The date is right! Trent (then Squadron Leader) was leading 11 Lockheed Venturas of 487 Sqdn RNZAF. Every one of them was shot down; Trent being...
Looks like they are mass graves - was there a military hospital in the area? In Greenwich cemetary near where I work, there are some of the usual...
He had a brother who also became an Air Vice-Marshal. Wilfred Ashton Kingston-McCloughry CB DSO MC DFC was born on 26th Nov 1894; he later...
Seems to be a discrepancy as to his date of birth - 1837 or 1873. It must have been 1873, otherwise he would have been 60 (not 24) when he was the...
The photos don't seem to have downloaded, or is it just me? Are you using the Manage Attachments facility? This usually works if the file-size of...
I doubt that the difference in speed between the TBD and say, the TBM Avenger was enough to be significant, and the defensive armament was the same...
I believe the youngest Wing Commander was Brendan "Paddy" Finucane who was just 22 at the time. Clive, have you seen this link: Commonwealth...
Missed it again but hope it was a good one! Hope life starts to get better this year in terms of job etc Adrian
Well we do have a 1948 open-cockpit Slingsby T21 Sedbergh, which I had a ride in last year! We have some Biggles-goggles and a leather cap which are...
Thanks everyone - it really is a great feeling! Admittedly you don't get a lot of chance to admire the view when you are actually piloting the...
I finally went solo today, in a glider! Its taken over two years, due to the infrequency with which I or anyone with a full-time job can get to...
More colour pics of Hitler and his taste in interior decor have emerged: Unseen photographs reveal the private life of Adolf Hitler - Telegraph
Very interesting. Do you think they are all genuine? - some look a little too good to be true. Some may be colourised black-and-white photos....
I gather the French now have a bigger Navy than us for the first time since the 17th Century!
Telegraph interview of two D-Day veterans: D-Day 65 years on: My return to Normandy - Telegraph Friday marks the 65th anniversary of the D-Day...
I wonder what he was doing flying a Caudron GIII as late as Feb 1917? Unlikely to be training if he was in France. Also, N3088 was an RNAS...
I think this article must be a fairly old one - I believe it has been decided that the names of the two new aircraft carriers will be Queen...
This is Charles Moore's review of Beevor's book in the Telegraph - he seems to approve of the book as well. He starts by contrasting it with Alan...
True; in the case of Lock I meant highest-scoring British ace in the Battle of Britain. Pattle was truly a great leader and an inspiration to his...
Hmmm.... undoubtedly a great pilot and a great leader, but I'm not sure that I would go as far as a plinth on Trafalgar Square. Others made as least...
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