Steve Johnson
- Oct 12, 2021
Digging the Trenches at Hinaidi RAF Peace Cemetery
With the exact measurements taken of the position of the original perimeter walls at Hinaidi (Ma'asker Al Raschid RAF Cemetery), earth...
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Steve Johnson
- Oct 5, 2021
Restoration Works Commence at Ma'Asker RAF Cemetery!
Three years in the making, restoration work at the Ma'Asker Al Raschid RAF Cemetery (formerly known at the Hinaidi RAF Peace Cemetery)...
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Steve Johnson
- Sep 7, 2021
Rare Photo of an Early Fokker Monoplane
This is a photograph of a Fokker M.8 (A.1) two-seater observation monoplane (forerunner to the E.III ‘Eindecker’) that landed near St...
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Steve Johnson
- Sep 1, 2021
Another 6 Squadron Record - 'Liverpool'
This particular BE2c (‘Liverpool’ Serial No: 2126) flew against the odds by remaining in service with 6 Squadron for nine months, from...
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Steve Johnson
- Sep 1, 2021
BE2c Serial No: 206
This is a photograph of one of the earliest Royal Aircraft Factory BE2s to serve with the Royal Flying Corps, taken at an air show before...
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Steve Johnson
- Aug 12, 2021
Captain Sidney Philip Smith RFC / RAF
There’s a lot more to this crash photograph than meets the eye. Twenty-year-old 2nd Lt Philip Smith transferred from the Army Service...
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Steve Johnson
- Aug 12, 2021
First Ever Bombing Mission in the World
Anyone interested in WW1 aviation would know of the extraordinary adventures and inventiveness of Wing Commander Louis Strange DSO, OBE,...
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Steve Johnson
- Jun 7, 2021
"Welcome to Iraq"
In answering a query from fellow researcher James Offer regarding a 6 Squadron pilot, Frank Neville Hudson (who served in WW1 but later...
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Steve Johnson
- Apr 30, 2021
6 Squadron Deploys to Mesopotamia, 1919
In April 1919, the commanding officer of 6 Squadron, Major George Pirie, received orders to move his squadron from Gerpinnes in Belgium...
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Steve Johnson
- Feb 1, 2021
Ma'Asker Al Raschid (Hinaidi) RAF Cemetery in 1923
This photograph recently came to light of the Hinaidi RAF Peace Cemetery (renamed Ma'Asker Al Raschid RAF Cemetery in 1961) and is the...
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