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6 Squadron Hurricanes were  involved in the build-up to Operation ‘Flounced’ as well as the raid itself, both in attacking ground targets...

As part of researching for my book, " Leaning on a Lamp Post ", I was required to find everything I could about life in Basingstoke,...

In February 1923, Vickers Vernon aircraft from 70 Squadron took part in transporting 500 troops to Kirkuk, for them to drive away Kurdish forces that had taken over the outskirts of Kirkuk. Pictured here is Vickers Vernon Mk I, J6883 in the process of loading troops. This mission was the first of its kind in airlifting soldiers in a conflict. This photograph was taken by the then Pilot Officer (later Air Commodore) David W F Bonham-Carter and is reproduced here with the kind

This photograph was taken by the then Pilot Officer (later Air Commodore) David W F Bonham-Carter of several Vickers Vernon transport...

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