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Check out our Air Force Blog below & read Articles covering news relating to Aviation Museums, Book Reviews, Researching Air Force Ancestors & much more
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![Never Mind the Dambusters: A New Podcast on Bomber Command](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/1c3451_aeff889798a240339a84d4f6007eb153~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/1c3451_aeff889798a240339a84d4f6007eb153~mv2.webp)
- Jun 28
- 2 min
Never Mind the Dambusters: A New Podcast on Bomber Command
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![Book Review – The Wrongly Executed Airman by Alan Strachan](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/1c3451_32324e83288848648e6a638a87024df1~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_403,h_310,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/1c3451_32324e83288848648e6a638a87024df1~mv2.webp)
- May 31
- 2 min
Book Review – The Wrongly Executed Airman by Alan Strachan
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![80th Anniversary of the D-Day Landings](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/1c3451_7b457908260c4d3e9aa110680eef9022~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/1c3451_7b457908260c4d3e9aa110680eef9022~mv2.webp)
- May 31
- 4 min
80th Anniversary of the D-Day Landings
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![Book Review – Mosquito Night Intruder Ace by Danny Burt](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/1c3451_dc1bc66c9c264b66b3ba9b7ad74aae59~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/1c3451_dc1bc66c9c264b66b3ba9b7ad74aae59~mv2.webp)
- Feb 29
- 3 min
Book Review – Mosquito Night Intruder Ace by Danny Burt
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![Remembering the Great Escape: 80 years on](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/1c3451_59ff8fb46a6641428b9e06499a55a5fb~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/1c3451_59ff8fb46a6641428b9e06499a55a5fb~mv2.webp)
- Feb 29
- 4 min
Remembering the Great Escape: 80 years on
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![German Luftwaffe Archive of Aerial Images](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/1c3451_17a7e3007917417fad3e2e90bb20cef1~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_300,h_306,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/1c3451_17a7e3007917417fad3e2e90bb20cef1~mv2.webp)
- Jan 31
- 4 min
German Luftwaffe Archive of Aerial Images
![The RAF Stories Website – Collecting & Sharing Stories about the RAF](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/1c3451_ca98579de82744b493c1e7bf28ff6289~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_400,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/1c3451_ca98579de82744b493c1e7bf28ff6289~mv2.webp)
- Nov 30, 2023
- 2 min
The RAF Stories Website – Collecting & Sharing Stories about the RAF
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![Book Review - Flight Lieutenant Thomas 'Tommy' Rose DFC by Sarah Chambers](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/1c3451_cf1c7e533a1d49e69d359804b8cf33f6~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_402,h_223,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/1c3451_cf1c7e533a1d49e69d359804b8cf33f6~mv2.webp)
- Nov 30, 2023
- 3 min
Book Review - Flight Lieutenant Thomas 'Tommy' Rose DFC by Sarah Chambers
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![Book Review – The Berlin Blitz by those who were there by Martin W Bowman](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/1c3451_88daae90a7824172a7e58d2b1f1cfe4a~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_404,h_258,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/1c3451_88daae90a7824172a7e58d2b1f1cfe4a~mv2.webp)
- Oct 31, 2023
- 2 min
Book Review – The Berlin Blitz by those who were there by Martin W Bowman
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![Book Review – Faces of the Few by Dilip Sarkar](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/1c3451_1dc3d940bc1b42e2830619245bde07c9~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_336,h_125,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/1c3451_1dc3d940bc1b42e2830619245bde07c9~mv2.webp)
- Oct 31, 2023
- 2 min
Book Review – Faces of the Few by Dilip Sarkar
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![Prisoner of War Collection on FamilySearch](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/1c3451_94e65077c1a84f74b55dce0073bfbfaa~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_340,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/1c3451_94e65077c1a84f74b55dce0073bfbfaa~mv2.webp)
- Oct 31, 2023
- 2 min
Prisoner of War Collection on FamilySearch
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![Forces War Records transferred to Fold3](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/1c3451_e5eb26d65e324710b03b53eaf1e8daa9~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_354,h_139,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/1c3451_e5eb26d65e324710b03b53eaf1e8daa9~mv2.webp)
- Sep 28, 2023
- 2 min
Forces War Records transferred to Fold3
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![World War 2 POW Questionnaires now on Ancestry](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/1c3451_6fc567be71194a478115d8d623d362e1~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/1c3451_6fc567be71194a478115d8d623d362e1~mv2.webp)
- Aug 16, 2023
- 2 min
World War 2 POW Questionnaires now on Ancestry
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![Release of the Canadian 1931 Census](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/11062b_8f882a9634ee4a18acd35e1db73df829~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/11062b_8f882a9634ee4a18acd35e1db73df829~mv2.webp)
- Aug 3, 2023
- 1 min
Release of the Canadian 1931 Census
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![80th Anniversary of the Dambusters Raid](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/1c3451_d1d99371dfb640f99920284fe72f8285~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/1c3451_d1d99371dfb640f99920284fe72f8285~mv2.webp)
- May 15, 2023
- 2 min
80th Anniversary of the Dambusters Raid
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![Ancestry to Digitise Ministry of Defence Records](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/1c3451_a066cfb329384313973d340bc1c5dbfc~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/1c3451_a066cfb329384313973d340bc1c5dbfc~mv2.webp)
- Apr 26, 2023
- 2 min
Ancestry to Digitise Ministry of Defence Records
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![A fitting military funeral after 82 years](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/1c3451_05538fc4d849406790d45169905cf685~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/1c3451_05538fc4d849406790d45169905cf685~mv2.webp)
- Mar 13, 2023
- 6 min
A fitting military funeral after 82 years
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![Allied Air Force Research Webinar Series](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/1c3451_e15100e2df3b409aa49eec5fe08f8d6d~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/1c3451_e15100e2df3b409aa49eec5fe08f8d6d~mv2.webp)
- Jan 12, 2023
- 2 min
Allied Air Force Research Webinar Series
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![The recent release of the Scottish 1921 Census](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/1c3451_02b5f7c3a9f24c65bcf5e4c966cc3fe6~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_296,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/1c3451_02b5f7c3a9f24c65bcf5e4c966cc3fe6~mv2.webp)
- Dec 4, 2022
- 2 min
The recent release of the Scottish 1921 Census