War Correspondent Edmund Townshend had a particularly exciting time armed only with a pencil and notebook Edmund Townshend - Telegraph Edmund...
I took this from a blog that I subscribe to. The author is talking about street warfare in the inner cities, and uses the comparison with "real"...
I know this one has been a source of debate among modellers for years, but I wondered if any of you have strong opinions on it. My nine-year old...
The attached advert for the issue of RAF-themed stamps marking the 90th anniversary of the founding of that service appears in this week’s Radio...
This had me laughing? :) Barack Obama and his dead pet mouse Hope - Telegraph Barack Obama and his dead pet mouse Hope By Craig Brown Last...
Its good to see we still breed heroes. What a shame it often takes their death before we realise it. Army captain pleaded to go back into...
I finally got to take some photos of the Croydon Aerodrome War Memorial today. I live not far from Croydon; its not a place you go to unless you...
I expect most of us know about the B24 "Lady Be Good" which was discovered in the Libyan desert sixteen years after she disappeared in 1943. But is...
Obituary here of Leslie Hardman, Jewish Chaplain who entered Belsen after its liberation. I found his recollections extremely moving. The Reverend...
I don't think the theory that Leslie Howard was a Secret Agent is entirely new, but it has been floated again. Actor Leslie Howard kept Spain out...
For once, not an obituary but the recollections of a gentleman still with us on his part in the disabling of the Tirpitz Commander John Lorimer...
Not WW2, but worth honouring as a man who carried on the finest traditions of his forebears. WO2 Gary O'Donnell - Telegraph
A friend in Australia sent me some pics from the recent Watts Airshow in Queensland. There is a Spitfire here which looks rather odd to me (the...
Swede who worked for British Intelligence Carl Aschan - Telegraph
Can't be many who saw action both in WW2 and in the Falklands. He had to wait a long time for his DSO - aged 59! Commodore' Black Sam' Dunlop -...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/2536052/Air-Vice-Marshal-Donald-Pocock.html Donald Pocock spent his career in the RAF Regiment, an...
So the Russians have invaded Georgia. The residents of Atlanta must be very worried. :peep:
I'll be off-line for a couple of weeks; we're going off to Spain on Tuesday 22nd, until 5th August. A friend of ours has a house in Cabo Rio,...
This made me squirm, right up to the last line: The vicar asked if anyone in the congregation would like to express praise to the Lord for...
I know this relates to the wrong war, but some of you know I'm as much into WW1 as WW2 and I couldn't resist sharing something that brightened up my...
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