CXX Gerard Norton died in October 2004! (See Wikipedia for a start) The Telegraph occassionally shows photos of people on the anniversary of the...
I know this isn't a WW2 subject or even a military/naval one, but Keith and I were discussing modelling a few months ago, so I thought I would post...
Lu Zhengcao - Telegraph Lu Zhengcao, who died on October 13 aged 104, was the last of China's revolutionary generals, a feared guerrilla fighter...
Private Willard Oliver - Telegraph Private Willard Oliver, who died on October 14 aged 88, was one of some 400 Navajo Indians employed by the...
Given that British seamen were killed, this was certainly a very fine gesture on the part of these women. I wonder if it is correct that...
Hi Paul Have you seen this site: Sqn Histories 31-35_P ? At the bottom of the section on 35 sqdn there is the address of the 35 sqdn...
James IV was one of those killed at Flodden Field!
Very moving and evocative. I believe the "Flowers of the Forest" refers to the Scottish warriors who fell at the Battle of Flodden Field in 1513,...
Gunther Rall, third highest scoring fighter pilot of all time, and later C-in-C of the West German Luftwaffe, has died aged 91. A brave and...
Annie I hadn't come across the Lancaster Archive website before - definitely one to bookmark! Adrian
This may matter more to us Brits than the rest of you, but we have something else to whinge about now. The Ministry of Defence are giving away...
I guess both are true. Essen was the first ever Lancaster op. Augsburg the first in which it played the lead role (only role in that instance) - and...
J.J Thanks for sharing this with us; I had a good read of your website. You have a family to be proud of, several of whom paid the ultimate...
A tremendously brave man, morally as well as physically, who stood all his life against oppression and only in old age knew a Free Europe. Marek...
Thanks Keith, very interesting. The cutaway is probably the most detailed that I have seen. As far as I know, the pressurised and high-speed...
I thought this stuff only happened in Biggles-type books! Is the reference in the first article to them being shot down by a British destroyer a...
Lots of interest here! I must admit I had to resort to my serials list to identify some of them. Any idea what the lines along the side of nos...
My sources are not up to tracing individual aircraft or crew, but I can say that 256 Squadron was a Night-Fighter unit equipped with the Mosquito NF...
Fascinating - the rest would be welcome! R2274 was the sole Mk V Beaufighter, according to my list of serials, but I don't know why they bothered...
He seems too nice to have been a success as a Sultan!
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