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R.A.F. Squadron Codes and how they can help your Military Genealogy esearch
How to identifying R.A.F. Squadrons and units from pictures
Enriching your Family Tree: Finding Complete RAF Aircrews
Our support team get asked all kinds of different questions relating to ancestors’ service in the wars. One of the most significant recent questions has been how to find out the names and details of other crew members on aircraft that customers’ ancestors
BATTLE OF BRITAIN – The Few and the Unsung Ground Crews
Everyone knows about the Battle of Britain, and how ‘the Few’ saved the country from invasion. What they don’t necessarily remember is that every one of the fighter pilots mentioned in Churchill’s ‘the Few’ speech had a team of dedicated ground crew, RADA
Discovering the history of Trowbridge Spitfires and RAF Melksham. What role did your town play during World War Two?
Discovering the history of Trowbridge Spitfires and RAF Melksham. What role did your town play during World War Two?
The story of RAF engine fitter Sylvester Owen
The story of RAF engine fitter Sylvester Owen serving in Italy during the Mediterranean campaign of the Second World War.
Discover Forces War Records Collection of the Month – Aviators’ Certificates 1905-1926
Up until 1911 the British Military did not have any pilot training facilities, and as a result most of the early pilots were trained by members of the Royal Aero Club. By the end of the Great War, 1914 – 18, more than 6,300 military pilots had taken the C
Sealion – What if Germany had invaded Britain in 1940?
What could have happened had Hitler’s Operation Sealion been launched following the successful destruction of the RAF during the Battle of Britain
Why the De Havilland Mosquito is the best WW2 aircraft
Faster than the Supermarine Spitfire, more accurate than the Avro Lancaster, and a better torpedo bomber than the Fairey Swordfish, the de Havilland Mosquito was one of the most versatile aircraft of its day, a flying machine in a class of its own.
“The man who taught the air forces of the world to fly”
Have you heard the name: Major Robert Smith-Barry? You probably would have if you were around during the First World War because long before the famous Red Bull slogan he gave people…