Early military ballooning

1924

It’s foolish but it’s fun

RAF exchange pilot's contribution to the RAAF during the Korean War

Experience Tours Midlands

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

1923

Guinea Pig club

‘Whose Surgeon’s fingers gave me back my pilot’s hands’: McIndoe, Page and the Guinea Pig club.

In the Footsteps of our Forces

Walk with the National Museum of the Royal Navy, National Army Museum, Royal Air Force Museum and the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

The Sopwith Menagerie, 1915 – 1916

This blog will examine four of Sopwith’s major First World War designs. With the publication of a second blog, the reader will be able to trace the continu

Lunchtime Lecture (London): Squadron Leader Alfred Lammer: The Masterly Manipulator

On Tuesday 5th November 2024 at 12pm, Mark Russell will share the story of Squadron Leader Alfred "Freddie" Lammer DFC and Bar.

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.

1917

For Valour: 2nd Lt. (Temporary Captain) [later Major] James Byford McCudden, DSO*, MC*, MM, Croix de Guerre, General List and Royal Flying Corps.

Captain McCudden's Victoria Cross is exceptional as it was awarded, not for one particular event of Valour, but for his long fighting career.

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1915

For Valour : Flight Lieutenant William (Bill) Ellis Newton (Aus. 250748) VC, Royal Australian Air Force

On 17 March 1943, Newton was captain and pilot of Boston serial A28-3, coded DU-Y. He was tasked with attacking the Japanese port of Salamaua