A Christmas Letter Home

Lucia Wallbank looks into an RAF Christmas Letter Home ... written on Christmas Eve 1918 from a hospital in Egypt.

1910

Our Royal Charter

Personal Experiences

Operation Chastise: Breaking the German Dams

Membership talk by Dr Rob Owen on Operation Chastise, including an over the ropes tour around the Lancaster!

Royal Flying Corps Centenary

The Royal Flying Corps (RFC) was created by Royal Warrant on 13 April 1912 and established a month later in May.

The Second World War (1939 – 1945)

Lecture: Complexity of integration — Challenges of multinational operations

Dr Maria Burczynska will discuss the challenges of multinational operations and the complexity of integration which small air forces encounter

Experience Tours Midlands

Let our experienced guides amaze you with two fascinating behind the barriers tours that explore over 100 years of the RAF.

Inside the building

Family Festival of Flight

Family Festival of Flight - free fun for families

Technician : Leading Aircraftwoman Lilian Bader

Midlands site closed

Our MIdlands site will be closed on 25 September to the public for an Learning and Engagement event involving schools from across the Midlands.

Australian kangaroo

Hybrid Lecture – Air Marshal Sir John Slessor: The Unsung British Cold War Strategist

At 5.15pm on Wednesday 26 April 2023, Bill Pyke will examine the key achievements of Air Marshal Sir John Slessor during the early-Cold War.