• John Cruickshank VC

    John Cruickshank VC

    The Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund hosted a special charity event in the Great Hall of Edinburgh Castle to mark the 70th Anniversary of the Battle of the Atlantic. The last surviving holder of a Royal Air Force Victoria Cross and Battle of the Atlantic pilot, John Cruickshank, from Aberdeen, was the guest of honour.

    John Cruickshank VC

  • The return of the last sentinel from operations in West Africa

    RAF Sentinel Comes Home

    An RAF surveillance aircraft has returned back to the UK after nearly four months on operations to return security and stability to Mali.

    RAF Sentinel Comes Home

  • Tha lancaster bomber from 617 sqn taxis in at the sunset ceremony of the 70th anniversary of Op Chastise in 1943.

    Tribute to Dambusters

    As the echo of four Merlin engines faded away, two RAF veterans were suddenly transported back 70 years to the moment their Lancaster bombers taxied for takeoff on a mission which would see them lose 53 of their closest friends.

    Tribute to Dambusters

Operation Chastise

The Dam Busters - 617 Squadron

Attack on the Ruhr Dams by aircraft of 617 Squadron

617 Crew and Code words

The crews from 617 Squadron with Wg Cdr Guy Gibson

617 Squadron crew list and code words for Operation Chatise

Dambusters infographic

Story of the Raid

The visual story of Operation Chastise

Dambusters media pack

wing commander guy gibson and crew

Downloadable files on the Dambusters raid

Dambusters galleries

Guy Gibson

Lots of great Dambusters images

RAF Charitable Trust

RAF Charitable Trust

RIAT,RAF in Concert, ATC expeds and more

RAF on Display

RAF Chinook on Operations

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RAF Merchandise

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Images of current RAF Merchandise

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