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25.01.2022 Battle of Britain Memorial Flight (Official) took a trip to Sussex to say goodbye to the 'Forces' Sweetheart'. Find out more about the life of Dame Vera Lynn; https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-13118290

23.01.2022 Three Spitfires and a Hurricane from the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight (Official) flew over London today, for the Battle of Britain service at Westminster A...bbey. 80 years ago, people across the country and around the world came together to defend British skies. The RAF is proud to remember the men and women who made this victory possible. Find out more about the Battle of Britain: https://www.raf.mod.uk//o/anniversaries/battle-of-britain/ #DetectAndDefend

22.01.2022 Today, Avro Lancaster PA474 took to the air for the first flight of 2020, maintaining the skills of the aircrew and putting the aircraft through her checks. It’s so lovely seeing her flying again! #LestWeForget Royal Air Force Battle of Britain Memorial Flight (Official)

21.01.2022 Here are some photos of the remaining buildings of ex RAF Moffat. This was when it was used by the Midlands Gliding Club in Gwelo/Gweru. Since the club closed d...own these have now been left to fall apart. The old control tower became the clubhouse upstairs & workshops on the ground floor and one the remaining hangar was used to store the gliders. The runway was still used by the gliders

21.01.2022 Photos taken at RAF Heany when it was an RATG airfield

20.01.2022 The Avro Lancaster is the most famous and successful RAF heavy bomber of World War Two

19.01.2022 Wing Commander Guy Penrose Gibson VC. DSO and bar DFC and bar. (12 August 1918 - 19 September 1944) He was the first CO of the Royal Air Force's 617 Squadron, w...hich he led in the 'Dam Busters' raid (Operation Chastise) in 1943, resulting in the destruction of two large dams in the Ruhr area, for which he was awarded the Victoria Cross. On September 19th 1944, Gibson and his navigator, Squadron Leader Jim Warwick, departed RAF Hemswell in a De Havilland Mosquito Mk.XX to serve as the Pathfinder Master Bomber for a large raid on Rheydt and Mönchengladbach. Executing the mission and ordering the bombers home, Gibson was not heard from again. The remains of his Mosquito were located near Steenbergen, Netherlands. (Photo source - IWM CH 13618) (Colourised by Richard James Molloy from the UK)

19.01.2022 Mervyn Dawes No. 776229 of 237 (Rhodesia) Squadron - Wireless Electrical and Mechanical (WEM) remembers the Western Desert. ‘At one of the aerodromes in the des...ert in North Africa, I found that I had little to do as there were no transmitters to watch over. So, as I had become friendly with a young aircraftman called Frank Dineen who helped to run the canteen shop, I decided to give him a hand and relieve him over lunch hour. ‘One day I walked over to the field kitchen for an early lunch and on the way back, with a cup of tea in my hand, I looked up to see a flight of German fighters howling down towards the cooking area, their guns blazing. I immediately buzzed the cup and flung myself into the nearest slit trench until the attack was over and the fighters flew on their way. ‘I found out later that seven of our men - a small group of replacements who had arrived the night before -had been badly wounded. Tragically some had been killed. They did not even have the chance to learn how to survive under enemy attack. We were all shocked, but the war had to go on, come what may. It was all so very sad.’ It was December 8, 1941 at 1300 hours when LG128 at N3052’0 E2550’0 was bombed and machine-gunned by six Messerschmitt ME-109s and six ME-110s. Some of their bombs hit the cookhouse killing three airmen immediately and injuring eleven others, two seriously. The three airmen were buried in the desert one mile west of the camp that same evening -Aircraftman J Hayworth RAF No.1122451; Leading Aircraftman Andrew Ralf Meldrum No. 776371 and Leading Aircraftman Andrew Gordon Edie No. 776401 whose name appears as a wireless operator in the 237 (Rhodesia) Squadron Nominal Roll of 10/9/40 to the Sudan. Corporal J Smith No.776409 died in hospital at 2100 hours. December 10: the weather cleared at LG128 and the horror of the proceeding days cleared partially. An advance party of ‘B’ Flight under Captain Parson as ALO (Air Force Liaison Officer) left for 451 Squadron RAAAF where the Royal Australian Air Force squadron, based at Tobruk, was heavily engaged in Operation Crusader (November - December 1941). Aircraftman Ernest Gerart Lenthall was sinking fast from wounds received in the cookhouse raid on December 8 and died in hospital on December 11. From Stuart Dawes, Mervyn’s son: ‘This incident has sent cold shivers down my spine. Let me just share this. Back in 1971 we were on holiday in Beira with mum and dad and late one night dad had had a few beers. From no-where he burst out crying and related the above story. It really upset us all as you can imagine. That was the first time he had ever mentioned his time in the war. Took him ages to calm down that night. Never spoke of it again.’ See more

19.01.2022 RAF Induna which later became Ntabazinduna airfield. The colour photos were found on the web and are what it looked like after the Bulawayo Flying Club moved from there. If anyone knows the photographer or who took these then please notify me so I can acknowledge them to that person.

