Historic & Museum Reports
The Century Bombers Return
On 4th May 2012, five men returned to a place that they had called home in the latter half or World War II. Some had not been back since to this place, that has become the stuff of legends, since 1945. Steve Smith was there for AeroResource.... The place in [...]
Coningsby Burials – Lest We Forget
If you look hard enough, in the cemeteries surrounding any given airbase, you are bound to come across headstones belonging to the brave crewmen from those bases, which paid the ultimate price. Steve Smith recounts forgotten events for AeroResource… I often find time on my base visits to spend [...]
The Bloody Hundredth
Harry Herbert Crosby, Group Navigator, 100th Bomb Group (1919-2010) and “The Bloody Hundredth” Two hours later, our formation together, we made a dogleg as we crossed the coast. The Colonel came on intercom. “Crosby, look at your 100th” I stood up in my compartment and looked out the celestial dome. [...]
RAF Broadwell
Steve Smith of Fighter Control and Runway Photography examines the history of a little known airbase located within 3,000 yards of RAF Brize Norton – the often forgotten RAF Broadwell. Many of the Fighter Control regulars will know Brize Norton. They will also know that there is very little in [...]