1942. Nazi tyranny has engulfed Europe, the western Soviet Union and North Africa. Against this backdrop, there seems to be only one force who can take the fight to the heart of Hitler’s Third Reich – ...

World War Two RAF Bomber Command pilot, Flt Lt Harry Richardson DFC, was the guest of honour at an event in Prestwick at the weekend to celebrate his 108th birthday. During the celebration at the RAF ...

A condensed yet comprehensive look at the development and operations of RAF Bomber Command from a fledgling force at the outbreak of hostilities to one of the most potent forces in the World on the ...

The workhorse of the RAF in World War II, the Lancaster carried out the greater part of the British portion of the Combined Bomber Offensive (CBO). Led by Arthur Harris, Bomber Command believed that ...

It was Britain’s first truly modern heavy bomber—yet history barely remembers it. The Armstrong Whitworth Whitley was the awkward, slab-sided workhorse that carried the RAF into the war. It dropped ...

Joe English learned to fly a Lancaster bomber before he could drive a car. During World War Two, RAF Bomber Command called upon young men barely out of their teens to fly some of the most dangerous ...