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Aircraft conservation work goes on show

The Michael Beetham Conservation Centre at the Royal Air Force Museum Midlands will open its doors, allowing Museum visitors behind the scenes access to aircraft conservation projects and the chance to speak with the teams who carry out this vital wor

Posts from the Archive: Bader’s Logbook

Posts from the Archive: 'McKnight killed strafing Huns'

Virtual Conference Access: Meaning, Memory, and the (Mis-)Remembered Past

This two-day conference will explore the history we ‘remember’, the history we ‘misremember’ and the history we have ‘forgotten’.

For Valour: Acting Flight Lieutenant Roderick Alastair Brook Learoyd

Bomber Command had switched to night raids but was still setting precision targets, accuracy for which required flying at near-suicidally low altitude

Filming and photography

Library collection

1916

Virtual Lecture: The Jewish Chaplains of the RAF in the Second World War.

Jonathan Lewis discusses the Jewish Chaplains who served during the Second World War, and the system of chaplaincy visits to Jewish personnel

Marine Craft Collection

1915

Battle of Britain Concert

Vintage icons The D-Day Darlings and the Royal Air Forces’ very own Squadronaires will play live at our London site on 10 September.

In Conversation with Colin Bell DFC AE

Hear the remarkable stories of Colin Bell, recipient of the Distinguished Flying Cross (AE) as he is interviewed by the legendary Bruce Crompton.

For Valour: Acting Flight Sergeant Arthur Louis Aaron

On the night of 12th August, 1943, Flight Sergeant Aaron was captain and pilot of a Stirling aircraft detailed to attack Turin.