RAF Museum Podcast Series

This podcast tells the story of the RAF's response to an unexpected war 8000 miles away from Britain.

A biography of Roger Bushell, the RAF Volunteer Reserve pilot who went on to lead No.92 Squadron. His capture and escape plans have been fictionalised on film but his true story is equally remarkable.

The raid on the V-1 and V-2 Research plant at Peenemunde on the Baltic Coast of Germany is a little heard story of Bomber Command's success. This podcast tells how a scientist's report on the top-secret work was leaked to the Allies, and how the attack ...

The raid on the V-1 and V-2 Research plant at Peenemunde on the Baltic Coast of Germany is a little heard story of Bomber Command's success. This podcast tells how a scientist's report on the top-secret work was leaked to the Allies, and how the attack ...

Squadron Leader Tony Iveson's memories of being part of RAF Bomber Command aircrew in World War II. More than 55,000 men of Bomber Command died, and a permanent memorial to them is to be erected.

A news-style account of the Royal Air Force's involvement in D-Day

An obituary of Henry Allingham, featuring an interview with him conducted in 2003.

An FE2b has been rebuilt and is on display at the Royal Air Force Museum in London. This Podcast assesses the reputation of this unusual and influential aircraft which served in the First World War.

It is 70 years since the Women's Auxiliary Air Force (the WAAF) was formed on 28th June 1939. To commemorate the formation of the WAAF but also to raise awareness of the contribution made by women serving in the air force from the First World War to the ...

A memento of 601 Squadron, which used to be based at RAF Hendon, was recently unveiled at the Museum which is based on the former airfield. Sir Torquil Norman, a veteran of 601 Squadron in its later days, tells the story of the Squadron and some of its ...

A short biography of Reginald Warneford, the first member of the Royal Naval Air Service to receive a Victoria Cross, for shooting down a Zeppelin.

A short biography of William Rhodes Moorehouse, the first man to receive a Victoria Cross for action in the air.

This Podcast tells how the RAF Museum's London Site was the cradle of the British aviation industry, and a source of rich and exciting entertainment.

Through the history of Britain’s aircraft industry there are stories of projects that failed to get off the page, and those that scarcely got off the ground, before being cancelled. The British Aircraft Corporation TSR-2 is perhaps the most ...

On the 18th February 1944, the Royal Air Force launched one of its most daring wartime raids. Operation Jericho, a raid on a prison in Amiens to free resistance prisoners who faced execution, is a little-known but was an incredibly daring raid by the ...

A biography of Air Chief Marshal Hugh Caswall Tremenheere Dowding, later Lord Dowding of Bentley Priory. Dowding was a man with a long a varied career, including being the commander who steered Fighter Command to Victory in the Battle of Britain.

The Dams Raid is the most famous RAF Bomber Command Operation, and it's remembered by so many because of the film, one of the greatest war films in British cinema history. This podcast tells the story of the design of the 'bouncing bomb' and the raid ...

The Museum's new exhibition, Lest We Forget has just opened. As Remembrance Sunday approaches, this podcast describes the exhibition and the importance of Remembrance to everyone. The Podcast includes an interview with Henry Allingham, who at 112 years ...

This podcast for younger listeners explains Remembrance: How can we remember people who died to protect us? And, why do we wear poppies and stand silenty for two on the 11th November each year?