This is a squadron badge,(worn on the breast pocket of a jacket), owned by my late father, Jack Aldred, who flew Spitfires with 274 Squadron. Each RAF squadron has its own badge and motto. 274 ...

This is a painting of a Spitfire Mk9 of 274 Squadron, flown by Jack Aldred, (born Bramfield, Suffolk, 1924, died 2004). Jack flew over 100 operational hours on Spitfires, but his luck ran out on ...

Honor was the flight commander of No 274 Squadron flying Hurricanes when his unit was sent to Crete in the middle of May 1941 in an endeavour to stem the German landings. On May 25 he and another ...

With the formation of the RAF on April 1 1918, the squadron was re-numbered as No 207 Squadron and carried out long range night attacks on railway centres and aerodromes.

Cyril joined the RAF at 17, on May 11, 1939. He was posted to 72 Squadron as a store keeper and helped keep the team’s planes fuelled and ready to fly.

ONE of three people killed in an avalanche in the Scottish Highlands yesterday was an RAF squadron leader, Northern Constabulary has said. Rimon Than, 33, who was based at RAF Valley, North Wales ...

A memorial commemorating pilots from an RAF unit who died in action has been unveiled outside a hangar at RAF Benson in Oxfordshire. It is a tribute to more than 1,000 personnel killed since 78 ...