

Remembrance Day 2022 at Ma'Asker RAF Cemetery
After the annual Remembrance Day ceremony carried out by British Embassy staff at the Baghdad North Gate Cemetery on the morning of...

Steve Johnson
Nov 15, 2022
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Sergeant Benjamin Barnard's Final Resting Place
In the course of my research into the early days of 6 and 8 Squadrons Royal Flying Corps I was given three photographs by the late...

Steve Johnson
Oct 1, 2022
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A 6 Squadron 'First' or an unfortunate Deception?
The February 1935 edition of The Aeroplane carried a one-page feature on 6 Squadron's 'coming of age' dinner at London's Mayfair hotel,...

Steve Johnson
Aug 30, 2022
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The Mystery of Phillippo, Durkin and Smith
The first day of the Battle of Messines was a difficult day for 6 Squadron, with two aircraft destroyed, four officers killed, one taken...

Steve Johnson
Aug 29, 2022
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Size of the Royal Air Force at the Armistice 1918
I recently worked on an enquiry regarding the role of flying observers during WW1 and the topic widened to the growth of the RFC/RAF and...

Steve Johnson
Aug 9, 2022
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Ma'Asker Al Raschid RAF Cemetery Satellite Image
This 2019 satellite image of the Ma'Asker Al Raschid RAF Cemetery (formerly the Hinaidi RAF Peace Cemetery and now known simply as the...

Steve Johnson
Jul 14, 2022
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