Copyright & reuse

Last updated June 2026.

WW2 RAF Project brings together facts about Second World War service personnel from many public sources and presents them with original writing and an original, cross-linked structure. This page explains what we own, what we have reused and under which terms, and how to ask for a correction or removal.

Our original content

The descriptive text on this site — the biographies, unit, airfield, aircraft and operation narratives — is written originally by the project from factual research. That writing, together with the selection, arrangement and cross-linking of the database as a whole, is protected by copyright and by the UK database right (the sui generis right under the Copyright and Rights in Databases Regulations 1997). © 2026 WW2 RAF Project. All rights reserved, except as stated below.

Facts are free

Individual facts — a name, rank, date, service number, unit, place or what happened — are not owned by anyone and may be freely used. What this notice protects is our original wording and the compilation, not the underlying historical facts.

Sources & third-party material

Factual information is compiled from publicly available sources, which are credited on the relevant pages. These include the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, The London Gazette, The National Archives, Wikipedia and other reference works, and information recorded on public memorials. We do not copy other authors’ prose; our narratives are written from factual notes.

Some images are not ours and remain the property of their creators. They are used under their own licences and credited where they appear, for example:

• Creative Commons images (e.g. from Wikimedia Commons and the Geograph project) are shown with the photographer’s name and a link to the licence (such as CC BY-SA), and are used on those terms.
• Crown copyright material is reproduced under the Open Government Licence.
• Public domain images (for example official photographs whose copyright has expired) are identified as such.
• Maps are © OpenStreetMap contributors.

If you are the rights-holder of any image and believe it has been used incorrectly, please contact us (below) and we will correct or remove it.

Reusing our content

You are welcome to link to any page here. If you would like to reuse our original text or data beyond individual facts, please ask first by emailing info@ww2rafproject.org.uk, and please credit WW2 RAF Project with a link to the page.

Corrections, families & removals

We treat the memory of those recorded here with respect, and accuracy matters to us. If you are a relative, a veteran, or a rights-holder and you believe information is wrong, sensitive, or should be removed, please contact info@ww2rafproject.org.uk. We will review every request promptly and sympathetically. See also our privacy & data protection statement.

Trademarks

Unit names, badges and other marks referred to on this site are acknowledged as the property of their respective owners and are used for identification and historical reference only.