

SEARCH Functionality Added to my Website
With 150 Blog/News items as well as more than 250 pages of information on numerous topics, I have decided to add a 'Search' function to...

Steve Johnson
Oct 8, 2024
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Memorial to the Iraq (Assyrian) Levies Who Died in WW2
I received a query regarding the age of the Memorial at the Habbaniya War Cemetery in Iraq, erected in honour of the 106 men of the RAF...

Steve Johnson
Oct 3, 2024
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Habbaniya War Cemetery - Valletta VW832 Crash Victims
On the morning of the 17th April 1957, a Royal Air Force transport Vickers Valetta of 114 Squadron (Serial No: VW832) took off from Aqaba.

Steve Johnson
Oct 1, 2024
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Rasheed RAF Cemetery - Armoured Car and Attached to RAF Levies Deaths
A recent query required me to identify the servicemen who were buried at the RAF Cemetery in Baghdad 'between the two World Wars'. The...

Steve Johnson
Sep 10, 2024
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6 Squadron's Hurricanes and Operation 'Flounced'
6 Squadron Hurricanes were  involved in the build-up to Operation ‘Flounced’ as well as the raid itself, both in attacking ground targets...

Steve Johnson
Aug 29, 2024
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Burberry Clothing 1918 - New Photos
As part of researching for my book, " Leaning on a Lamp Post ", I was required to find everything I could about life in Basingstoke,...

Steve Johnson
Jul 23, 2024
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