The Avro Lancaster was definitely the most famous British bomber of WWII, but was it the best? When one thinks of the Royal ...
To be sure, Air Chief Marshal Sir Hugh Dowding, who headed RAF Fighter Command, would later write: “Had it not been for the magnificent material contributed by the Polish squadrons and their ...
In one a squadron leader kneels before the Virgin Mary ... of which 449 were in Fighter Command (whom the window specially commemorates), 732 in Bomber Command, 268 in Coastal Command, 14 in other RAF ...
Lincolnshire was chosen as the site of the IBCC because 27 RAF Bomber Command stations - more than a third of the total - were based in the county during World War Two. Mrs Barr said the centre ...
CEO of International Bomber Command Centre said: "This memorial will ensure these six brave airmen - forever part of our shared history - are remembered for their ultimate sacrifice." The RAF base ...
At least two B-1B Lancers assigned to the 34th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron at Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D., arrived Jan. 15 ...
The RAF Benevolent Fund said it will cost thousands of pounds to repair the memorial Vandalism of the Bomber Command Memorial ... Mr Johnson, a squadron leader with the Dambusters who conducted ...
The RAF fields eight Typhoon units with 1 (Fighter), 2 (Army Cooperation), 6, and 9 (Bomber) squadrons based at RAF Lossiemouth in Scotland; and 3 (Fighter), 11 (Fighter), and 12 (Bomber ...