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Lancaster Bomber Recovered From the Sea Bed After 80 Years

November 15, 2023 Moreno Aguiari 0

PRESS RELEASE via www.raf.mod.uk Personnel from RAF Global Ennoblement have been working alongside the Dutch Military to recover a submerged WWII Lancaster bomber and the remains of its lost crew. Joint Aircraft Recovery and Transport […]

Shuttleworth’s Mongoose And Tomtit Revival

September 4, 2023 James Kightly (Commissioning Editor) 0

By James Kightly, Commissioning Editor The Shuttleworth Collection, Biggleswade, Bedfordshire, UK, has a number of genuinely unique surviving aircraft, and some of those are powered by the only working example of the engine type. Such […]

Annual Charity Ride Celebrates Lincolnshire’s Unique RAF Heritage

April 24, 2023 Moreno Aguiari 0

PRESS RELEASE An annual charity bike ride that has taken place in Lincolnshire since 2019 has taken a high-flying turn for 2023 in celebration of the county’s unique RAF heritage. The 60 and 100-mile routes […]

Former RAF Phantom IIs XT597 and XT905 Arrive at Cotswold Airport

August 19, 2021 Moreno Aguiari 0

The British Phantom Aviation Group (BPAG) recently announced that two of their airframes have now moved safely to their new home at Cotswold Airport (formerly RAF Kemble) near Cirencester, Gloucestershire in the UK. On 22nd […]

BBMF Hurricane ‘Last of the Many’ Receives Night Intruder Paint Scheme

May 12, 2021 Moreno Aguiari 1

Every few years, each of the aircraft within the Royal Air Force’s Battle of Britain Memorial Flight (BBMF) receives a new paint scheme as a way of highlighting the enormous breadth of history and valiant actions which […]

RAFM Cosford to Commemorate Armistice Day with Remembrance Service

October 10, 2018 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

The Royal Air Force Museum Cosford will hold a Service of Remembrance on Sunday 11 November, paying respect to those service men and women who made the ultimate sacrifice during their tours of duty. Visitors […]

Phantom Phantastic! – A Royal Navy Phantom II is Reborn

August 6, 2018 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

The McDonnell-Douglas Phantom II has a long and proud heritage in air arms around the world. While her role in Britain’s Royal Air Force is well known, perhaps less so is that a small number […]

Phantom FG.1 of 43 Squadron intercepting a Soviet Bear circa 1972

The Air Defence of the UK in the Last 20 Years of the Cold War

December 2, 2017 Moreno Aguiari 0

On 15 December, the Royal Air Force Museum Cosford will be hosting the next Cold War Lunchtime Lecture with a talk entitled ‘The Air Defence of the UK in the last 20 Years of the […]

WWII RAF Ace Fighter Pilot To Appear at South Dakota Film Premiere

October 20, 2016 Moreno Aguiari 4

Royal Air Force (RAF) Flight Lieutenant John Wilkinson will be honored at the Premiere of “The Gentleman Next Door,” a short film documenting his WWII experiences this 28 October at the South Dakota Air & […]

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The Grangemouth Spitfire: Proud Memorial to the Pilots of No. 58 Operational Training Unit

November 11, 2015 Moreno Aguiari 0

Today we share this great article originally published on Urban Ghosts.Situated 25 miles north west of Edinburgh, the town of Grangemouth is today dominated by one of the largest oil refineries in Europe. But the […]

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