian Hale examines the development of the ground-attack Sopwith Salamander

On 22 June 1948 - 70 years ago - HMT Empire Windrush reached its destination in Tilbury bringing the Windrush generation to their new home

As promised this blog post is about the stories of outstanding RAF men, heroes featured in our brand-new exhibition.

Our new exhibitions are featuring some incredible personal stories of the RAF women. Come and discover them from 30 June onwards.

Kris Hendrix, the Researcher at the RAF Museum, is telling the story about one of the requests to our Archives and some exciting findings.

In his latest blog Julian Hale writes of the first purpose-designed carrier-borne torpedo bomber

This year marks 75th anniversary of one of the most famous raids in RAF history, Operation CHASTISE. Read the story of the legendary Dams Raid here.

On 10 May 2018 The RAF Museum London welcomed RAF veterans and serving personnel to celebrate RAF Day 2018

The famous No 601 Squadron was based twice on RAF Hendon and one of our Gate Guardians is painted in their colours to honour their memory.