The Battle of Britain celebrations have enabled us to make contact with a lady called Barbara Saks who is 93 yrs old and currently living in Colorado Springs.  Barbara was a fighter plotter at Kirton ...

The 2 pictures attached are copyright of the Imperial War Museum. I'm trying to find out who is in the first picture (RAF Sopley  IC cabin in the 60's) and anything at all about the second - she's wor...

I have received an email from Linda Fayers-Hallin, who says:
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I'd appreciate it if anyone knows where and when the photo was taken
Cheers
Gordon

BATTLE OF BRITAIN WEEKEND - TV GUIDE!!
BBC4 SATURDAY 18 SEP 1900 -2000 AND 2100-2200
An evening dedicated to the Battle of Britain, bringing together World War Two historians, Battle of Brit...

Hi everyone,
I just want to drop a quick question as this seems like the place to do it!
Quickly, a little bit about myself - I am 20 (going 21 in about 3 weeks) I have just left Northumbria...

I am looking for information on Raymond Percy Oliver.  He served as an Officer Cadet with Fighter Control Branch in 1954 and his service number is 2478197.
Does anyone know anything about this ma...

BBC Coast is looking for British ' WWII radar veterans' who have experience of radar in France or Germany to travel to the Wurzburg radar site/Museum in Douvres during the first week of October (trave...

Sunday 3 Jul BBC2 2100hrs - Coast
Join Nick Crane and the Coast team when they visit the Inner and Outer Hebrides of Scotland and discover how the Royal Air Force has operated the Remote Radar He...

Nick Gadd and /or Donald Donaldson Davidson crew chiefs of C Watch @ Tai Mo Shan 69-71 for a reunion in December this year.
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks

The RAF Leuchars Airshow in 1989 saw the arrival of the first Operational Tornado F3 ZE961 “GA” to be based in Scotland and served initially with 43(F) Squadron. Some 21 years later, that same airc...

The gratitude of every home in our Island, in our Empire, and indeed throughout the world, except in the abodes of the guilty, goes out to the British airmen who, undaunted by odds, unwearied in their...

Stenigot should feature on the One Show on 8 December - see http://www.raf.mod.uk/news/archive/glimpsed-at-speed-07122011
Richard

A series of ales has been brewed specially by the Wolf Brewery to commemorate ‘The Few’, 2353 young men and women from Great Britain and 574 from overseas, who are officially recognised as having take...

Getting work in Civvy Street after leaving the Fighter Control Branch is not easy. There are very few businesses requiring the skills of a Fighter Controller. Engineering, Admin, Catering ... plenty o...

A couple of weeks ago I returned to Saxa Vord with my family for the first time in 30 years. What made a wonderful holiday so memorable was the fact that Aaron Foord, the owner of Foord's Chocolates (...

Looking for help for my Saxa Blog. This photo came from Kelvin Holmes & shows the C&R Evaulation team (Trappers/became ADGEEB) arriving on Unst in early to mid 70's. The guys in civvies - Roy Bullers,...

Don't know if anyone can help. The pic was in the Shetland Times in 1979. It is supposed to be Shetland Radar in the R101. However, it's a "posed" photo. Initial research suggests:
Nearest is an ...

I am currently researching the WW 2 experiences of my grandfather S/L W.G. Curtin O.B.E who worked as a fighter controller in 11 group at Hornchurch (1939-41), Debden (1941-43) and then 483 GCC betwee...

The Lightning Preservation Group (LPG) at Bruntingthorpe possesses and maintains in taxiable condition 2 x Lightning F6s at Bruntingthorpe housed in a 'Q" Shed obtained from RAF Wattisham. The F6s oft...

Pat Goulborn has kindly sent me a picture of a Badger taken during an intercept he controlled from Saxa in 1971. I wondered if there were similar (Saxa) photos out there I could get copies of. If enou...

I served at Boulmer in the 1980's whilst waiting for Nimrod AEW(ha ha). I am now engaged in writing a private memoir, not for publication, and would appreciate hearing from any former colleagues who m...

Hi,
I'm currently serving at Staxton Wold and have been tasked with researching the units history, however its not been as easy as I'd thought so far. Does anyone have any personal memories, or p...

Just a message to Kerry Walsh.
Thanks for the Photographs etc, if your your memory fails I am the "Handsome" person middle row far right.
I had a feeling that some of those detachment pics ...

The attached picture is a scan from the Dec 1970 issue of the Tengah Times and is therefore of poor quality. However; some of the really old characters of the Branch can be recognised and certainly gi...

One of our members thought this article in The Telegraph might prompt a generous response:
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Jan

R.J.Singleton painted the lovely watercolour of RAF Buchan's Type 80 in about 1992. Does anyone know how to contact the artist, please?

As promised here are some pictures I took whilst posted in 1967 to 303 Signals Unit Khormaksar together with detatchments 'UP COUNTRY' to Makiros and Habilayn in the Radfan Mountains.

Many members will remember Eileen Bridges, one of our Associate Members since May 2005. She has recently moved into smaller, more manageable accommodation and has, as a result, less space for some of ...

The photo album from the 2013 Christmas Bash at the RAF Club is now on our Facebook page - enjoy!! 
https://www.facebook.com/raffca
There's a lovely one of Lofty and Judy Wetherell..... 8...

The petition to Downing Street to save the ground floor of Bentley Priory from the property development has just come to my attention.  The deadline is the 25th April and I wondered if anyone else wou...

http://www.raffca.org.uk/php/index.php?page=the-lightning
I've not visited the FCA website for some time, and consequently have only recently read Kelvin Holmes' excellent piece on 'Controlling t...

I have an interest in WWII and Cold War RAF communications and radionavigation systems, and have heard that RAF Oxenhope Moor was a GEE station until its closure in 1970.  (It was listed in Flight Int...

Due to the outstanding success   of Paddy’s first 2 Retirement Parties it has been decided to hold another one for all those who missed out (and those of you who are crazy enough to want to repeat t...

After reading Richard Jenner's post and the attached link about the memorial at Boddam, I found a news item about No 1 ACC's return home from Afghanistan last weekend.  It also mentioned that the unit...

Dear All,
A measure has been initiated to save £1.76M by withdrawing BFPO services to NATO HQs.  The implications are far-reaching - setting aside the difficulties with mail, etc, not having a BF...

If you do wish to show your support for the Battle of Britain Fighter Association and Memorial Trust and help them raise £650,000 to build a Learning Centre at the National Memorial to the Few at Cape...