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One of the items on th BBC TV news programme this morning was an interview with Wing Commander Bob Foster DFC, who flew in the Battle of Britain. ...
On BBC 2 at 8.00pm 1st September have just watched a programme called Coast. They visit (and climb) a Radar mast on the Lincolnshire coast and also...
This morning we had a visitor to our church who lives in Lincolnshire. We got chatting about RAF stations in Lincolnshire in WW2. He said that one...
Two graves which we found neighbouring the Lancaster ND533 Crew collective grave were as follows:- Flight Sergeant Stanley Kevin BLACK, Royal...
It's the letter in reply to the article that is particularly interesting: Express.co.uk - Home of the Daily and Sunday Express | UK News ::...
While posting about Roald Dahl over in the King's African Rifles thread, I checked his bio to double-check my memory. Doing so reminded me of his...
For the last few years I have been looking for the site for RAF PR photos which were to go online. Today I found it at The National Collection of...
During our visit to the Bayeux War Cemetery we were greatly moved by the ages of the men who lie there, their nationalities, and the far flung...
Another grave which interested us on our visit to Bayeux War Cemetery, Normandy, France was that of Sgt. Jiri Bauer. The stone had the following...
On our recent visit to The Bayeux War Cemetery in Bayeux, Normandy, France we found graves from many nationalities, including French, Russian, Czech,...
Have just seen a very moving programme on our local BBC programme Look North. Pilot Officer Christopher Panton died on a bombing raid on 31st March...
You might like this for the pictures which are mentioned: http://www.arkeologiuv.se/cms/arkeologi ... _1944.html which in English (courtesy of...
73 Squadron RAF, which formed on 1st July 1917 and disbanded on 2nd July 1919, was reformed on 15th March 1937 at Mildenhall. They flew Furies and...
Vickers Warwick BV233 (279 RAF Squadron) dived and crashed on 7th January 1945, during an exercise which involved two Hurricanes carrying out mock...
Lancaster LL949 took off at 16.26 from RAF East Kirkby, Lincolnshire. Their mission was to bomb the U-Boat pens at Trondheim, Norway. Reports say...
Has anyone had a look at the blog? An article in the Daily Telegraph for Friday April 16th 2010 contains information on the Battle of Britain by...
We all know that the Commonwealth and the US air forces worked together but this is the first time that I have come across a website that has done so...
Is there a protocol involved when listing the names of a crew? I think it should be by position, but am not sure in which order :- pilot navigator...
I have collected the following information with the help of AMRIT, CWGC site, Free BMD, http://www.156squadron.com. If anyone wishes to make...
Did anyone else watch the interesting programme on FIVE at 8.00 pm (5th May). 'Last of The Dambusters:Revealed', it followed WW2 veteran George...
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