This photograph was taken by the then Pilot Officer (later Air Commodore) David W F Bonham-Carter from the cockpit of a 6 Squadron Bristol F2B Fighter, showing a second 6 Squadron F2B flying over the yet to be completed RAF Hinaidi cantonment (taken in late 1922 to early 1923). In the bottom right hand corner can be seen some of the aircraft hangars and the north-western corner of the RAF airfield. The centre of Baghdad is in the middle of the photograph where the River Tigri

I have just added to my website high resolution photographs of the Memorial at the RAF Habbaniya War Cemetery in Iraq, erected to honour the 106 men of the Royal Air Force Iraq Levies who lost their lives 'between the World Wars' during the periods of unrest in Iraq. I have split the memorial into five photographs, the first of them added below. Click HERE to see all of the photographs as well as the names of every man honoured on the memorial. Iraq Levies Memorial at RAF Hab

The Siege of Habbaniya 1941

Thanks to the assistance of fellow researcher Paul McMillan, I have been able to find sufficient evidence to prove that the 'vacant'...