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Medal Bar of Kenneth Lawson

Wing Commander Lawson won the Distinguished Service Order as both a navigator and as a pilot. He had participated in over 100 operational sorties before his Avro Lancaster was destroyed during an operation to attack Nuremberg on 3 January 1945.

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Wing Commander Kenneth John Lawson

Wing Commander Lawson was a member of the Path Finder Force and was awarded the DSO as…

The Baerlein Brothers

Richard and Anthony Baerlein were brothers, who both served as RAF pilots during the Second World War. …

Large airship on a mast high in the air.

Memorial of a Disaster

October 2024 will mark the 94th anniversary of a disaster that changed the future of travel. On…

A man crouched beside the instrument panel at the front of an aircraft

Squadron Leader Arthur Scarf, VC

Scarf’s Victoria Cross was one of only twenty-two awarded to the RAF in the Second World War…

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