Battle of Britain : Untold Stories, Episode 2
21 August 2025
Beyond the dogfights over the white cliffs of Dover, another battle raged in the skies over the heart of England.
Battle of Britain : Untold Stories, Episode 1
19 August 2025
In the first of our Battle of Britain Untold Stories we examine the life of Billy Fiske, 'an American citizen who died that England might live'.
VJ Day 80: End of the Second World War
15 August 2025
Japan’s surrender in August–September 1945, following atomic bombings and Soviet entry into the war, ended the Second World War.
VJ Day 80: Operating in South East Asia
15 August 2025
RAF operations in South East Asia faced extreme terrain, weather, and logistical challenges, using specialised aircraft like the Liberator
VJ Day 80 : Not Forgotten
15 August 2025
Corporal Leonard Beckett, was an RAF radio mechanic who had been captured on Java and moved to Borneo during 1942. Here is his VJ Day story.
Cheshire and the Bomb
9 August 2025
Group Captain Leonard Cheshire VC, witnessing the Nagasaki blast from afar, felt both relief at war’s end and moral revulsion at the weapon’s power.
For Valour: July 31, 1915, over Belgium
31 July 2025
Liddell won his VC on his second – and last – combat flight. Liddell himself was in France for only 8 days until his death.
For Valour :
1 July 2025
On 1 July 1916 Rees and another pilot took off on a patrol to prevent German reconnaissance aircraft observing the Battle of the Somme's developing gr
Pride and Progress
12 June 2025
“Being able to march in a Pride in your uniform is something that I couldn’t even have dreamed of.”Kevin Bazeley ponders on Pride and progress.
Coastal Command
4 June 2025
Although Victory in Europe was declared on 8 May on this day in 1945, 4 June, Coastal Command ended the longest war campaign of any RAF Command.
For Valour: Captain William Avery (‘Billy’) Bishop, VC, CB, DSO, MC, DFC, Croix de Guerre avec Palmes*
2 June 2025
'Billy' Bishop was the highest-scoring Commonwealth pilot of the Great War, officially credited with 72 enemy aircraft destroyed.
Arrest and Humiliation
12 May 2025
25 years ago the ban on LGBT+ people in the British Armed Forces ended. To mark this anniversary, the RAF Museum has been recording those affected.
For Valour: Lt. (temp. Capt.) Albert Ball, VC, DSO**, MC, Legion d’Honneur (France); Order of St. George 4th Class (Russia). Late Notts. and Derby Regiment, and R.F.C.
6 May 2025
Albert Ball was awarded his RFC 'wings' brevet on 22 January 1916 and rapidly developed into a very dedicated and proficient fighter pilot.
Operation Manna Remembered – Experiences of the Crews, Eighty Years On
29 April 2025
Exactly eighty years ago this week, beginning on 29 April and extending to 8 May 1945, RAF Bomber Command undertook Operation Manna.
For Valour : 2nd Lieutenant William Barnard Rhodes-Moorhouse VC
26 April 2025
Lieutenant Rhodes-Moorhouse has the distinction of being the first aviator to be awarded the Victoria Cross
Fighting with Pride – Success
12 April 2025
On 12 Jan 2000, the ban on LGBT+ people in the UK Armed Forces ended. To commemorate this anniversary we are sharing the stories from gay veterans.
![For Valour: 2nd Lt. (Temporary Captain) [later Major] James Byford McCudden, DSO*, MC*, MM, Croix de Guerre, General List and Royal Flying Corps.](https://assets.rafmuseum.org.uk/app/uploads/2025/04/05102634/1.jpg)
For Valour: 2nd Lt. (Temporary Captain) [later Major] James Byford McCudden, DSO*, MC*, MM, Croix de Guerre, General List and Royal Flying Corps.
2 April 2025
Captain McCudden's Victoria Cross is exceptional as it was awarded, not for one particular event of Valour, but for his long fighting career.
For Valour: Lieutenant Alan Jerrard, Royal Air Force VC, MVB
30 March 2025
Lieutenant Jerrard was a member of 66 Squadron based at San Pietro-in-Gu, just north of Gossa.
For Valour: 2nd Lieutenant Alan Arnett McLeod, VC Royal Air Force
27 March 2025
On 27 March, McLeod was undertaking a bombing attack in FK 8 serial B5773 with Lieutenant Hammond MC as his Observer when they came under fierce fire.
For Valour : Lieutenant Francis Hubert (Frank) McNamara, VC, Australian Forces, Royal Flying Corps
20 March 2025
Frank McNamara had the distinction of being the only Australian to be awarded a Victoria Cross for aerial activities in the First World War.