🌺 King George VI visits Bomber Command in height of World War 2 King George VI visited Bomber Command during the height of WWII, a walk amongst young brave men who took to the skies night after night. Young airmen stood before him — some exhausted, some hiding their fear, all preparing to fly again into enemy skies. Many of the faces captured here would not live to see the end of the war. This moment tells its own story. But what was the casualty rate of Bomber Command? #BomberCommand #KingGeor

🌺 The Master Bomber Who Never Came Home — Squadron Leader Ian Willoughby Bazalgette VC DFC 🌺 Ian Willoughby Bazalgette was born on 19 October 1918 in Calgary, Alberta, to Charles Ian and Marion Edith Bazalgette — a family with deep roots in Britain. His great-grandfather was Sir Joseph Bazalgette, the engineer who created London’s vast sewer system and transformed the city. To family and friends, he was simply “Will.” He began school in Toronto, but in 1927 the family returned to England, wher

30 reactions | Sir Arthur Travers Harris, commonly known as "Bomber" Harris was Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief RAF Bomber Command during the height of the RAF's strategic bombing campaign against Nazi Germany in the Second World War. An RAF veteran now spends his time recreating Bomber Harris's office to exactly how it was during World War Two so that generations to come can visit the location of so many crucial decisions. | BFBS Radio | Facebook

Operation MANNA, the humanitarian operation flown by the RAF at the end of World War II will be honoured at the International Bomber Command Centre this weekend. A new statue designed and built by artist Phil Neal is to be unveiled on Saturday 5 June at the centre in Lincoln. The event will include a flypast by the RAF Battle of Britain Memorial Flight (Official). To mark the 76th anniversary of the operation this year, we produced this short film showing the amazing operation in progress with r