Hi David Good to see you on this forum! I didn't read this thread until after posting mine about Edward "Mick" Mannock, so I didn't realise a lot...
Edward Mannock VC, DSO and two bars, MC and bar, was almost certainly the highest-scoring British Empire ace of the war. Known as Mick to his...
Hi Jonathan I thought this thread would tempt you! Is Arthur Spears still alive? Was he the son of the Arthur who died on Princess Irene?...
Its from Kenneth Munson's "Pocket Encyclopaedia of World Aircraft in Colour" series, published by Blandford in the 60's and 70's. This one is from...
Lanoe Hawker VC This was the action for which Lanoe Hawker was awarded a Victoria Cross. I'm not sure where the date of 12th July comes from, as...
Yes, the pilots were certainly given considerable artistic licence. Hence of course, the British term for them "Flying Circus" (applied primarily to...
Just realised the writing is illegible in the scan, but the caption says it is a Fokker D.XIII of the German Jadglehrstaffel (Fighter Training...
Thanks Annie I had heard of this school; it isn't something that has been suppressed until recently, but I've never read about it in this much...
I just had to be the first on this site to mention the man who was probably the leading British ace of the war, James Thomas Byford McCudden VC DSO*...
And there is the issue of how much he collaborated with the Nazis in WW2. He was a General in the Vichy Air Force. He was arrested at the end of the...
Attached is a picture of Nungessor with his latest aircraft adorned with the definitive version of his badge, withe wounded skull, coffins and...
When I went on a guided tour of the Ypres area, I was shown this site which I understood was the Hooge crater. (I took the photo attached). I can't...
No, they weren't related to me. But when I first acquired the internet, the Bradford site was one of the first that I came across, even before I...
This article from the Daily Telegraph compares "Valkyrie" and its hero Stauffenberg with the film "Che" , about Che Guevara. The writer asks why...
This very interesting lady met many of the leading figures of the war. Pity she never discovered this site; she certainly seems to have been a writer...
I don't think you missed them WH, but if the guy is posting stuff about every warship of WW2 he is going to take a while to do all of them! As...
Before his death, Roland Bradford paid for three thousand copies of a drawing "Abide with Me", by the artist Pio Ximenes, to be distributed to his...
There are many stories of heroism from the Great War; in a few instances a single family not only suffered multiple tragedies but provided more than...
Yes of course; a timely reminder; I should be grateful!
Annie Don't worry - thanks for all your work populating these forums; I just wouldn't have time. I can try and tweak them according to my...
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