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RAF Commands

@rafcommands

The gathering place for RAF researchers. Forum and Databases ( RAF Serials, CWGC Casualties, WW2 Awards, SEAC Losses). https://t.co/HM1QGyiCFD

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RAF Commands

6 Oct

1% of the Fallen now have faces. Spread the word. All airman lost in WW2 should be identified - lets get those photographs submitted.. rafcommands.com/cwgc/1-of-the-…

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1% of the Fallen now have faces.

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19 Aug

The airmen who wanted an "out" from the war rafcommands.com/serials/the-ai… Kick the tyre, light the fire and hope we make it to Eire!

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The airmen who didnt want the war

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10 Aug

An Odd to the Risalpur Wapiti rafcommands.com/articles/an-od… @vayusena @AHB_RAF @I_W_M @RAFMUSEUM

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An Ode to the Wapiti

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6 Jun

The usual mention on significant #WW2 days. Anyone inspired to find more on a serving relative. We're a collective of obsessives, specialising in UK & Commonwealth subjects. Free, & always will be. It's often astonishing what the chaps can turn up. ww2talk.com/index.php

RAF Commands

2 Jun

So for the first time - the unaccounted airmen (whose cause of death is unknown) in the CWGC Database has dipped below 1500! .. we are just about 250 records away from getting up to 99% completion rafcommands.com/database/warde…

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RAF Commands

1 May

So what is this ac , regn and type? Hinaildi, Iraq 1929

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RAF Commands

25 Apr

A Hurricane in an unusual place in the far east rafcommands.com/articles/hurri…

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Hurricane War Prize in China

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RAF Commands

20 Apr

Hurricane V7670 changed hands twice - once from RAF to the Luftwaffe and back to the RAF again.. ebay.co.uk/itm/1264344071…

RAF Commands

20 Apr

We made a minor enhancement in our CWGC 'Causes of Death' / Accounted Airmen database search. All entries with a bomber command memorial entry will see a seperate IBCC link..

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RAF Commands

14 Apr

Rob Walker contributed three more images from261 Squadron at Ceylon , including salvage of Hurricane BG882 rafcommands.com/articles/hurri…

RAF Commands

7 Apr

A mystery that is still left unsolved? The Tachikawa flying from Singapore to Crimea was supposedly shot down by the RAF - but was it? Or did it just go down over the ocean... would like to know more. rafcommands.com/articles/tachi…

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Tachikawa Ki-77 - The suicidal flight from Asia to Europe - 7 July 1943

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