Ealing Historical Society Celebrate Centenary of The RAF

Join Peter Devitt, Curator of the RAF museum

Ealing Historical Society is marking the 2018 centenary celebrations of the Royal Air Force with a special presentation.

Curator of the RAF museum, Peter Devitt has studied the roles of overseas and LGBT personnel in the RAF, and in 2013 he curated ‘Pilots of the Caribbean’, the award-winning exhibition produced in partnership with Black Cultural Archives.

Peter is the 2D Curator and Diversity Champion for the new, innovative and exciting display ‘RAF Stories: The First 100 Years, 1918- 2018’ opening at our London site as part of the Museum’s Centenary transformation

On 11 September he will trace the RAF’s inspiring history, focusing on ‘people stories’ to help bring its operations and equipment to life. Peter will also present information only recently been discovered, relating to the RAF’s Black, Asian and LGBT personnel, which show that the Junior Service deserves to be seen as one of Britain’s most open and  progressive institutions.

Peter Devitt is an Assistant Curator working in the Archive and Library at the Royal Air Force Museum London. For over 15 years he has studied the roles of overseas and LGBT personnel in the RAF, and in 2013 he curated ‘Pilots of the Caribbean’, the award-winning exhibition produced in partnership with Black Cultural Archives. Peter is the 2D Curator and Diversity Champion for the new, innovative and exciting display ‘RAF Stories: The First 100 Years, 1918- 2018’ opening at our London site as part of the Museum’s Centenary transformation

Ealing Branch Historical Association talk by Peter Devitt, Curator RAF Museum Hendon, on ‘The Centenary of the RAF’ on Tuesday 11 September at 7.30pm at Ealing Green Church, W5 5QT. All welcome, members & students free, visitors £5. See  www.ealinghistory.org.uk for details.

27th August 2018