Harry Raffal
@rafhistory.bsky.social
RAF History; Air Power; Digital History; Head of Collections and Research at RAF Museum; Author: Air Power and the Evacuation of Dunkirk (Bloomsbury 2021; Co-Ed Close Air Support (Helion 2024). Committee member of RAFHS and BCMH.
Interesting lecture by AVM Beck, Director Capabilities and Programmes, on the future of British Combat Air Power
October 20, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Interesting lecture by AVM Beck, Director Capabilities and Programmes, on the future of British Combat Air Power
Good to be able to join the @rafhistorical.bsky.social seminar on the RAF and Oman. Chaired by Sit Glenn Torpy, the first paper, from Graham Pitchfork, is providing context to the relationship by exploring the early history
October 15, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Good to be able to join the @rafhistorical.bsky.social seminar on the RAF and Oman. Chaired by Sit Glenn Torpy, the first paper, from Graham Pitchfork, is providing context to the relationship by exploring the early history
A lovely tribute to John Cruickshank.
www.rafmuseum.org.uk/blog/flight-...
Always very modest, John did not want a great fanfare made of him on his death. An extraordinary VC, but he is a man worth emulating for how he lived his life after that one moment
www.rafmuseum.org.uk/blog/flight-...
Always very modest, John did not want a great fanfare made of him on his death. An extraordinary VC, but he is a man worth emulating for how he lived his life after that one moment
September 23, 2025 at 4:30 PM
A lovely tribute to John Cruickshank.
www.rafmuseum.org.uk/blog/flight-...
Always very modest, John did not want a great fanfare made of him on his death. An extraordinary VC, but he is a man worth emulating for how he lived his life after that one moment
www.rafmuseum.org.uk/blog/flight-...
Always very modest, John did not want a great fanfare made of him on his death. An extraordinary VC, but he is a man worth emulating for how he lived his life after that one moment
The final paper of the @rafmuseum.bsky.social 2025 conference is underway with Andy Renwick speaking on 'Offence versus defence'. You can catch up on all of the fantastic programme organised by @drmeganekelleher.bsky.social using our Crowdcast channel www.crowdcast.io/c/rafm-confe...
September 5, 2025 at 3:32 PM
The final paper of the @rafmuseum.bsky.social 2025 conference is underway with Andy Renwick speaking on 'Offence versus defence'. You can catch up on all of the fantastic programme organised by @drmeganekelleher.bsky.social using our Crowdcast channel www.crowdcast.io/c/rafm-confe...
Sam Alberti and Holger Nehring speaking on their AHRC funded research into Materialising the Cold War including a museological view of Vulcan XM607
September 5, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Sam Alberti and Holger Nehring speaking on their AHRC funded research into Materialising the Cold War including a museological view of Vulcan XM607
Lovely to see the 2024 Academic Award winners receive their prizes. Our 2025 Awards are now open with prizes of £3000, £350, and £250.
A wide range of topics are eligible for BA, MA and PhDs find out more on our website www.rafmuseum.org.uk/news/raf-mus...
A wide range of topics are eligible for BA, MA and PhDs find out more on our website www.rafmuseum.org.uk/news/raf-mus...
September 5, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Lovely to see the 2024 Academic Award winners receive their prizes. Our 2025 Awards are now open with prizes of £3000, £350, and £250.
A wide range of topics are eligible for BA, MA and PhDs find out more on our website www.rafmuseum.org.uk/news/raf-mus...
A wide range of topics are eligible for BA, MA and PhDs find out more on our website www.rafmuseum.org.uk/news/raf-mus...
Gary Willis offering a new perspective on the Dam Busters by discussing it as the subject of environmental history
September 5, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Gary Willis offering a new perspective on the Dam Busters by discussing it as the subject of environmental history
Interesting paper by Witali Gerber on the institutionalisation of child conscription in the Flakhelfer programme during the SWW
www.crowdcast.io/c/rafm-confe...
www.crowdcast.io/c/rafm-confe...
