Steve Johnson
Oct 3
Memorial to the Iraq (Assyrian) Levies Who Died in WW2
I received a query regarding the age of the Memorial at the Habbaniya War Cemetery in Iraq, erected in honour of the 106 men of the RAF...
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Steve Johnson
Oct 1
Habbaniya War Cemetery - Valletta VW832 Crash Victims
On the morning of the 17th April 1957, a Royal Air Force transport Vickers Valetta of 114 Squadron (Serial No: VW832) took off from Aqaba.
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Steve Johnson
Sep 10
Rasheed RAF Cemetery - Armoured Car and Attached to RAF Levies Deaths
A recent query required me to identify the servicemen who were buried at the RAF Cemetery in Baghdad 'between the two World Wars'. The...
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Steve Johnson
Aug 29
6 Squadron's Hurricanes and Operation 'Flounced'
6 Squadron Hurricanes were involved in the build-up to Operation ‘Flounced’ as well as the raid itself, both in attacking ground targets...
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Steve Johnson
Jul 23
Burberry Clothing 1918 - New Photos
As part of researching for my book, " Leaning on a Lamp Post ", I was required to find everything I could about life in Basingstoke,...
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Steve Johnson
Jul 4
70 Squadron Airlift Troops to Kirkuk
In February 1923, Vickers Vernon aircraft from 70 Squadron took part in transporting 500 troops to Kirkuk, for them to drive away Kurdish...
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