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

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

I received a request last week regarding the cockpit instruments that were standard in the Royal Aircraft Factory RE8, one of the...

Following a request from a number of people who have read my book 'Leaning on a Lamp Post', I am including here a composite map of the town of Basingstoke (UK), being a black and white 1894 map of the city superimposed on a colour photograph of the same area, courtesy of Google Earth. A great deal of research went into the section of the book that took place in Basingstoke during 1910, especially in the area around the old wharf (now the bus station). It is interesting to see

I have completed the digitisation of 86 aerial photographs taken by 6 Squadron aircrew prior to the preliminary bombardment at Messines,...

Resulting from a query received via my website from Richard Knight, a letter has come to light, written by the temporary flight commander...