I just purchased a thin book privately published just after the war by the Oflag 79 Art Club Association and I thought I'd share a few samples. The...
Hi Wellington Many squadrons did not have an official motto - like the badge, it had to be officially approved, and a number of wartime squadrons...
Welcome Netty the RWAFF was the Royal West African Frontier Force, of which the 81st was a part. The Palm Tree was their insignia, and the insignia...
I think I mentioned this elsewhere, Jerome, but I talked a couple of locals here in Bristol a couple of years back. They remember the race riot...
Witchbroom Officers? Should I ask?
Alex Lees: PoW at Stalag Luft III | Times Online Obituary An army prisoner of war serving in the ranks who was transferred to the air force...
Just to make it a bit easier, this is the link to the Introduction:...
Welcome Vicki. Have you tried searching Picture Australia ? Searching for 2/3 machine gun brings up a lot of results
Happy Birthday Colonel Klink :common001::common001::common001::common001: Hope you have a great day and get lots of great pressies
Pilot's notes: Short Sunderland V
Early Sunderland engines could not be feathered and so the best advice would have been to return to base as soon as possible. Not just because of the...
There were indeed low level dogfights between individual aircraft - either bombers who had dropped down to ground level to try to escape, or between...
I think the fact that Nicolson won the VC for the actions means that the circumstances will have been well discussed and made public. And I can't...
That's a standard (late war I think) forage cap badge and/or collar badge - depends upon the lugs and dimensions (which aren't given in the listing)...
I would have thought the daylight dogfights would hardly be heard on the ground as they were quite high up. Maybe a feint rumble or MG fire, but...
Found it! "Their finest hour": Inside the Battle of Britain | Flight Journal | Find Articles at BNET First four paragraphs
Hi Nana firstly, that sounds like it was two pilots, the Hurricane being a single-crew aircraft and both a P/O and a F/L are mentioned. Does it give...
Colonel David Wood - Telegraph Colonel David Wood, who has died aged 86, commanded one of the glider-borne platoons which crash-landed into France...
Pic #4 is interesting as it is stated to be unknown date. Well it is the same shot as discussed as...
Coincidently, today: BBC NEWS | England | Devon | Service for D-Day exercise dead
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