Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation

What's New 2026?

Week ending - 1 Mar 2026

Various entries in the Casualties section have been revised (Members only).

New/Revised entries (Bomber Command Bases) have been added to the Unit Personnel and Location Section and the Unit Histories Section in the Members' Area.

New/Revised entries added for: -

• No 61 Base, No 62 Base, No 63 Base, No 64 Base, No 72 Base, No 73 Base, No 74 Base,
• No 2754 Sqn RAF Regiment, No 2818 Sqn RAF Regiment,
• E C Bates, C H Flinn, A D Frank, A F Hutton, S J Marchbank, J W F Merer, J Silvester, J H T Simpson, N A Tait,

AOCs/OCs revised/added to: -

• RAF Acaster Malbis, RAF Bottesford, RCAF Croft, RAF Langer, RAF Marston Moor, RCAF Middleton St George, RCAF Skipton on Swale,

Week ending - 22 Feb 2026

New/Revised entries (Bomber Command Bases) have been added to the Unit Personnel and Location Section and the Unit Histories Section in the Members' Area.

New/Revised entries added for: -

• No 61 Base, No 62 Base,
• RAF Strubby,
• No 199 Sqn, No 2784 Sqn RAF Regiment, No 2799 Sqn RAF Regiment, No 2805 Sqn RAF Regiment, No 2832 Sqn RAF Regiment,
• H J F Hunter, A H Mawer, H N Thornton,

AOCs/OCs revised/added to: -

• No 55 Base,
• RCAF Dishforth, RCAF Linton-on-Ouse,

One request from people looking for ex-colleagues/friends has been added to the Looking for someone section.

One request for help has been amended in the Help Wanted section.

Week ending - 15 Feb 2026

Various entries in the Casualties section have been revised (Members only).

New/Revised entries (Bomber Command Bases) have been added to Unit Personnel and Location Section in the Members' Area.

New/Revised entries added for: -

• No 44 Base, No 51 Base, No 54 Base,
• No 2751 Sqn, RAF Regiment,
• H H Brookes, R Coats, J A Gray, D L Thomson, H V Satterly,

AOCs/OCs revised/added to: -

• RAF Breighton,

Week ending - 8 Feb 2026

Various entries in the Casualties section have been revised (Members only).

New/Revised entries (Bomber Command Bases) have been added to Unit Personnel and Location Section in the Members' Area.

New/Revised entries added for: -

• No 33 Base,
• R S Aiken, O R Gayford, G I L Saye, D L Thomson, F W Walker, D J Walliker, J R Whitley,

AOCs/OCs revised/added to: -

• RAF Driffield, RAF Leconfield, RAF Lissett, RAF Melbourne, RAF Witchford,

One request from people looking for ex-colleagues/friends has been added to the Looking for someone section.

Week ending - 1 Feb 2026

Various entries in the Casualties section have been revised (Members only).

New/Revised entries have been added to Trade Group Developments, Uniform, and Officer Administrative Matters (AMOs 1947) sections in the Members' Area.

New/Revised entries (Bomber Command Bases) have been added to Unit Personnel and Location Section in the Members' Area.

Various entries (from AMOs - 1947) have been revised or added to the Unit Histories section of the Members' Area.

New/Revised entries added for: -

• Aircraft Markings, 
• Imperial Defence College,
• E C Bates, G H Dhenin, R Ivelaw-Chapman, G T Jarman, W C Sheen,

Week ending - 25 Jan 2026

New/Revised entries have been added to Trade Group Developments, Uniform, and Officer Administrative Matters (AMOs 1947) sections in the Members' Area.

Various entries (from AMOs - 1947) have been revised or added to the Unit Histories section of the Members' Area.

New/Revised entries added for: -

• Aircraft Markings, 
• RAF Staff College,

Week ending - 18 Jan 2026

New/Revised entries have been added to Trade Group Developments, Uniform, and Officer Administrative Matters (AMOs 1946 and 1947) sections in the Members' Area.

Various entries (from AMOs - 1946 and 1947) have been revised or added to the Unit Histories section of the Members' Area.

