RADAR (Radio Aid to Detection And Ranging) had been developed and employed by both the German and British armed forces before the outbreak of...
As more and more “secrets” about the D-Day invasion on the Normandy beaches come to light, there have been questions about what the German high...
All together, there were some 7 different four engined heavy strategic bombers from a number of manufacturers in wartime service with the RAF:...
About two years ago my cousin started writing a biography of his father’s wartime RAF service; Bill Bates was a navigator and flew most of his ops...
Much has been written about the Lancaster bomber, but during the war the RAF operated a number of other “heavies”, although none acquired the same...
The Avro Manchester … and on. The Manchester was a twin engined medium/heavy bomber built by the A.V.Roe aircraft company designed to meet the...
Having tried to research this further, I’ve found that the first squadron to be equipped with the Meteor, and the only squadron to fly it on...
The further the events of June 1944 slip out of living memory and into history, the more the little snippets of information seem to come to light...
I’ve just watched the Channel 4 “Docu-drama” (still available on 4OD) about the activities of the little known MI19 at Trent Park House. It was...
In addition to the RAF Bomber Command Memorial at Green Park (about time too) the government and The Queen have finally decided to award the...
The BBC transmitted their documentary about "Operation Crossbow" again this evening (3rd January 2013) and this time I remembered to record it....
Thank you for your input Erich. As I eluded to, and as you say the attack method employed by the ME262 jet and Komet rocket aircraft of the...
Actually Jim the Meteor is ONE of the longer serving jet aircraft, but that accolade really goes to the English Electric Canberra. I know it's...
As I said, almost four thousand (3947) Meteors of numerous variants and special purpose airframes were built. Five are still kept in an...
The entire Operation Crossbow involved not only the combined operations of RAF Bomber Command and the USAAF but also a large input from a little...
The Meteor wasn’t the first operational jet fighter; the Messerschmitt ME262 did come before it (by some months) but it was the first allied jet...
I've just heard of a new interactive website of the Blitz showing where every german bomb fell with a red dot on a map of London. You can find...
I think it's true to say that the Battle of Dunkirk and the subsequent evacuation were examples of real "Combined Operations". There were at...
Winston Churchill said "What General Weygrand called the Battle of France is over, the Battle of Britain is about to begin". The RAF records...
The Battle of Dunkirk was little more than a month before the opening of the Battle of Britain, so there were a number of squadrons already...
