

Steve Johnson
Oct 1, 2022
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...
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Steve Johnson
Aug 30, 2022
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,...
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Steve Johnson
Aug 29, 2022
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...
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Steve Johnson
Aug 9, 2022
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...
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Steve Johnson
Jul 14, 2022
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...
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Steve Johnson
Jul 14, 2022
Very First Bombing Mission in WW1
Anyone interested in WW1 aviation would know of the extraordinary adventures and inventiveness of Wing Commander Louis Strange DSO, OBE,...
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