4 天之前 · The airfield Expansion Period, from 1934-39, led to the need for a new permanent hangar for RAF airfields, catering for the need to house larger aircraft. This hangar became known as the Type C and allowed aircraft manufacturers to …

2 天之前 · The Royal Air Force (RAF) is the air and space force of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies. [7] It was formed towards the end of the First World War on 1 April 1918, on the merger of the Royal Flying Corps (RFC) and the Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS). [8] Following the Allied victory over the Central Powers in 1918, the RAF …

4 天之前 · A Polish instructor of No 18 Operational Training Unit lecturing Polish airmen on the .303 Vickers K-type gas-operated machine gun at No 9 Bombing and Gunnery School at RAF Penrhos, 14 July 1940. © IWM (CH 574)

5 天之前 · Atcham opened on 20 August 1941 under the control of No 9 Group of Fighter Command to become an important Sector station until the by now official RAF detachment finally left in late 1943. The first aircraft to arrive were Supermarine Spitfires of No 131 Squadron from nearby Tern Hill the following month.

5 天之前 · Peter Frederick McDonald Davies was born on 11th August 1919 in Crudgington, Shropshire and joined the RAF on a short service commission, beginning his elementary training on 12th July 1937. On 18th September he was posted to 2 FTS Brize Norton and after his course he joined the RAF Ferry Flight at Cardington.

1 天前 · Ground units are also maintained by the Royal Air Force, most prominently the RAF Police and the Royal Air Force Regiment (RAF Regt). The Royal Air Force Regiment essentially functions as the ground defence force of the RAF, optimised for the specialist role of fighting on and around forward airfields, which are densely packed with ...

5 天之前 · After converting to Spitfires he joined 266 Squadron at Wittering on 16th September 1940. Boswell flew no operational sorties with 266 and was posted to 19 Squadron at Fowlmere on 28th September. He flew his first operational sortie on 9th October and was still serving with the squadron in November 1940. 19 Squadron 1940. Standing:

5 天之前 · Okay RAF enthusiasts! I have an important question that needs answering in relation to an upcoming mod. Could some please tell me exactly WHICH models of Merlin (and Griffin) had the Coffman starter system?

5 天之前 · German commanders planning Operation Sealion, the invasion of the UK, saw seizing Hawkinge as a priority in order to establish a Luftwaffe controlled airfield in Britain. On 19 July 1940 Messerschmitt Bf 109s shot down at least six Boulton Paul Defiants of No 141 Squadron in what became known as the ‘Slaughter of the Innocents’.

Orders came in and the RAF was sent nearly 900 of these new Mustangs. The P-51D version was called the Mustang IV and the P-51K version was the Mustang IVa. The RAF received 284 and 594 respectively. They had the visibility and the firepower that the pilots needed. The first RAF serial was KH641 and the last TK589.