In September 1945, Corporal Margaret Higgins was on duty as a teleprinter operator with the WAAF when a message came through ...

A MISSING World War II bomber believed to have been shot down ... The Lancaster RA508, dispatched from RAF Metheringham near Lincoln, was one of more than 1,100 planes sent to bomb Dortmund ...

114 x 88.5 cm. (44.9 x 34.8 in.) ...

It made sense that most Royal Air Force (RAF) pilots would be superstitious when one considers how much could go wrong, but if Wing Commander Douglas Bader was a superstitious man, he likely wouldn’t ...

Phil Le Brocq found a photo of a young man in RAF uniform which proved to be his uncle Pete A man from Jersey has written a book about an uncle he did not know he had. Phil Le Brocq discovered ...

With an over-sized coat around his shoulders and his meagre luggage tied to together with string, he was just one among thousands of children heading into the unknown.

The Royal Observer Corps consisted of some 10,500 volunteers. [23] The supersonic fighter English Electric Lightning, a mainstay of Fighter Command during the Cold War years In 1961, RAF Fighter ...

Navy's uniforms pay homage to the Strike Fighter Squadron 103, nicknamed the "Jolly Rogers" and with roots dating back to World War II. The squadron is considered one of the most lethal in the Navy.

The future King George VI – then known as Prince Albert – served in the First World War, an experience that would later influence his leadership during World War II. As a young naval officer ... and ...

The Vulcan and Cold War Experience runs on selected dates throughout the year on the first Wednesday and last Tuesday of every month at the RAF Museum in London. Time slots are available from 10.30am ...