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Youth Panel at the RAF Museum London

The RAF Museum Youth Panel is a group of young people aged 16-24 that help us improve the visitor experience at our Museum for other young people.

Lunchtime Lecture (Midlands): Imperial Flights and Encounters: recovering the experiences of People of Colour in Scottish wartime aviation, 1914-1945

On Thursday 21st November 2024 at 12pm, Isobel Westbury will consider the experiences of People of Colour in Scottish wartime aviation.

Women of the Battle of Britain

Women didn't fly in combat in the Battle of Britain, but they ferried aircraft and ran the control system which ultimately resulted in victory. This podcast tells that story.

The new Dambusters VR Experience at London site

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

Virtual Lecture: Montgomery’s Functional Doctrine: the Doctrinal Development and Integration of Air Power

On Thursday 27th June 2024 at 6pm, Charles Forrester will examine the doctrinal development and integration of air power in late 1944.

Special Lecture : Digging Tunnels – The Archaeology of the Great Escape

On Monday 25 March 2024 at 7.00pm, Professor Tony Pollard will discuss the archaeology of the Great Escape.

Flying boats over the Heligoland Bight

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

Midlands Lecture – Not Just Ultra: Bletchley Park and RAF Signals Intelligence during the Second World War

At 12.30pm on Friday 15 September, Dr Thomas Cheetham will explore Bletchley Park and RAF signals intelligence in the Second World War.

The Boer War

Test pilots

Tim Bracey traces the history of the aircraft at the RAF Museum and explores the story of the test pilots who have flown them.

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Virtual Lecture – Was the RAF bombing campaign in WW2 the most crucial factor in winning victory?

At 6.00pm on Friday 24 March 2023, Marcus Gibson examines just how important the RAF bombing campaign was to Allied victory.

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Flying boats over the Western Approaches

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