6 Squadron RAF, Ma'Asker & Habbaniya Cemeteries

Here is a photograph of Hawker Hardy K4063 of 30 Squadron taken from the cockpit of a second Hawker Hardy. The date is the 7th January...

WW1 Bases on the Western Front for 6 Squadron Royal Air Force

Leading Aircraftsman Sidney Ivor Kerslake was serving with the Royal Air Force in No 5 Armoured Car Company at Mosul in Mesopotamia (now...

Present day and 1916 aerial photos of the RAF Abeele aerodrome in Belgium

I had a query regarding the location of 4 Squadron Royal Air Force during the German Spring Offensive in 1918 and determined that the...

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....