A Blog for St. Patrick’s Day

The RAF Museum commemorates some of the thousands of Irish men and women in the UK flying services throughout the First and Second World Wars.

Window Bundle – one of 100 reasons to visit the RAF Museum

This simple bundle of foil strips doesn’t look like much, but during the Second World War, this was a highly advanced technology used with deadly precision to carry out successful attacks behind enemy lines.

Learn how ‘Window’ was used and view this life-saving object in our new permanent exhibition ‘RAF Stories: The First 100 Years: 1918-2018’ at our London site.

Just one of 100 reasons to visit the RAF Museum.

1968

Lunchtime Lecture: Atlantic Furies: Elsie Mackay’s bid to be the first woman to fly the ocean

On Tuesday 21 October 2025 at 12pm, Dr Midge Gillies will consider the life and legacy of Elsie Mackay.

The Battle of Britain Phase Three

RAF Museum Conference: New Thinking in Air Power

Tickets are now available for the RAF Museum Conference on New Thinking in Air Power, 16–17 September 2021

A Cuckoo in the Nest

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

The De Havilland Aircraft Company

Virtual Lecture: The RAF, the Aden Protectorate Levies and Counter-insurgency in South Arabia, 1951-1957

Huw Bennett and Dr Edward Burke will discuss the Royal Air Force, the Aden Protectorate Levies and Counter-insurgency in South Arabia during 1951-1957

1987

Second World War Week

This May half term we're exploring World War 2, with a brand new audio story trail, airfix make and take, drill games and more.

RAF centenary celebrations begin this weekend!

Cosford will be celebrating 100 years of the Royal Air Force (RAF) with a nostalgic Bank Holiday weekend event taking place on 1 and 2 April 2018.

Peter Kosogorin’s Uniform – one of 100 reasons to visit the RAF Museum

You can now see the flight suit worn by the BAE Systems’s Test Pilot Peter ‘Kos’ Kosogorin throughout his test-flights of the F-35 Lightning aircraft. 

It is now on display in our new exhibition ‘RAF: First to the Future’ at our London site. This exhibition gathers together objects that tell the stories of the technologies used by the RAF during its 100 years of history while looking, at the same time, at the technologies the RAF will soon use. 

The F-35 Lighting Jet is undoubtedly one of the most advanced and innovative aircraft ever designed, and is already seen as by many in the RAF as ‘a game-changing technology ‘.

If, after watching this video, you would like to learn more about this pioneering aircraft please visit our new exhibition ‘RAF: First to the Future’ to discover more.

Just one of 100 reasons to visit the RAF Museum

1960

The Battle of Britain Phase One