I started work at Hawker Aircraft Ltd in Kingston in 1962 and left BAE Systems in 2003 - The Hurricane gets my vote.
Interestingly the Enigma Machine was a commercial encripting machine that was available on the open market for a few years before WW2. The commercial...
Got there in the end Eventually I discivered the E.A.C was the Elecrical Apperatus Co.
My history master, an ex commando, had several empty 36 granade cases on his desk which he was inclined to throw at pupils when he saw them chatting...
That dress is stunning!!!!! My mother's wedding dress, was recycled by being unpicked, dyed and reshaped, during the War nothing got thrown away!...
There has been a recent TV programme about Maskelyne where a fake airfield was created at night by just using a few lights and very effective it was....
I have just spotted the quote about plough shares - BRILLIANT, do you know where it came from. It's in the same vein as "Talk quietly and carry a...
Folks, I am investigating the various manufacturers of the Compass Prismatic Mk III during WW2. If any of you have one, could you please send the...
The rifle mentioned above is a Boys not Boyle's and it fired a .50" round similar to a .5" browning aircraft round. Philsr
Gents, I have just joined the forum, so please be patient with a novice. I have a Prismatic Compass Mk 3 dated 1945 made by E.A.C. Does anyone...
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