Go Further

These websites are also well worth a visit

CROSS AND COCKADE

w crossandcockade.com The website of the First World War Aviation Historical Society is a useful resource for researching the war in the air.

FLEET AIR ARM MUSEUM

w fleetairarm.com Find out more about the Royal Navy’s specialist museum near Yeovil in Somerset. The National Archives’ guide to researching Fleet Air Arm personnel is at tinyurl.com/tna-fleet. GOV.UK w gov.uk/government/collections/requests-forpersonal-data-and-service-records Records of RAF airmen who served after 1939, and those whose service numbers were above 562875, are still with the RAF. Here you can find out how to obtain copies.

THE AERODROME

w theaerodrome.com Find out about First World War aces and aircraft.

THEGENEALOGIST

w thegenealogist.co.uk Millions of records from RAF Operations Record Books can be searched and viewed here.

THE GREAT WAR !1914"1918# FORUM

w greatwarforum.org/forum/25-air-personneland-the-war-in-the-air This very busy specialist forum has all sorts of threads focusing on aviation in the war.

THE ROYAL FLYING CORPS 1914"18

w airwar1.org.uk Highlights include transcribed diaries kept by three pioneering officers of No. 2 Squadron.

UNIT HISTORIES

w unithistories.com Although this site sports an old-fashioned design and is no longer updated, it contains records of hundreds of Second World War RAF officers, plus information about the RAF’s Volunteer Reserve and the Women’s Auxiliary Air Force.