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Battle of Britain Parade by RAF Stafford

Pictured during a Battle of Britain Parade are RAF Stafford personnel marching from Greengate Street into the Market Square, Stafford. Taking the Salute on the platform on the right are Squadron Leader ...

BBC Midlands Today visits RAF Mountain Rescue Team at RAF Stafford

The BBC Midlands Today Team with presenter Kay Alexander (Kay is in the centre of the photograph, under the Mountain Rescue sign) are pictured with the RAF Mountain Rescue Team at their base at RAF Stafford. ...

Boxing at Yarnfield

An image from the 'Yarnfield Yank', a booklet published in 1945 to commemorate the presence of US Army personnel at transit camps in Yarnfield, near Stone during World War II. The camps at Yarnfield were ...

British Legion Club, Stafford

The newly refurbished bar at the British Legion Club on Eastgate Street, Stafford which was declared open by the Club President, Major R.J.C. Evans, on Friday 14 November 1952. Glasses of beer are being ...

Brucheville Hall, Normandy, France

An image from the 'Yarnfield Yank', a booklet published in 1945 to commemorate the presence of US Army personnel at transit camps in Yarnfield, near Stone during World War II. The camps at Yarnfield were ...

Checking in for billets, Yarnfield

Newly arrived American troops signing in for their billets at Howard Hall, Yarnfield. An image from the 'Yarnfield Yank', a booklet published in 1945 to commemorate the presence of US Army personnel ...

Civic Party visits RAF Stafford

Chairman and Vice-chairman of Staffordshire County Council, together with County Councillors and Officers, along with members of Stafford Rural District Council and representatives of the County Police ...

Classification staff, Yarnfield

An image from the 'Yarnfield Yank', a booklet published in 1945 to commemorate the presence of US Army personnel at transit camps in Yarnfield, near Stone during World War II. The camps at Yarnfield were ...

Clayton Tractor and Handley-Page Bomber

A Dorman-engined Clayton tractor towing a Handley-Page Type O bomber during the First World War. Founded by William Henry Dorman in 1870 on Foregate Street, Dorman's began by manufacturing cutting ...

Colonel Clyde's Staff, Yarnfield

An image from the 'Yarnfield Yank', a booklet published in 1945 to commemorate the presence of US Army personnel at transit camps in Yarnfield, near Stone during World War II. The camps at Yarnfield were ...

Colonel Rader, Lt Colonel Sebree and Rest Home officers, Yarnfield

For USAAF combat crews in the United Kingdom ome leave was impossible. So the doctors responsible for their well-being believed the next best thing would be Rest Homes, using the tranquility, comfort ...

Commonwealth War Cemetery, Cannock Chase

This postcard is titled 'The German cemetery', although it actually shows the Commonwealth War Cemetery at Broadhurst Green on Cannock Chase. It was known locally as the 'German cemetery' until the creation ...

Communications staff, Yarnfield

An image from the 'Yarnfield Yank', a booklet published in 1945 to commemorate the presence of US Army personnel at transit camps in Yarnfield, near Stone during World War II. The camps at Yarnfield were ...

Cranmoor Lodge Farm, Perton

During World War II RAF accommodation buildings were based at Cranmoor Lodge Farm. Perton Airfield was constructed in 1940 as a Royal Air Force Relief Landing Ground. Later during the Second World ...

Cycle shed, Perton Airfield

A view of a derelict building on the former Perton Airfield site, near Smith's Rough. It is believed to have been a bicycle shed for airfield personnel. In the 1980s it was known as 'Seven Jails' to ...

Dance Band, RAF Hednesford.

The station's 1944 Dance Band. It is probable that the Bandmaster is Flight Sergeant J. Broadgate.

David Kidney MP visits RAF Stafford

David Kidney MP pictured in the Gun Bay during his visit to RAF Stafford. Mr Kidney was Member of Parliament for Stafford from 1 May 1997 to 12 April 2010. RAF Stafford was formed 1 December 1939 following ...

Dining In Night at RAF Stafford

Pictured in the centre of the photograph are VCAS, Air Marshall Sir Peter Terry and Lady Terry at the 1978 Dining In Night. RAF Stafford was formed 1 December 1939 following the purchase by the Treasury ...