September 5, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Interesting paper by Witali Gerber on the institutionalisation of child conscription in the Flakhelfer programme during the SWW
www.crowdcast.io/c/rafm-confe...
www.crowdcast.io/c/rafm-confe...
This is excellent!
A 1989 photo of a farm in Wales from one of Mark Russell's slides
A 1989 photo of a farm in Wales from one of Mark Russell's slides
September 5, 2025 at 9:04 AM
This is excellent!
A 1989 photo of a farm in Wales from one of Mark Russell's slides
A 1989 photo of a farm in Wales from one of Mark Russell's slides
And it is already fascinating! With examples from Max Immelman's letters
September 5, 2025 at 8:39 AM
And it is already fascinating! With examples from Max Immelman's letters
Day 2 of the @rafmuseum.bsky.social conference. We're underway with Damien Accoulon discussing Airmen and the myth of the Knight of the Air in France and Germany. You can join us live and participate online via www.crowdcast.io/c/rafm-confe...
September 5, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Day 2 of the @rafmuseum.bsky.social conference. We're underway with Damien Accoulon discussing Airmen and the myth of the Knight of the Air in France and Germany. You can join us live and participate online via www.crowdcast.io/c/rafm-confe...
Ewen Cameron is now analysing the operations of 57 Squadron from Scampton during the time period 617 Sqdn were formed, undertook the Dam Buster raids and then moved to Conigsby in 1943 www.crowdcast.io/c/rafm-confe...
September 4, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Ewen Cameron is now analysing the operations of 57 Squadron from Scampton during the time period 617 Sqdn were formed, undertook the Dam Buster raids and then moved to Conigsby in 1943 www.crowdcast.io/c/rafm-confe...
We are underway and at the moment @ac1shaw.bsky.social is discuss Slessor, and Air Power and Armies in history, theory and practice. You can watch live now www.crowdcast.io/c/rafm-confe...
September 4, 2025 at 9:00 AM
We are underway and at the moment @ac1shaw.bsky.social is discuss Slessor, and Air Power and Armies in history, theory and practice. You can watch live now www.crowdcast.io/c/rafm-confe...
Final countdown to the 2025 @rafmuseum.bsky.social conference. A fantastic 2 day programme exploring NEW PERSPECTIVES IN MILITARY AVIATION organised by @drmeganekelleher.bsky.social
You can still join us online, without charge, from 10AM by using our livestream www.crowdcast.io/c/rafm-confe...
You can still join us online, without charge, from 10AM by using our livestream www.crowdcast.io/c/rafm-confe...
September 4, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Final countdown to the 2025 @rafmuseum.bsky.social conference. A fantastic 2 day programme exploring NEW PERSPECTIVES IN MILITARY AVIATION organised by @drmeganekelleher.bsky.social
You can still join us online, without charge, from 10AM by using our livestream www.crowdcast.io/c/rafm-confe...
You can still join us online, without charge, from 10AM by using our livestream www.crowdcast.io/c/rafm-confe...
Fantastic to see Close Air Support out as an Ebook. Lots of hardwork editing with @ac1shaw.bsky.social to produce a volume covering the FWW to the present and exploring CAS inoperations beyond those usually considered. At £16 it is a steal!
August 23, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Fantastic to see Close Air Support out as an Ebook. Lots of hardwork editing with @ac1shaw.bsky.social to produce a volume covering the FWW to the present and exploring CAS inoperations beyond those usually considered. At £16 it is a steal!
48 hours after returning from Kaduna I have just about recovered! Amazing time visiting the Nigerian Defence Academy and before then meeting one of the key figures in the most recent Nigerian Air Force doctrine
July 23, 2025 at 6:38 PM
48 hours after returning from Kaduna I have just about recovered! Amazing time visiting the Nigerian Defence Academy and before then meeting one of the key figures in the most recent Nigerian Air Force doctrine
Tin Fish Teasers is a top title choice.
