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  • Christmas Eve, 1944...Stalag Luft III, Żagań, Poland

    Christmas Eve, 1944...Stalag Luft III, Żagań, Poland

    Squadron Leader MacDonell's memories of a poignant moment for the prisoners of Stalag Luft III.
  • Sergeant Richard George Gazzard

    Sergeant Richard George Gazzard

    “Dick” Gazzard was born Richard George Gazzard to Norman Clarence and Veida Gazzard, of Strathfield, New South Wales, on 17 August 1920.
  • Sergeant Gerald Barrington Haydon

    Sergeant Gerald Barrington Haydon

    Gerald Barrington Haydon was born in the Southport district of Queensland, on 24 December, 1921, known as Barry to his parents, Harry and Gertrude Haydon.
  • Sergeant Christopher Geoffrey Blomfield Chapman

    Sergeant Christopher Geoffrey Blomfield Chapman

    Christopher Geoffrey Blomfield "Barry" Chapman, son of Christopher Charles and Catherina Chapman, hailed from Uralla in New South Wales and was born on 23 January 1913.
  • Sergeant Bronislaw Malinowski of No.501 Squadron

    Sergeant Bronislaw Malinowski of No.501 Squadron

    On 8th December, 1940, Sgt. Bronislaw Malinowski, crashed in Hurricane Mk.I, (R4101, SD-I), at Wye, near Ashford, through illness - he had fainted, but was only slightly injured in the crash.
  • Flintfield House

    Flintfield House

    Long demolished, Flintfield House was a large Victorian/Edwardian Villa first acquired by the RAF in 1917, under the Defence of the Realm Act.
  • RAF Kenley's Original Operations Block

    RAF Kenley's Original Operations Block

    Unbelievably, during the Summer of 1940, the nerve centre of RAF Kenley’s Command and Control was located in an ordinary ...
  • The Banker, the Bomber Pilot, and the Crash that caused Questions in the House of Commons

    The Banker, the Bomber Pilot, and the Crash that caused Questions in the House of Commons

    On 11th December, 1919, an Airco DH.4A, owned and operated by 'Air Transport and Travel Ltd.' crashed in an open field near the Guards' Depot at Caterham.
  • Pilot Officer Hugh Edward McGraw

    Pilot Officer Hugh Edward McGraw

    Hugh Edward McGraw was born 5th January, 1920, at Kirkland Lake, Ontario, Canada.
  • Flight Sergeant Richard Byrne Honeycombe

    Flight Sergeant Richard Byrne Honeycombe

    Richard Byrne Honeycombe was born 5th February, 1922, in Toronto, Ontario.
  • Airfield Photographs from 1970s and 1980s from the Collection of Steve Rickards

    Airfield Photographs from 1970s and 1980s from the Collection of Steve Rickards

    A selection of photographs taken in the 1970s and 1980s by Steve Rickards.
  • Flight Sergeant Bruce Herbert Nickel

    Flight Sergeant Bruce Herbert Nickel

    Bruce Herbert Nickel was born 30th June, 1921, in Stratford, Ontario, Canada.
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