All posts in First World War

A mystery aircraft in the RAF Museum photographic collections turned out to be the heaviest triplane bomber

The Few and the Battle of Britain Pt III: The Raids on London, June-July 1917

Thus, I joined the Flying Service at the end of May 1915. My greatest wish was fulfilled

How painstaking research brought to life one man's Royal Flying Corps service.

Gordon Leith, Museum Librarian, describes the ingenious way in which the range of flying boats was increased during the First World War.

The RAF Museum's Archives hold a letter, written by Lieutenant Ronald FH Norman of No. 55 Squadron to his mother on 11 November 1918, Armistice Day

This Remembrance Weekend marks 100th anniversary of the end of the First World War, here we look at the career of the first British ace, Lanoe George Hawker

In this last of his Sopwith blogs, Julian Hale examines the development of the ground-attack Sopwith Salamander

In his latest blog Julian Hale writes of the first purpose-designed carrier-borne torpedo bomber

How the five man crew of a Large America flying boat worked together on patrols over the sea during the First World War.

Between 1917 and 1918 British flying boats based in the Orkney and Shetland Islands hunted U-Boats preying on merchant shipping.

Vote for the Royal Air Force Museum

Did the opinions of Royal Flying Corps Aircrew have any influence over the development of technology and tactics used in aerial reconnaissance?

Volunteer George Mason looks at the forgotten life of one of the founders of the Royal Air Force

The Scilly Isles were an important base for flying boats patrolling the seas off south west Britain during the First World War