Talk:History of the Royal Air Force

message: The red link to the Smuts Report was recently removed.  The Smuts Report (or possibly reports as I believe it was published in several documents) was historically important as it paved the way for the creation of the World's first independent air force.  Although I have read a fair amount of analysis on the report, I have yet to get hold of a copy.  Does anyone know a source?  This reference might form the basis for starting the article. Greenshed (talk) 00:40, 22 March 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Smuts Report 

message: Any sources on numbers of RAF personnel during the first half of the 20th century would be useful. Greenshed (talk) 22:59, 2 March 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Number of personnel 

message: The current coverage on the Malayan Emergency is sparse and could stand some improvement. Any expert input would be welcome. Greenshed (talk) 05:51, 15 December 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Malayan Emergency 

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message: "The main RAF effort during the war was the strategic bombing campaign against Germany."
I do not fully understand the RAF war effort in WW2, and am not really qualified to make comment on this statement, but it seems to be very authoritative for something that is not sourced. From what I understood, the RAF served in multiple theatres. They fought over France prior to the surrender there. Over Britain against Luftwaffe raids. Over Italy, Greece, North Africa etc. This is a number of theatres, and while I understand that the casualties from strategic bombing, and the effect on Third Reich industry may have been significant, I wonder if this is perhaps not an encyclopedic thing to say in light of the successes of the RAF in aerial combat?--Senor Freebie (talk) 11:39, 9 December 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  A statement in the WW2 history section 

message: This section gets just 1½ lines, despite the formation of Bomber Command in 1936, and the pre-war career of ‘Bomber’ Harris in 58 Squadron and later in Palestine, of which there is no mention. Valetude (talk) 19:13, 6 April 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Strategic bombing pre-WW2