War in the Air
Zeppelin raids and aviation heroics
Scotland, East Fortune: Airships
Susan Morrison meets curator Ian Brown at the National Museum of Flight in East Lothian.
Scotland, Girvan Lt. General Sir David Henderson, Founding of the RAF
David Henderson was a major pioneer in military aviation.
Scotland, Orkney: Edwin Dunning – first pilot to land a plane on a moving ship
The story of Edwin Dunning’s pioneering landing of a plane on a moving ship.
Stag Lane, Edgware: The Tough ‘Little’ Pilot
The young, fresh-faced Japanese pilot who couldn’t be stopped by injury
Craven Arms, Shropshire: Remembering an Aviation Ace
The Ludlow Brewer who became a WW1 pilot
Cuffley, Hertfordshire: First German Airship Shot Down on British Soil
The crash scene where all 16 Germans on board were killed
Seaton Carew, Hartlepool: Bodies of German Pilots Washed Ashore
The Zeppelin crew who were buried in unmarked graves after their aircraft was shot down
Skinningrove Mine, Saltburn-by-the-Sea: Children Hiding from Zeppelins
An unheard interview with a woman who recalls her childhood during the war
Nottingham, Nottinghamshire: Zeppelin Raid
Nottingham’s first and only air raid of WW1
Upavon, Wiltshire: Pilot Training During WW1
Love and life of a Canadian pilot captured in letters to his lover
Porter Street, Hull: Night of Bombardment
The History Troupe performs ‘Remembering Zeppelins’
Newquay, Cornwall: From Apprentice to War Aircraft Crew
Charlie Burns’ story
Royal Crown Derby Factory, Derby: The Zeppelin Mark
Why a particular batch of Royal Crown Derby ceramics were stained with a Zeppelin mark
Midland Railway Works, Derby: The Night Lights Were Left On
The only time Derby was bombed by Zeppelins during WW1
Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire: Funfair Ride Builders Told to Build Aircraft Hangers
George Orton Court is named after a fair ride-maker who built portable aircraft hangars
Portsmouth Dockyard, Hampshire: Mystery Zeppelin Attack
The mystery surrounding the outcome of shelling over Portsmouth Dockyard in 1916
Balliol College, Oxford: First Indian to Fly With the Royal Flying Corps
From pilot to politician
Wantage Hall, Reading: Pilots Lodged in Trees
Fuselages were lodged in trees at Wantage Hall to train WW1 fighter pilots
Blyth, Northumberland: Setting Aircraft Precedence
The world’s first ever purpose built aircraft carrier
Marske, Redcar: Where the Biggles Author Trained Fighter Pilots
The inspiration behind Biggles the pilot
Hooton Park, Ellesmere Port: Royal Flying Corps Training Camp
History of Hooton Park can be traced back to the Domesday Book
Cardington, Bedfordshire: Development of Airship Technology
Britain needed a menacing rival to the German Zeppelins
Stow Maries Aerodrome, Essex: Defending the Capital
The finest example of a WW1 aerodrome in Europe
Narborough, Norfolk: World’s Biggest Airfield
The farmland that once made aviation history
