The RAF withdrew the Defiant from frontline duty due to the warbird’s limited endurance. When one thinks of gun turrets on ...

The ‘Beambender’ was a vital WW2 RAF unit designed to foil Nazi bombing raids. Slightly north of Coalville in the ...

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In the early stages of the war it was used as a reception centre for RAF men who came back from Dunkirk, and as the war ended ...

By the summer of 1940, Britain was their next target, though the RAF was a significant barrier. The main aeroplane used by the Luftwaffe during the Battle of Britain was the Messerschmitt ...

At the eastern end of the magnificent Lady Chapel built by King Henry VII is a chapel dedicated to the men of the Royal Air Force who died in the Battle of Britain between July and October 1940 ... 14 ...

One of these stations is the WW2 bomber station RAF Warboys just outside Huntington. Originally built in 1940 as a satellite station for RAF Wyton, it started life as a conventional bomber station.

An outstanding feature was the Fulton Block, completed in 1940 at a contemporary cost of £250,000. It was designed to house 1,000 apprentices and was the last word in RAF barrack construction.