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Here is a photograph of Hawker Hardy K4063 of 30 Squadron taken from the cockpit of a second Hawker Hardy. The date is the 7th January...

WW1 Bases on the Western Front for 6 Squadron Royal Air Force

In recent weeks I have received several requests asking me to reserach the WW1 activities of airmen who served with 6 Squadron on the...

After an absence of 96 years, the streamers my grandfather brought back from Belgium have returned in style to 6 Squadron Royal Air...

Fresh paint job on the canard wings of a 6 Squadron Royal Air Force Typhoon to celebrate 100 years since the squadron was formed.

To celebrate the 100th birthday of 6 Squadron Royal Air Force, one of the squadron's Typhoons received a unique paint job.

Flight of Typhoons join the Battle of Britain Hurricane in a flypast over Leuchars to celebrate the 100th birthday of 6 Squadron Royal...

Parade with pipe band for 6 Squadron Royal Air Force 100th birthday at Leuchars in Scotland.

To coincide with 6 Squadron's official 100th anniversary celebrations in April, I have donated the WW1 message bag streamers that my grandfather brought back from Belgium in 1918. They are already in the safe hands of George Robertson (see photo) and will shortly be taken to the squadron's home at Leuchars (just across the water from where George lives). Mike Baulkwill, the present OC 6 Squadron, has promised me the streamers will take to the air in a Typhoon during the 100th