But is it as sprightly a read as AM Pamphlet 209: The history, organization, and channels of working of the R.A.F. Technical Branch
collections.rafmuseum.org.uk/collection/o...
But is it as sprightly a read as AM Pamphlet 209: The history, organization, and channels of working of the R.A.F. Technical Branch
collections.rafmuseum.org.uk/collection/o...
July 10, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Tin Fish Teasers is a top title choice.
But is it as sprightly a read as AM Pamphlet 209: The history, organization, and channels of working of the R.A.F. Technical Branch
collections.rafmuseum.org.uk/collection/o...
But is it as sprightly a read as AM Pamphlet 209: The history, organization, and channels of working of the R.A.F. Technical Branch
collections.rafmuseum.org.uk/collection/o...
Having been manufactured just up the road 86 years ago this Hampden finally makes it home to @rafmuseum.bsky.social
It was shot down in 1942, recovered in 1992 and has been through a mammoth restoration at our conservation centre.
Huge props to the team involved in it's latest move as well
It was shot down in 1942, recovered in 1992 and has been through a mammoth restoration at our conservation centre.
Huge props to the team involved in it's latest move as well
June 30, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Having been manufactured just up the road 86 years ago this Hampden finally makes it home to @rafmuseum.bsky.social
It was shot down in 1942, recovered in 1992 and has been through a mammoth restoration at our conservation centre.
Huge props to the team involved in it's latest move as well
It was shot down in 1942, recovered in 1992 and has been through a mammoth restoration at our conservation centre.
Huge props to the team involved in it's latest move as well
Listening to Lord Peach, with his own experiences as Chief of the Defence Staff, speaking on geopolitics, strategy and Air Power for the RAF Historical Society
June 11, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Listening to Lord Peach, with his own experiences as Chief of the Defence Staff, speaking on geopolitics, strategy and Air Power for the RAF Historical Society
Fantastic to be at the RAF Historical Society as Gus MacDonald was presented the Two Air Forces Award for his chapter in @ac1shaw.bsky.social and my work onClose Air Support www.helion.co.uk/military-his...
June 11, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Fantastic to be at the RAF Historical Society as Gus MacDonald was presented the Two Air Forces Award for his chapter in @ac1shaw.bsky.social and my work onClose Air Support www.helion.co.uk/military-his...
Change of pace to yesterday, being above the ground, hearing about current/future air power, and supporting the next generation of Air Power researchers at @fasikcl.bsky.social
June 11, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Change of pace to yesterday, being above the ground, hearing about current/future air power, and supporting the next generation of Air Power researchers at @fasikcl.bsky.social
Lovely to be able to present Henry Smith with the @rafmuseum.bsky.social prize for best oil or acrylic painting of an RAF subject from the past 30 years being displayed at the GAVA exhibition.
June 6, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Lovely to be able to present Henry Smith with the @rafmuseum.bsky.social prize for best oil or acrylic painting of an RAF subject from the past 30 years being displayed at the GAVA exhibition.
Unfortunately outside of the RAF Museum prize criteria but what a fantastic work by Andrew Lenthall! One of 220 art works being displayed by GAVA at the Shuttleworth Collection this weekend.
June 6, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Unfortunately outside of the RAF Museum prize criteria but what a fantastic work by Andrew Lenthall! One of 220 art works being displayed by GAVA at the Shuttleworth Collection this weekend.
Leaving tomorrow after visiting as many bars as possible this evening
May 16, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Leaving tomorrow after visiting as many bars as possible this evening
Good fun visiting the Ottawa control tower and seeing NavCanada's simulated training before heading to the amazing Canadian War Museum
May 16, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Good fun visiting the Ottawa control tower and seeing NavCanada's simulated training before heading to the amazing Canadian War Museum