RAF Museum Blog Posts

Today marks 80 years since the formation of the WAAF on 28 June 1939. This blog highlights how and why this took place.

This blog commemorates the centenary of Alcock and Brown’s pioneering flight across the Atlantic in 1919.

In his latest blog Kris Hendrix looks at the various aircraft types in our collection that would have served on D-Day.

In this blog, Bryan Legate highlights the activities of some non-flying units on D-Day

In this blog Kieron Mantle talks about a recent reciprocal visit, organised by the Museum for Cosford volunteers to visit the London site.

To mark Mental Health Awareness Week, we have been sharing some of the inspiring stories of RAF personnel and their experiences with mental health.

To mark the 70th anniversary of the end of the 1948/1949 Berlin Airlift, the Royal Air Force Museum is recording memories from anyone who may have had any c

The RAF Museum was proud to open its new volunteering hub, a space in which volunteers from any team can relax, socialise and exchange experience and ideas.

Constance Babington Smith is the winner of a social media poll for an RAF person our audience would like to learn more about.

Today is St George's Day and we would like to celebrate it by commemorating of some of the many English men and women who served in the RAF.

The RAF's longest serving Search & Rescue helicopter

Three our Centenary Exhibitions are shortlisted for the Museums + Heritage Award 2019

The new immersive Dambusters Virtual Reality Experience comes to the RAF Museum London

The RAF Museum commemorates some of the thousands of Irish men and women in the UK flying services throughout the First and Second World Wars.

The story of the incredible de Havilland Mosquito