Steve Johnson
Feb 29
No 1 Aircraft Depot (AD) - St Omer
I had a query regarding the location of 4 Squadron Royal Air Force during the German Spring Offensive in 1918 and determined that the...
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Steve Johnson
Feb 12
The Siege of Habbaniya 1941
When the Iraqi forces lay siege to RAF Habbaniya on the 2nd May 1941 (part of the Battle of Habbaniya), the British were caught unawares....
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Steve Johnson
Feb 5
Headstones Photographs for British War Cemeteries in Iraq
I have just completed (3rd February 2024) interactive diagrams of the Habbaniya War Cemetery and Ma'asker Al Raschid RAF Cemetery which...
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Steve Johnson
Jan 20
Missing Headstone for Norwegian Sailor
With the kind assistance of the Australian Embassy in Baghdad and Dr Christopher Morris of the RAF Habbaniya Association over the past...
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Steve Johnson
Oct 16, 2023
Father and daughter buried at Ma'Asker Al Raschid RAF Cemetery
The full extent of the tragic story of the Marks family only became known recently when Ron Workman (the grandson of Leonard Marks) sent...
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Steve Johnson
Sep 21, 2023
Another Five Headstones Identified
In reviewing the hundreds of photographs taken at the Ma'Asker Al Raschid RAF Cemetery over the past 3+ years (the first batch being...
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