Cosford Food Festival

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

Inter-War

Banqueting

Fast Jet Training

1945

Virtual Lecture – Was the RAF bombing campaign in the SWW 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.

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.

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.

1942

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

1940

A Forgotten Few: Austro-Hungarian Fighters

In his latest blog for the Museum, Julian Hale explores the fighter aircraft of Austro-Hungarian Empire.

The Boer War

The Evolution of the Nieuport Fighter

In his latest blog Julian Hale, the Museum's Cross & Cockade Curator, looks at the evolution of a very prolific aviation company.

Building Britain’s WW1 flying boat fleet

How Britain developed and built a force of long range flying boats during the First World War.