Osudy – Life stories 3

The Royal Air Force and Operation Market Garden: Chapter 1

This is the story of the Royal Air Force's role in Operation Market Garden, the attempted capture of the bridge over the Lower Rhine at Arnhem.

Jet and Space Week

This October half term, get ready for a very fast take off as we explore jets and space!

Battle of Britain Proms 2022

New in 2022 - Battle of Britain Proms at the RAF Museum Midlands!

For Valour: Acting Flight Lieutenant Roderick Alastair Brook Learoyd

Bomber Command had switched to night raids but was still setting precision targets, accuracy for which required flying at near-suicidally low altitude

The Boeing Chinook

The Chinook is an iconic helicopter which has served the RAF for over 40 years.

The RAF and China: A Forgotten Alliance. Part 1

The Royal Air Force has a connection with China, the world's most populated country as well as its fourth biggest country.

Inter-War

Peter Kosogorin’s Uniform – one of 100 reasons to visit the RAF Museum

You can now see the flight suit worn by the BAE Systems’s Test Pilot Peter ‘Kos’ Kosogorin throughout his test-flights of the F-35 Lightning aircraft. 

It is now on display in our new exhibition ‘RAF: First to the Future’ at our London site. This exhibition gathers together objects that tell the stories of the technologies used by the RAF during its 100 years of history while looking, at the same time, at the technologies the RAF will soon use. 

The F-35 Lighting Jet is undoubtedly one of the most advanced and innovative aircraft ever designed, and is already seen as by many in the RAF as ‘a game-changing technology ‘.

If, after watching this video, you would like to learn more about this pioneering aircraft please visit our new exhibition ‘RAF: First to the Future’ to discover more.

Just one of 100 reasons to visit the RAF Museum

What’s going on?

What's going on at the RAF Museum London? See the listed events here.

For Valour: Acting Flight Sergeant Arthur Louis Aaron

On the night of 12th August, 1943, Flight Sergeant Aaron was captain and pilot of a Stirling aircraft detailed to attack Turin.

First World War

Cosford Food Festival

SOLD OUT!! Calling all Foodies – the Cosford Food Festival will be back on the 23 and 24 July 2022.

Moving the Mosquito

Over the last year and a half some fifty individual aircraft moves have happened at our London and Cosford sites. Here we focus on one.

Pioneering Years