Paving the way - test flying early jets
Tom Spencer recounts some of Sqn Ldr Brian Moloney’s experiences as he helped pave the way testing early jet aircraft while commanding the Royal Aircraft Establishment’s secretive T Flight
Gloster's Meteor F.8 - the last of its kind?
Tom Spencer outlines the service of the final Meteor day fighter – the incredibly elegant F.8...
Hurricane heroics over Norway end in one of RAF’s greatest tragedies
Tom Spencer relates how 46 Squadron fought against the odds and fell victim to one of the RAF’s greatest tragedies
How 501 Sqn Hawker Tempests downed 95 V1 flying bombs
For the Royal Auxiliary Air Force’s No 501 Squadron with its new Hawker Tempest Vs, the task was a stark one: destroy V1 flying bombs at any cost. Tom Spencer detailed the unit’s efforts in the August 2016 issue of Aeroplane Magazine
Why India feared Pakistan's F-104 Starfighters
Despite numbering just 12, Pakistan’s fleet of needle-like F-104 Starfighters was feared by India, especially during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965, as Tom Spencer reveals
Brian Moloney Pioneer jet pilot
Tom Spencer recounts some of Sqn Ldr Brian Moloney’s experiences commanding the Royal Aircraft Establishment’s secretive T Flight, as it paved the way testing jet aircraft
Escort Fighters: 118 Sqn’s Spitfire Years – Part 2
Tom Spencer concludes the story of 118 Sqn’s Spitfires...
Escort Fighters: 118 Sqn’s Spitfire Years – Part 1
For much of World War Two, the Spitfires of 118 Sqn escorted bombers and strike aircraft on raids over occupied Europe...
Stirling Pathfinders
The first Short Stirling squadron was also a founding member of the 'Pathfinder Force'...
Battle of Britain Fighter Squadrons: Five of the few
The RAF’s Fighter Command fielded 66 squadrons during the Battle of Britain, but their fortunes were very different. Tom Spencer explores the part that five of them played in the historic campaign.