Tag: RAF Records and researchRemembering the men of Bomber Command who didn’t make it homeTuesday 20 June 2023Who officially researched the fate of missing RAF personnel during the Second World War?...Archives and archivistsThe Archivist’s Guide to Film: Target for TonightSunday 25 July 2021Eighty years ago, on 25 July 1941, the Ministry of Information released a film...Records and researchThe extraordinary life of Douglas BaderSunday 21 February 2021Born 111 years ago today, Douglas Bader would grow up to be a Royal...Records and researchPublicising the Battle of Britain: Creative publishing in the Second World WarTuesday 22 September 2020The Battle of Britain occupies a powerful place in the British cultural memory of...Records and researchTurning points in the Battle of Britain: The report of RAF Air Vice-Marshal Keith ParkTuesday 15 September 2020On the 80th anniversary of Battle of Britain Day, it is important to ask...Records and researchMiracles and myths: The Dunkirk Evacuation – Part 1: Where was the RAF?Tuesday 26 May 2020On 10 May 1940, Hitler’s forces suddenly opened their offensive in Western Europe. Attacking...Records and researchChocks Away! The life of Air Chief Marshal Sir Ronald Ivelaw-ChapmanTuesday 17 September 2019Now approaching the half-way mark in the WO 416 (Second World War British and...Behind the scenesThe outbreak of the Second World War in 1939Friday 23 August 2019Shortly before 05:00 on Friday 1 September 1939, German forces stormed the Polish frontier....