August 1942 saw the commencement of operations of what was to become the biggest daylight bombing force ever assembled. The Eighth Air Force of the United States Army Air Force (as it was then) came to be known as “The Mighty Eighth” and with good reason. Steve Smith takes a brief look back for AeroResource. [...]
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 question is now a fairly [...]
The RAF Museum at Cosford received their latest addition in August 2011, the C-130 has been the work horse of forces throughout the world and early August marked the end for the RAF's XV202. Steve Smith was there for AeroResource... The latest addition to Cosford's inventory is unusually a type that is still in service [...]
The Northern Forties Historical Re-Enactment Group are attendees at numerous events across Britain, from country fairs to airshows and the chances are you will have come across a member before without realising it. The 21st and 22nd of May 2011 saw them host their own event at Halfpenny Green Airport near Wolverhampton. Steve Smith went [...]
January 2011 will see the end of an aircraft that has been in RAF service since the 1960s and some of the oldest registered airframes in the UK Inventory. Mark Graham and Steve Smith paid a visit to RAF Cranwell to report on the life of this classic airframe for AeroResource… Hawker Siddeley Dominie T1 [...]
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 the way of RAF bases [...]
