The Mosquito ended the war with the fewest losses of any aircraft in RAF Bomber Command. A total of 7,781 "Wooden Wonders" were built from 1940 to 1950, and the craft was officially retired in ...

Fighter Command was one of three functional commands – along with Bomber ... of the Royal Air Force. It was formed in 1936 to allow more specialised control of fighter aircraft.

By the time of its retirement, it had completed more operations than nearly any other aircraft in RAF Bomber Command. In June 1944, the Department of Air designated the aircraft for war museum ...

A condensed yet comprehensive look at the development and operations of RAF Bomber Command from a fledgling ... 1942 they developed new tactics and new aircraft and by 1943 with the use of the ...

Redrafted by the Air Ministry, the directive tasked the 8th US Army Air Force with attacking the aviation industry; RAF Bomber Command would ... million homeless; 220 aircraft were lost to German ...

Until the end of World War Two, several RAF Bomber Command squadrons served there with distinction and it was occupied by hangars for combat aircraft repair. Other duties included meteorological ...

The largest all-female RAF flypast has marked the unveiling ... of the new Women in War exhibition at the International Bomber Command Centre in Lincoln. Ten steel silhouettes of women during ...

Fighter Command was one of three functional commands – along with Bomber ... of the Royal Air Force. It was formed in 1936 to allow more specialised control of fighter aircraft.