Comet Disaster

1929

Virtual Lecture – Why did the West overestimate Russian military capabilities and why does this matter?

At 5.30pm on Tuesday 7 March 2023, Bettina Renz takes an in-depth look at why the West overestimated Russian military capabilities.

Photographs

Airships

Lecture: The RAF, the Aden Protectorate Levies and Counter-insurgency in South Arabia, 1951-1957

Huw Bennett and Dr Edward Burke will discuss the Royal Air Force, the Aden Protectorate Levies and Counter-insurgency in South Arabia during 1951-1957

2003

VE Day 75

A critical look at the contribution of the RAF to the outcome of the Second World War

The Technology of the Bombing War – Part 1.

Evening membership talk by Dave Gilbert on the technology of the Bombing War with interactive demonstrations!

Robbie Stewart’s P.O.W. Outfit

RAF Flight Lieutenant Robbie Stewart was shot down while making a low-level night attack on Tallil Air Base during First Gulf War. He ejected from his aircraft, survived, but was captured by enemy forces becoming a Prisoner of War. His time in an Iraqi prison was the hardest test in his life. 

His P.O.W outfit is one of the most poignant objects on display in our new permanent exhibition ‘The RAF in an Age of Uncertainty 1980 – Today’ which is now open to the public in London’s Hangar 6.

Just one of 100 reasons to visit the RAF Museum this summer.

Remembering the British Jewish Women who served in the UK Forces during WW2

Five to six thousand British Jewish women joined the forces during the Second World War and, in addition, nearly 4,000 women living in Palestine joined the British Services in the Middle East.

Car clubs

Rehabilitation and Commemoration of Former RAF Airmen

Virtual Lecture – The Numbers Game: How the RAF Revolutionized Military Planning and (Maybe) Saved the World

In this free virtual lecture, Jack Thorlin explores the RAF's seminal contribution to the rise of the scientific method in military planning.

Sam Leather – Trusts and Foundations Researcher