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...
Inferno at 70 Squadron Hangar, RAF Hinaidi
On the 7th June 1928 at RAF Hinaidi, the hangar containing 70 Squadron’s ‘A’ Flight bombers caught fire, with four Vickers Victorias...
British NW African Grid
Though not associated with WW1, I recently needed to research the map gridding system used by the Allies in Africa during WW2. Named the...
The Mystery of Sergeant Gray and Lieutenant Halliday
On the first day of the Battle of Messines, 7th June 1917, 6 Squadron experienced the highest number of flying casualties for any single...
Remembrance Day 2021 at Hinaidi RAF Cemetery
For the first time in decades, a Remembrance Day service was held on-site at the Al Rasheed cemetery (first named the Hinaidi RAF...
