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The RAF's hard battle to support the evacuation of troops from Dunkirk
The story of the Dunkirk evacuation hits the big screen next month in a new film. During the Second World War, a myth began to circulate that the RAF did not do enough to protect the troops that were trapped on the beaches and the fleet of vessels trying to evacuate them.
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The RAF's vital role in the Dunkirk evacuation
On 26 May 1940, Prime Minister Winston Churchill ordered the start of Operation Dynamo – the evacuation of more than 330,000 Allied troops from the beaches of Dunkirk during WWII. RAF Fighter Command began to operate patrols from Boulogne to Dunkirk and the operations were to continue for the next nine days during the evacuation.
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Honouring the heroes of Bomber Command on the 75th anniversary of the First Thousand Bomber Raid
30 May marks the 75th anniversary of the First 1000 Bomber Raid – an overnight bombing of Cologne by the RAF in 1942 and notably one of the largest attacks in World War Two history.
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Honouring the Guinea Pig Club
On 2 November, His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh unveiled a memorial to the Guinea Pig Club at the National Arboretum in Staffordshire.
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"Don't be ashamed or embarrassed, the Fund is there to help"
For Mina Tilt, of Birmingham, life has been full of adventures alongside tragedies that will stay with her forever.
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Celebrating the RAF Regiment's history at the RAF Honington Heritage Centre
Short of serving in the Regiment, there simply is no better place to learn about the history and role of the RAF Regiment than the Heritage Centre at RAF Honington.
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New book celebrates Battle of Britain pilot Johnny 'Kentowski' Kent
Alexandra Kent knew as a child that her father John 'Johnny' Kent was a celebrated Battle of Britain pilot and successful test pilot.
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Celebrating 100 years of author and RAF pilot Roald Dahl
13 September is Roald Dahl Day and this year's celebration marks the 100th anniversary of the ever-popular author's birth. Roald Dahl served in the RAF during World War Two as a pilot, which inspired his story about the troublesome 'Gremlins'.
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Seventy-fifth anniversary of 'High Flight'
"Oh, I have slipped the surly bonds of earth, And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings..." So begins 'High Flight,' perhaps the most renowned aviation poem, written by Pilot Officer John Gillespie Magee, Jr, in August 1941.
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"My father would have been truly humbled by all the messages of thanks"
When the late Dambusters pilot Les Munro sold his precious medals to help maintain the Bomber Command Memorial we were inundated with messages of thanks from all over the world, which we turned into a book of gratitude.
