Solving a Mystery at Ma'Asker RAF Cemetery
This morning I was contacted by yet another descendent (10 as at the 18th January 2023) of a man who had died in service ‘between the...
Latest Excavation at Ma'Asker (RAF Hinaidi) Cemetery
Prior to the commencement of Stage 2 of the restoration of the Ma'Asker Al Raschid Cemetery (formerly known as the Hinaidi RAF Peace...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
Hinaidi East - Where Was This?
I recently received this photograph showing a group of RAF Corporals standing in front of a sign that read "Hinaidi East". With an...
