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Entry points for forces, aircraft, groups, squadrons, stations, facilities, roles and trades, decorations, aerial warfare and related concepts, notable people, major events and life experiences in wartime.
Timeline
Start from a 1939-1945 calendar and discover how events unfolded day-by-day, or see together all items about the same date.
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Featured Item
Wir Schlagen Zuruck!
Propaganda leaflet aimed at the German population. The leaflet explains Churchill's intention of striking back with RAF bombing raids on strategic…
Featured Collection
Payne, Malcolm
54 items. The collection concerns Flight Sergeant Malcolm L Payne (417512 Royal Australian Air Force). He flew operations from RAF Bardney as an air…
Featured Exhibit
The bombing of Hamburg: 24-31 July 1943
British and American aircraft dropped almost 10,000 tons of explosives and incendiaries on Hamburg over 10 days and nights. Pathfinders...
