Final Resting Place of Sgt Ernest Handley, ex 6 Squadron
After a chance reading of the story of 6 Squadron pilot, Sergeant Ernest Handley on this website (see 6 Squadron Pioneers in the 6 Sqn...
Digging the Trenches at Hinaidi RAF Peace Cemetery
With the exact measurements taken of the position of the original perimeter walls at Hinaidi (Ma'asker Al Raschid RAF Cemetery), earth...
Restoration Works Commence at Ma'Asker RAF Cemetery!
Three years in the making, restoration work at the Ma'Asker Al Raschid RAF Cemetery (formerly known at the Hinaidi RAF Peace Cemetery)...
Rare Photo of an Early Fokker Monoplane
This is a photograph of a Fokker M.8 (A.1) two-seater observation monoplane (forerunner to the E.III ‘Eindecker’) that landed near St...
Another 6 Squadron Record - 'Liverpool'
This particular BE2c (‘Liverpool’ Serial No: 2126) flew against the odds by remaining in service with 6 Squadron for nine months, from...
BE2c Serial No: 206
This is a photograph of one of the earliest Royal Aircraft Factory BE2s to serve with the Royal Flying Corps, taken at an air show before...
Captain Sydney Philip Smith RFC / RAF
There’s a lot more to this crash photograph than meets the eye. Twenty-year-old 2nd Lt Sydney Philip Smith transferred from the Army...
First Ever Bombing Mission in the World
Anyone interested in WW1 aviation would know of the extraordinary adventures and inventiveness of Wing Commander Louis Strange DSO, OBE,...
"Welcome to Iraq"
In answering a query from fellow researcher James Offer regarding a 6 Squadron pilot, Frank Neville Hudson (who served in WW1 but later...
6 Squadron Deploys to Mesopotamia, 1919
In April 1919, the commanding officer of 6 Squadron, Major George Pirie, received orders to move his squadron from Gerpinnes in Belgium...
