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1943. 5 March – In an effort to decimate the German industrial base, Bomber Command begins bombing the Ruhr region. 25 March – Transport Command is formed by redesignating Ferry Command. 16 May – Aircraft of 617 Squadron set out on Operation Chastise, commonly known as the Dambusters Raid.
Ralph Barker – Writer. Errol Walton Barrow – First Prime Minister of Barbados. Alan Bates – Actor. Raymond Baxter – Television presenter and commentator. Tony Benn – British politician. Frank Bossard – MI6 personnel who spied for the USSR. Richard Burton – Actor, served as a navigator. Brian Blessed – Actor.
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 ...
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. This list may not reflect recent changes .
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 ...
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 ...
Noel Agazarian. Sir Max Aitken, 2nd Baronet. Russell Aitken (RAF officer) William Aitken (politician) Geoffrey Allard. Hubert Raymond Allen. Wentworth Beaumont, 3rd Viscount Allendale. Modi Alon. Roger Altounyan.
The Women's Auxiliary Air Force ( WAAF ), whose members were referred to as WAAFs ( / ˈwæfs / ), was the female auxiliary of the British Royal Air Force during the Second World War. Established in 1939, WAAF numbers exceeded 181,000 at its peak strength in 1943, (15.7% of the RAF) [ 1] with over 2,000 women enlisting per week.