New/Revised entries added for: -

• RAF Staff College,
• RAF Beccles, RAF Castle Combe, RAF Cheddington, RAF Chigwell, RAF Coltishall, RAF Driffield, RAF Dyce, RAF East Wretham, RAF Fairford, RAF Framlingham, RAF Honiley, RAF Hooton Park, RAF Honington, RAF Hucknall, RAF Kenley, RAF Lulsgate Bottom, RAF North Coates, RAF Portreath, RAF Ringway, RAF Skipton-on-Swale, RAF South Cerney, RAF Statverton, RAF Swanton Morley, RAF Topcliffe, RAF Wethersfield, RAF Wombleton, RAF Woodvale, RAF Wormingford,
• J A C Aiken, D L Attlee, C C M Baker, R F J Barber, F O Barrett, D W Bayne, M J Beetham, B C Bennett, V B Bennett, T H Blackham, S H Bonser, D Bower, J I R Bowring, A H C Boxer, W T Brooks, P M Brothers, C Broughton, C B Brown, E Burchmore, B K Burnett, W J Burnett, R J Carson, G I Chapman, P C Cleaver, A J B Clements, W E Colahan, R E Craven, W V Crawford-Crompton, P L Crowell, J B Curtiss, I J de la Plain, F O S Dobell, A G Douglas, J C T Downey, D B Fitzpatrick, P C Fletcher, R W G Freer, E L Frith, J W Frost, K C M Giddings, L W G Gill, C L Godwin, S H C Gray, J H Harris, M L Heath, P M S Hedgeland, J F Hobler, L M Hodges, W D Hodgkinson, P D Holder, B P T Horsley, P A Hughes, D F Hyland-Smith, T C Imrie, L A Jackson, P A Kennedy, C P H Kunkler, G C Lamb, J F Langer, J Langston, J T Lawrence, J A Leathart, D C Lowe, I N MacDougall, J Marson, N M Maynard, G M McMinn, A D Mitchell, C T Nance, J M N Pike, T W Piper, D A Pocock, T O Prickett, T B Prickman, R A R Rae, F F Rainsford, W D Robertson, J D Ronald, V H B Roth, H M Russell, P J Sanders, G P Seymour-Price, A J Shelfoon, M C S Shepherd, R C Simpson, D G Smallwood, L H Snelling, F B Sowrey, M P Stanton, A C Stewart, C M Stewart, D M Strong, A S R Strudwick, E W Tacon, F J A Tanner, P D Thorne, J N Tomes, D A Trotman, D J Walliker, E L S Ward, R H G Weighill, H N G Wheeler, J C Wickham, P G K Williamson, B P Young,

Two requests from people looking for ex-colleagues/friends has been added to the Looking for someone section.

Week ending - 11 Jan 2026

New/Revised entries have been added to Trade Group Developments, Uniform, and Officer Administrative Matters (AMO 1946) sections in the Members' Area.

Various entries (from AMO - 1946) have been revised or added to the Unit Histories section of the Members' Area.

New/Revised entries added for: -

• Branch Developments, 
• Badges,
• Vehicle Markings,
• RAF Charmy Down, RAF Collaton Cross, RAF Great Sampford, RAF Kingscliffe, RAF Melton Mowbray, RAF Metheringham, RAF Moreton Valance, RAF Spilsby, RAF Washington Hall, RAF Wormingford,
• A A Adams, C A Alldis, R C Ayling, C C M Baker, W F Beckwith, F R Bird, L W C Bower, R H C Burwell, N Cameron, W E Coles, T N Coslett, C W Coulthard, J F Davis, J G Davis, J L W Ellacombe, C M Fell, T E J Fitton, A S Forbes, C N Foxley-Norris, L W G Gill, K W Godfrey, W E Hedley, P A Hughes, N C Hyde, D N Kington-Blair-Oliphant, W H Kyle, E James, G C Lamb, J H Lapsley, M H Le Bas, C G Lott, J C Macdonald, F J Manning, S J Marchbank, L D Mavor, R C Mead, J C Millar, J D Miller, F M Milligan, E J Morris, T A B Parselle, B W Parsons, T R Pierce, D F Rixson, N C S Rutter, T U C Shirley, G F A Skelton, C G Stowell, E W Tacon, J A Tester, T R Thomas, J M Thompson, J G Topham, D J Walliker, C M Wight-Boycott, P H G Wintle, P Wykeham,

Week ending - 4 Jan 2026

New/Revised entries have been added to Trade Group Developments, Uniform, and Officer Administrative Matters (1946) sections in the Members' Area.

Various entries (from AMO - 1946) have been revised or added to the Unit Histories section of the Members' Area.

New/Revised entries added for: -

• Badges,
• Vehicle Markings, Aircraft Markings,

One Guest Book entry added.

This entry was last updated on 01/03/26

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