Royal Aircraft Factory F.E.2 Continues Flying Trials
By 29 September 1913, the Royal Aircraft Factory F.E.2 was still in flying trials as Britain searched for a practical military aircraft.
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Inspection Flying Boat Flight Departs Felixstowe in 1928
On 28 September 1928, an RAF inspection flying boat flight left Felixstowe for Malta, Egypt and Iraq, reflecting growing interest in imperial air routes.
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Luftwaffe Suffers Heavy Losses in Major Raids on London
On 27 September 1940, major Luftwaffe raids on London brought one of the Battle of Britain’s costliest days for both sides.
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Skua Downs First Luftwaffe Aircraft Lost Against Britain
On 26 September 1939, a Blackburn Skua from HMS Ark Royal downed a Dornier Do 18 in early air defence over the North Sea.
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Swift Sets New World Air Speed Record at Tripoli, 1953
On 25 September 1953, Michael Lithgow flew a Supermarine Swift to a new world air speed record at Tripoli in a major Cold War prestige moment.
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Fighter Command Receives Its First Spitfire, 1937
On 24 September 1937, Fighter Command received its first production Spitfire, marking a key step in RAF modernisation.
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Heston Flight Forms for Photo Reconnaissance, 1939
On 23 September 1939, the Heston Flight formed as Fighter Command’s first dedicated photographic reconnaissance unit.
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The Spitfire Beyond 1940 and Its Enduring RAF Wartime Role
How the Spitfire kept its place after the Battle of Britain: the Mk V and Mk IX, Malta, North Africa and Burma, photo reconnaissance, and its last RAF sortie in 1954.
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Ark Royal Leaves Plymouth for Disposal, 22 September 1980
On 22 September 1980, HMS Ark Royal sailed from Plymouth for disposal, marking the end of Britain’s final conventional carrier.
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RAF Aircraft Shatter the Retreat at Wadi el Far’a in 1918
RAF attacks at Wadi el Far’a on 21 September 1918 helped break the Turkish Seventh Army’s retreat and showed air power’s growing battlefield effect.
