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Women's Auxiliary Air Force officers‎ (48 P) Pages in category "Royal Air Force personnel of World War II" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 1,418 total.
List of aircraft of the Royal Air Force. Many aircraft types have served in the British Royal Air Force since its formation in April 1918 from the merger of the Royal Flying Corps and Royal Naval Air Service. This is a list of RAF aircraft, including all currently active and retired types listed in alphabetic order by their RAF type name.
RAF personnel, Calshot, 1936; the RAF had just over 32,000 personnel. No. 640 Sqn at RAF Leconfield, December 1944. At this time, numbers of personnel were over one million. The Vulcan at RAF Waddington, 1982. Post the Falklands Conflict, the RAF had just over 89,000 people in service. RAF 7 Force Protection Wing delivers training to support ...
The Royal Air Force (RAF) is the air and space force of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies. [5] It was formed towards the end of the First World War on 1 April 1918, becoming the second independent air force in the world after the Finnish Air Force (established 6 March 1918), [6] by merging the Royal Flying Corps (RFC) and the Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS ...
English Electric Lightning. RAF Fighter Command was one of the commands of the Royal Air Force. It was formed in 1936 to allow more specialised control of fighter aircraft. It served throughout the Second World War. It earned near-immortal fame during the Battle of Britain in 1940, when the Few held off the Luftwaffe attack on Britain.
1956: Avro Vulcan. 1958: Handley Page Victor. RAF Bomber Command controlled the Royal Air Force 's bomber forces from 1936 to 1968. Along with the United States Army Air Forces, it played the central role in the strategic bombing of Germany in World War II. From 1942 onward, the British bombing campaign against Germany became less restrictive ...
The history of the Royal Air Force, the air force of the United Kingdom, spans a century of British military aviation. The RAF was founded on 1 April 1918, towards the end of the First World War by merging the Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Naval Air Service. After the war, the RAF was greatly reduced in size and during the inter-war years ...
No. 18 (Pilots) Advanced Flying Unit RAF. No. 61 Group RAF. No. 83 Group Support Unit RAF. No. 665 Squadron RCAF. No. 1409 Flight RAF. No. 1425 (Communication) Flight RAF. No. 1435 Flight RAF. Northwest African Air Service Command. Northwest African Photographic Reconnaissance Wing.