And it was only a little one by the looks of it...

Today I'm mostly at the ogin with a bellend of a dog.

Weekend reading. #history #WW2 #histbookchat

10/10 no notes. bsky.app/profile/aida...

TICKETS! AvCultures Mk VIII & CAHS Convention ticket offices are OPEN. First details of the programme, events, highlights are listed. Join us at the KF Centre For Excellence, pictured! Online access tickets are Can$50, in person Can$350 ($325 for CAHS members). aviationcultures.org/aviation-cul...

Great to put a face to a name @drmeganekelleher.bsky.social. Now looking forward to giving my lecture at the @rafmuseum.bsky.social next week! drrossmahoney.wordpress.com/2026/03/12/v... #WW1 ##airpowerhistory

How I do the Lincoln 10k.

Guess where I was yesterday.

A researcher from the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum has been in touch about our copies of the 'Luftpost' propaganda leaflets. Apparently the IBCC Digital Archive holds the most complete collection their researchers have found. We've got a handful more waiting to be published too!

Wizard stuff on the memory of RAF Bomber Command on @ww2tv.bsky.social this evening. Lots that is relevant to what's going on in the world today too. www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQQn...

I went for a walk with some friends this morning.

I tidied up the 'Hagrid Hut' yesterday, lit the stove and made a brew. I wrote most of my PhD in there.

Guess where I am...

The IBCC Digital Archive moved into the Alfred Tennyson Building on the University of Lincoln's main campus last year. #Archive30 #ArchiveBuildings Our space looks something like this...

The IBCC Digital Archive is housed by the University of Lincoln. Our ethos is to promote recognition, remembrance, and reconciliation. Content includes eyewitness interviews, personal papers and memorabilia not been seen in the public domain before. #Archive30 #Archives ibccdigitalarchive.omeka.net

Bother. I can't get tickets for this... 😉https://internationalbcc.co.uk/about-ibcc/news/events/ibcc-lecture-supper-series-raf-bomber-command-in-1945/

30/31 March is the anniversary of the Nuremberg raid. I wrote a blog a couple of years ago about the cultural memory of that night in 1944, when 95 aircraft were lost, and 545 airmen were killed. #WW2 #OTD #History

This week's haul for reading. All down to recommendations.

'A Memory Owed' is showing at the The Kinema In The Woods, Woodhall Spa as a double bill with documentary 'The Name On The Bag'. Tues 12 May, 19:45. Q&A with the Director and Producer afterwards. @nmtdambusters.bsky.social thekinemainthewoods.co.uk/KinemaInTheW...

You probably all know my thoughts about 'that' Squadron - but Denhams's auction of the Barnes Wallis collection is happening now. Link below to live stream and comments @nmtdambusters.bsky.social

It is April next month, so that means it's time for #Archive30. Here are your themes. Have fun! Anyone is welcome to join in, just use the daily hashtag along with #Archive30. We can't wait to see what you all come up with. #Archives

Mucking Fuppets. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The chap in the dark overalls and parachute harness has been identified by an archive user as American journalist Ralph Waldo Barnes. Unfortunately, he and the crew were killed 18 November 1940. #History #WW2

Part of the remains of Wellington T2722 has appeared on the beach at Spey Bay, Moray. The crew from 20 OTU ditched 27 November 1942 following engine trouble. All were killed. (From we love Moray's Beaches Facebook Group) Thanks @thetoepunter.bsky.social

So, this happened today.

With the passing of Len Deighton, @boneyabroad.com is in the hot seat as he tries to convince @alexchurchill.bsky.social that Bomber has to be her next read on the pile of shame. And in Extra Time, they get lost in alternative realities... Watch: youtu.be/Ap4QfiXRM0U Listen: pod.fo/e/3afe2e

Painting of the attack on Sylt, 19th March 1940 soon to be published in the IBCC Digital Archive as part of the Bufton collection. #OTD #History #WW2 It looks quite hairy for all involved, in the air and on the ground.

