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Ben Lovegrave has kindly allowed me to use this photograph from the 55 (Bomber) Squadron archives. It was taken of Plot 3 at Ma'Asker Al...

And now for something completely different. After months of devastating bushfires up and down the East Coast of Australia, Nature changed...

For those interested in the original (provisional) design and perimeter boundary of the Hinaidi Cantonment that was drawn up in 1932, I have added it to my website under the 'RAF Hinaidi' tab. I have also included a 2019 Google Maps aerial photograph which shows that most of the roads still exist despite the changes made to the air base since its control was handed over to the Iraqi Air Force in 1961. I have also indicated the location of the Hinaidi RAF Peace cemetery, just

Burial Service at Ma'Asker Al Raschid RAF Cemetery, formerly the Hinaidi RAF Peace Cemetery The Daily Telegraph (UK) recently published...

The start of the project to restore the CWGC cemetery in Baghdad - the Ma'Asker Al Raschid RAF Cemetery, formerly known as the Hinaidi...

Here is a recent satellite photo of the Hinaidi RAF Cemetery, taken earlier this year (2019). I have superimposed a box that shows the approximate perimeter of the cemetery as well as yellow circles around five Iraqi trucks that, at the time the photograph was taken, were using the cemetery grounds as a short cut from the military air base to the main highway, in the southern suburbs of Baghdad. For more details on the Hinaidi RAF Cemetery and the Royal Air Force officers and