The year 1944, the month June, the day the 6th. The commencement of the invasion of Europe with Operation Neptune to ...
24 November 2023
Born in 1942, I obviously have few memories of WWII but one remains vivid. It is also the first distinct memory I hav...
23 August 2023
You may have seen a dark blue vintage van parked next to XH558 during our Airside Tours and Engine Ground Runs. ...
28 July 2023
In the annals of aviation history, few aircraft have left a permanent mark like the Avro Lancaster and the Avro Vulca...
25 May 2023
Barnes Wallis
The concept for the Dambusters raid was first proposed early in World War II by aeronauti...
31 March 2023
Eric ‘Winkle’ Brown is credited with over 2,400 carrier landings (no one else has come close) as well as be...
8 March 2022
From February 1962 onwards two jets in every major RAF base, armed with nuclear weapons, were on standby for Quick Re...
12 October 2020
January 1947 – Clement Attlee’s government had made the decision that Britain required an independent nuc...
28 August 2020
Two weeks before the first nuclear weapon was used for warfare, dropped on the Japanese city of Hiroshima, the result...
31 July 2020
The Potsdam Conference was held near Berlin on 17 July 1945, the day after the Trinity test, and was to run until 2 A...
24 April 2020