@lydiajane13.bsky.social with a shout out to the IBCC right at the start of this, following her wizard talk on Gardening at the centre.

The idea of Deighton's 'Bomber' was the template for the exhibition at the International Bomber Command Centre.

Balls! denhams.com/lot/140/marc...

The bridge at Remagen March 1945. You can't quite see George Segal as Lieutenant Hartman if you zoom in...

A couple of days ago it felt like Christmas in the archive. Today is the opposite emotion. George Robinson married Dorothy in May 1944. He flew operations as a wireless operator air gunner with 76 and 156 Squadrons and was killed 15 July 1944.

A couple of days ago it felt like Christmas in the archive. Today it's the opposite emotion. Flight Lieutenant Harry Robinson (RAAF) married Dorothy in May 1944. He flew operations as a wireless operator air gunner with 76 and 156 Squadrons and was killed 15 July 1944.

Harry wrote a piece for the 427 Squadron Association, here: www.427squadron.com/news_file/20...

Follow that link and you get to hear an interview with Harry Winter - it’s worth your time. RIP

RIP Harry Winter. He flew operations as a wireless operator with 431 and 427 Squadrons before he was shot down and became a POW in 1943. Four of his crew were killed and he was injured. He was saved from being lynched by a German Army medical orderly. ibccdigitalarchive.omeka.net/collections/...

Christmas day at the archive again today - a lot of 106 Squadron material, negatives, an edition of 5 Group News, some Luftwaffe maps of the UK, and W/C Baxter's cigarette case.

The award of DSO to 166 Squadron Lancaster ME746 AS-R2 (Roger Squared) for completing 100 operations. #OTD 11 March 1945. #History #WW2 @ibccdigitalarchive.bsky.social

I used give Pip a lift to the 44 Sqn reunions as she lived nearby. Remember Waddo control tower gave her a tour whilst the BBMF flew past (under the height of said Tower!) The station c/o said he must have sneezed and missed the flyby unfortunately. Nice one Groupie. 😆

Over 1,000 items in the @ibccdigitalarchive.bsky.social are tagged Women's Auxiliary Air Force. One of our volunteers is currently working on Pip Beck's 3 photo albums. She served as a wireless operator in the watch office at RAF Waddington. #InternationalWomensDay #History

Jonathan Ruffle recorded the interviews used in Bomber, most of them are on his website. We discussed them at length during our reunion episode. youtu.be/JC3MHL2gRUQ

A packed house at the International Bomber Command Centre in Lincoln last night for my talk on Bomber Command’s gardening operations during the Second World War. It was fantastic to meet so many readers and podcast listeners in person—thank you to everyone who came along!

Absolutely wizard talk and great company. Buy Janes' book if you missed this, it's all in there.

@lydiajane13.bsky.social starting her lecture at the IBCC to a full house. She really knows her onions... @nmtdambusters.bsky.social

Harold Yeoman He flew operations as a pilot with 12 Squadron. He also wrote poetry. This is his poem 'Air Raid' written #OTD 5 March 1944. #WW2 #History #bombing #war #WorldNews

Colin Bell on BBC Breakfast on his 105th birthday this morning. From about 08:19 on the iPlayer.

Ep 67 is out today. German historian Thomas Rost takes us through bomb disposal in wartime Hamburg, including the use of prisoners & concentration camp inmates for this horrific work. A fascinating but disturbing story. www.buzzsprout.com/2327200/epis...

David McCormack's book 'The Great Escapism' contains the stories of POWs including Alfie Fripp, Peter Butterworth, and Cy Grant - as well as a fair bit of cross dressing. #History #WW2 #HistBookChat @barnthorn.bsky.social

Drawing by William Akrill (1922 - 1943) of folks discussing an air raid #OTD 4 March 1941. Seems like there's far too many people all over the world doing exactly the same thing this morning. #WW2 #History #bombing #war #WorldNews