Tag: Royal air force 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 researchThe defence and loss of Crete, 1940-1941 (Part 2)Friday 7 August 2020The Germans planned to lead the invasion of Crete with their airborne troops, with...Records and researchMiracles and Myths: The Dunkirk Evacuation – Part 3: Were the French abandoned at Dunkirk?Thursday 4 June 2020By far the most destructive of all the myths to emerge from the story...Records and researchMiracles and myths: The Dunkirk Evacuation – Part 2: The heroism of the Royal NavyTuesday 2 June 2020By 2 June 1940, Operation Dynamo, the evacuation of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF)...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...Records and research100 years since the formation of the Women’s Royal Air ForceTuesday 3 April 2018‘The Air Service is urgently in need of women workers – so urgently that...Records and researchKeeper’s Gallery: Battle of Britain 1940Thursday 1 October 2015Our Keeper’s Gallery currently features a display highlighting the Battle of Britain in 1940....Records and researchAerial photography and the First World WarTuesday 30 June 2015Although military usage of balloons dated back over a century, the gleaning of intelligence...Records and researchFrom airhead to Top Gun: researching Second World War RAF pilotsThursday 28 August 2014We often get readers coming into The National Archives wanting to find information about their...Records and researchArmed forces birth, marriage and death recordsMonday 10 June 2013If you need a copy of a birth, marriage or death certificate issued in...Records and researchCataloguing the unsung heroes of the RAFThursday 16 May 2013From Banana to Vesuvius… When one thinks of the RAF in the Second World...Records and researchAIR 79: Name indexing the records of RAF airmenTuesday 17 July 2012When most people think of the Royal Flying Corps, Royal Naval Air Service and...