Ancestry adds UK, British Air Force Lists, 1919-1922 and 1938-1945

Ancestry (www.ancestry.co.uk) has launched a new Royal Air Force database with information sourced from the National Library of Scotland (www.nls.uk):

UK, British Air Force Lists, 1919-1922 and 1938-1945
Source: National Library of Scotland. British Air Force Lists. National Library of Scotland, 2020. https://data.nls.uk/data/digitised-collections/british-air-force-lists/.

About UK, British Air Force Lists, 1919-1922 and 1938-1945

This collection includes lists of people who served in the British Air Force between the end of the First and Second World Wars. The lists are dated between 1919-1922 and 1938-1945 and were produced monthly, bimonthly, and quarterly and were published in pamphlet form with a cover page. Names and information about Royal Air Force members are listed under headings for each military rank. In addition to service members who were active at the time of each publication, the lists also may include information about retired officers, medical staff, nurses and chaplains, decorations and awards, and holders of the Victoria Cross.

Using this collection:

• Records in this collection may include the following information:
• Name
• Rank
• Date individual joined the Royal Air Force
• Military unit or organization
• Military occupation

The records in this collection can be used to verify that your ancestor served in the Royal Air Force at a specific time and the rank they had attained. The lists were produced at regular intervals, so your ancestor's military career could be traced over time by searching across multiple years.

For further details visit https://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/collections/62383/

Chris

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