Branch AGM & Lecture

“The RAF at 100: The formation of the world’s first independent air force“

Thursday 12th April 2018

AGM starts at 7.15 pm

Lecture Starts at 7.30 pm
Speaker: Nina Hadaway – Royal Air Force Museum

Location: ***UPDATE 12/04/2018*** – Lecture Theatre ‘0’, Cambridge University Engineering Department, Trumpington Street, Cambridge CB2 1PZ.

As the Royal Air Force marks its centenary year, this talk will look at the formation of the world’s first independent air force. It will explore the circumstances which led to the merger of the Royal Flying Corps and Royal Naval Air Service on 1 April 1918 to create the new organisation. A consideration will be made of the personalities and drama involved in the process and the impact on those who served. An overview of the activities and achievements of the RAF during the First World War will be undertaken and a reflection on some ‘Cambridge Connections’ with the RAF’s history will be given.

Nina Hadaway is the Archive, Library and Research Manager at the Royal Air Force Museum. A published author, she has previously spoken at several conferences and presented to a number of societies on various aspects of RAF history.

The lecture titles and dates are booked well in advance but are subject to change.