17.01.2022 The rear section of Avro Lancaster B Mark I, DV305 'BQ-O', No. 550 Squadron RAF based at North Killingholme, Lincolnshire, seen at Woodbridge Emergency Landing Ground, Suffolk.

16.01.2022 Three Bomber Command veterans (John Bell, George Dunn and Benny Goodman) ask that we remember all those who supported them on the ground. #LestWeForget #EveryPoppyCounts

16.01.2022 Avro Lancaster B Mark III, LM449 PG-H, of No. 619 Squadron RAF based at Coningsby, Lincolnshire, in flight. February 14, 1944. (photo source - IWM CH 21121) ...Royal Air Force official photographer Devon, Stanley (Flight Lieutenant) Colourised by Richard James Molloy

15.01.2022 Dispatched from Cranborne on the first 1939 deployment to Kenya were Lieutenants Graham Smith, Eric Smith and Ron Marshall. Second Lieutenants were Ron Christie..., Alec Hutchinson, Ted Jacklin, Hugh Peyton (koas), Eric Spence and Neville Tyas (kia). Army ranks and uniforms were in use at the time. The four air gunners were Aircraftmen Alan Burl 776206 (kia), Oliver Collins 776207 (kia), John Gray 776389 and Freddie Kimpton (koas). The rate of attrition was horrendous. Wireless operators were Sergeant Ken Murrell, Corporal Horatio Lion (Molly) Maltas and TJ MacDonald. Other ranks, six from the Royal Air Force, consisted of fitters, riggers, armourers, wireless mechanics, posts and telegraph operators and one clerk. The medical officer was Rhodesian Doctor Charles William Robertson who later died at 29 British General Hospital in Iraq from pneumonia contracted during the war. Lieutenant AA Linnington MD replaced him. See more

13.01.2022 Sit back, relax and enjoy RAF Music’s tribute to the 77th anniversary of the Dambusters Raid.

13.01.2022 Some footage I filmed at RIAT from the show ground of the BBMF with two Spitfires they do split from the formation then return so delete if not allowed.

12.01.2022 Today marks the 80th anniversary of the first Polish Squadron to be formed within the RAF.

09.01.2022 Avro Lancaster NX611 Located at the Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre is stripped to bare metal, checked over, repaired and then is taken in to be repainted over the winter.

07.01.2022 September 26, 1941: six Hurricane Mk1s arrived at ‘Y’ landing ground near Abu Sueir and were taken over by 237 Squadron. The next few weeks were spent on pilot conversions.

07.01.2022 237 Squadron photographs from Jack Malloch's private collection. These are a small selection of the pictures that were generously provided to me for the up-coming biography on Jack by his son Greg. They were all taken between April 1944 and February 1945. Most of them (perhaps all?) are of DV-M, Jack's assigned Spitfire, otherwise known by the other pilots as 'Mad Malloch's Milling Machine'!

04.01.2022 This is the story of the Lancaster told by the men and women of Bomber Command. On this anniversary of the famous Dambusters raid, we’d like to share a ’teaser ...trailer’ for our new film LANCASTER, brought to you from the team that made SPITFIRE. We’ve been shooting for 18 months to record interviews with Bomber Command veterans, in the UK and across the world. For many it has been the last opportunity to tell their stories. We had awesome air-to-air filming of the Lanc planned, but the current situation has meant that those plans are on hold. But for those of you who’ve seen SPITFIRE, you know it will be worth the wait. Thanks to BBMF for giving us access to Lancaster PA474 and to the Imperial War Museums for permission to use the archive film and 617 Squadron still.

04.01.2022 A sight to behold 3 Lancs at East Kirkby ...

03.01.2022 February 23, 1941: JGP Burl’s logbook records a flight of 2 hours 10 minutes in a Vickers Vincent with Sergeant Bain to ‘Umtali’. On January 26 a site was selected for a new squadron HQ on the Atbara River (the Black Nile). The area was so similar in appearance to the Eastern Districts of Manicaland that it was named Umtali.

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