Fantastic evening at the opening of ‘Silver Wings: The US Army Air Forces in WWII Norfolk’ exhibition at The Forum, Norwich. Check it out for yourself if you’re interested in Second World War history and are in the East Anglia area. Huge thanks to @runninghistorian.bsky.social for the invitation!

Final countdown to the 2025 @rafmuseum.bsky.social conference. A fantastic 2 day programme exploring NEW PERSPECTIVES IN MILITARY AVIATION organised by @drmeganekelleher.bsky.social You can still join us online, without charge, from 10AM by using our livestream www.crowdcast.io/c/rafm-confe...

An excellent opportunity to share one of the many stories of Bomber Command, and its role in the Battle of Britain

✈️ The RAF Museum Annual Conference returns 4–5 Sept! Explore New Perspectives in Military Aviation Research in London or watch FREE via Crowdcast 🌍💻. Tickets £60 / £40 concessions (includes lunch and refreshments) 🎟️Don’t miss out – book now 👉https://bit.ly/45esnRG #airpower #RAFMconference

I am looking forward to participating in the @rafmuseum.bsky.social conference again next week, giving a paper on reconceiving J. C. Slessor's Air Power and Armies as applied history, and engaging with the other fascinating papers. Thank you @drmeganekelleher.bsky.social for organising it.

It’s a week of conferences for me! Following on from the fantastic @fasikcl.bsky.social conference, I’m back at @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social for the Second World War Research Group Conference. Looking forward to being part of the discussions, chairing a panel today and presenting tomorrow!

Really looking forward to the Postgraduate Air and Space conference today, hosted by @fasikcl.bsky.social. Looking forward to hearing the papers!

Huge thank you to the ‘For You the War is Over’ podcast team for dropping off a lovely gift as thanks for being on their podcast. Looking forward to the episode coming out soon!

🎙️ New BFBS Sitrep: "How Did the Allies Win? now live. Dr Megan Kelleher joins Kate & Mike to unpack the strategy behind the Allies' victory. 🎧 Listen now at: Apple: apple.pulse.ly/6pij5gdgpe Spotify: spotify.pulse.ly/6zpzcd3lya YouTube: spotify.pulse.ly/utx7n1wjdw BFBS: bfbs.pulse.ly/hhvdqz6ccd

Delighted to have joined @forcesnews.com on Sitrep again for a special VE Day episode. You can hear me chatting about the war in the Far East and the fabulous @drmeganekelleher.bsky.social speaking about VE Day where ever you get your podcasts.

This morning, I had the privilege of speaking on BFBS Sitrep podcast this morning all about the day. Huge thank you to @harrietjenkins.bsky.social for the opportunity, and to @lmbd1418.bsky.social for the introduction. Make sure to check out Lucy’s book, mentioned in the show! bfbs.com/sitrep

A wonderful Bank Holiday weekend spent exploring our local area, including a visit to the Euston Estate. In the churchyard, I was fascinated by the fact that all the war graves were buried in a cemetery particular section of the site. I’m hoping to find out more, and see if this was intentional!

#ICYMI I had a brilliant time chatting all things archives and local history with @drmeganekelleher.bsky.social for the latest series of the @balhnews.bsky.social podcast, Local History Matters. Catch up on the BALH website: www.balh.org.uk/podcast.

Huge thank you to staff and students from @cranfielduni.bsky.social’s Forensic Archaeology department for letting me join them as part of their mass graves module. It was really interesting to see a simulated excavation, and learn more about the process from colleagues!

Funded Air Power PhD Studentship at the KCL Freeman Air and Space Institute www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMK037/p...

Excellent few days at the Tri Lateral Strategic Steering Group’s symposium about shaping the essence of Air Power for future conflicts. It was a privilege to share my thoughts about the cultural impact of Air Power and hear @rafhistory.bsky.social speak about Air Power and Geography

Interesting day at the tri-nation air power symposium in Paris, I'm now free having spoken on the air power and geography panel and now get to enjoy @drmeganekelleher.bsky.social speaking air power and culture

Great time chatting to @drmeganekelleher.bsky.social about @harchivestrust.bsky.social & #DigitalEngagement for the @balhnews.bsky.social #Podcast. V. excited for this episode & share all the wonderful things that HAT do to engage people with #LocalHistory & #Heritage. Thanks for inviting me 😃

Great to talk with students at the University of Kent about working in the Museums/Heritage Sector this week with Dr Stefan Goebel. Wonderful discussions, and great to meet some of the next generation of heritage professionals!

Sharing my back catalogue of Museum visits in the festive period, which I forgot to share! These images were taken within or near to Lavenham Guildhall. One of my research interests recently has been museums as memorial spaces, so to view the ‘Friendly Invasion’ display here was really interesting!

Pleased to be part of the supervisory team for this project. Looking forward to seeing the outcomes!

One of my goals for this year is to read more books, including history books that aren’t for work reasons. I saw this in the local bookshop, and as someone who fell in love with history due to ‘Horrible Histories’ I couldn’t resist. So much nostalgia, and I learned a lot!

Recently I was able to visit the Ashmoleum Museum where I was tasked with with finding an object to talk about over lunch. The chairs were donated by Lady Henriques for her son to memorialise him. I’ve visited his grave many times, and next time I visit I’ll be sure to remember this connection.

IWGC employee Stanley Hawkins (transport supervisor) is buried in Kraków. In May 1940, Hawkins was a new hire (he moved to Arras on May 17, just as everyone else was evacuating). Arrested a few weeks later, he died in a German internment camp on 1 Dec 1941. (photo by @drmeganekelleher.bsky.social)

I am currently working on a few projects around the work of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission during the Second World War and came across this. This record highlights how people interacted with local war dead, which is one of my main research interests. Record: CWGC/2/2/1/243 (WG1831/185)

Last weekend we had an impromptu flypast on our dog walk! Needless to say the dog wasn’t as excited as I was at seeing them fly over