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To mark VJ Day we bring you a fascinating detective story first published in Air Mail back in 2020. Here, aviation historian and co-author of ‘RAF Liberators Over Burma’, Matt Poole, relates the search for his mother’s first husband, Sergeant George ...
In 1952, former Leading Aircraftwoman Margaret Horton recounted a terrifying war-time experience to Air Mail magazine: clinging to the tailplane of a Spitfire as it took to the skies during WW2. Anyone who worked on the flights at RAF Hibaldstowe – ...
Joe Bell, Operation Manna Veteran Dies Aged 103 The Royal Air Forces Association was sad to learn of the death of Second World War Bomber Command veteran Cecil Joseph Bell, known as Joe. Joe joined the RAF in November 1936, shortly before ...
Gordon Moulton-Barrett: Farewell To Pilot Who Survived Infamous Wartime Prison Camp A Second World War Lancaster bomber pilot who survived being shot down over Germany and was a prisoner of war at Stalag Luft III has died aged 98. Gordon Moulton-Barrett served as a Flight Lieutenant with No 207 Squadron, and flew 17 sorties before his aircraft was shot down during a Berlin bombing raid on Christmas Eve, 1943. After being captured ...
The RAF Association was sad to learn about the death of Second World War veteran Geoffrey Medcalf MBE. Soon after joining RAF Coastal Command in 1941 as an aircraft mechanic, Geoffrey was posted to Iceland to help service the aircraft supporting the ...
The RAF Association is commemorating the life of Flying Officer Charles Gallagher DFC, a Bomber Command veteran who died on Christmas Eve 2020. Charles was born in Nottingham in 1924 and educated in Devon and at Cambridge University. He joined the Universiy ...
Aviation historian and co-author of RAF Liberators over Burma, Matt Poole, continues the story of his mother’s first husband, Sergeant George Plank, whose aircraft was lost over Burma in 1944.Part 1 outlined how I set about discovering what had happened to my ...
The RAF Association is saddened to hear of the death of D-Day veteran and President of our County Fermanagh branch, Bill Eames. Bill, who recently received the British Empire Medal for services to the RAF and for his community work in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, was one of the ...
In a year that has been unprecedented for everybody with plans and events, being cancelled left, right and centre, the RAF Waddington RAFA team feared that they wouldn’t be able to carry out any fundraising activities for the charity in 2020, especially ...
At this time of year, we normally gather with others to commemorate all who sacrificed so much in the service of their country. We proudly remember our friends, our family, our colleagues. We thank those who now have no-one left who knew ...
The RAF Association is saddened to learn that Henry Wagner, a member of Bomber Command, has passed away aged 97. Henry was born in March 1923. Though Irish by birth, he gained UK citizenship and was called up in August 1942. He ...
Our popular RAF-themed online entertainment service, Project ENTERTAIN is back! Phase one launched during the first lockdown, will once again offer activities that provide the RAF community with companionship and routine during what could otherwise be a lonely and gloomy time. We ...
