RAF War Dead in Asia during WW2

A related post elsewhere got me searching on the casualty figures that the RAF incurred in…

Putting a face to a name – 12 Squadron RAF

On 31st August 1941, Wellington W5577 of No.12 Squadron RAF failed to return from a raid…

A Vengeance crash at Begumpet, Hyderabad, India, 72 years ago.

Almost exactly to the day, 72 years ago,  two Australians lost their lives taking off from…

Carmichael, Humphrey Rawstone (Pilot Officer) – Burma Escapee

Hidden among the archives in the ORBs of No.28 Squadron is this “Circumstantial report” on the…

Gallery: AIR 10/1564 Aircraft Accidents Summary, July to December 1933

The aircraft accidents summary was initially procured to aid in my Westland Wapiti Book Project. Sharing…

A Mark IIc Gyro Gunsight Training Aid

  A Gyro Gunsight Training Aid with a Operational Training Unit to help teach fighter pilots…

Gallery : AIR 10/1581 – Aircraft Accidents Summary Report

 The AIR 10/1581 – RAF Aircraft Accidents Summary Report for 1935 can be found in the “Archives”…

Royal Air Force Lists

One of the oft-asked questions on the RAFCommands Forum is “I would like to know more…