

6 Squadron Photo Album Cover 1916
Here is a photograph of part of the front page of an album of WW1 photographs donated to Bungay Museum by the descendants of a local...

Steve Johnson
May 21, 2018


6 Squadron Photo Album WW1
A photo album taken by a photographer serving with 6 Squadron during WW1 has recently come to light after it was donated to Bungay Museum...

Steve Johnson
May 21, 2018
Abeele During the Great War
On Sunday the 20th May, a one-day exhibition ‘Abeele tijdens de Groote Oorlog’ (Abeele during the Great War) took place during the...

Steve Johnson
May 20, 2018
Another Officer for 6 Squadron WW1 Roll of Honour
As part of the research process for my next book, I have come across a 6 Squadron observer who was wounded in action during WW1 but died...

Steve Johnson
Apr 1, 2018


Burial Conundrum Solved after 100 Years
On the first day of the Battle of Messines, 7th June 1917, 6 Squadron experienced the highest number of flying casualties for any single day of the First World War, a statistic not to be equalled in the 103 years since the squadron was formed. Over a few short hours, four men were killed, three were injured and one was taken prisoner of war. The crew of one of the aircraft lost that day (RE8 Serial No A3214) were reported as 'Killed in Action', though their bodies were never
Steve Buster Johnson
Nov 6, 2017


Location of Deimlingseck (Belgium)
One of my recent WW1 queries involved determining the exact location of Deimlingseck, where on the 31st July 1917 (the first day of the...

Steve Johnson
Jul 16, 2017
