Dowding rapidly became identified in the minds of the public and the media with being the principal architect of victory in the Battle of Britain, to...
:cry_smile: I can only drool.... lets hope they are bought by people who appreciate them rather than those who just want them as investments....
A great man who always seems to be spoken well of. If you judge the great aces by their leadership and inspiration as well as by their score, Boris...
They were an early type of amphetamine. Few people in those times would have had a moral issue about using them; it was after the war that they...
Merry Christmas John! Thank you for your contributions! Adrian
The megaphones would be speaking tubes, known as "Gosport tubes", used for communicating between the cockpits before the electrical intercoms were...
From the Daily Telegraph: Major Robert Furman Wartime intelligence officer charged with discovering the true extent of the German nuclear...
This has now been reported in the Daily Telegraph. It seems the incident was the subject of an AAIB investigation and a collision did actually occur....
...and just to confirm my membership of the Russell Smith fan-club, this is my desk-top picture. "The Eagle from Arizona", shows ace Frank Luke's...
Do any of you have any fine art prints on your walls? I guess the limiting factors are finance, and the interior decor sensiblities of our...
John Keegan's opinion is worth respecting but I'm afraid I haven't read any of those books! I guess I got a basic knowledge of the war from books...
Fascinating Max; you've clearly put a lot of work into this. You cover a lot of aspects that are often neglected, such as the aircrew selection...
Some of what you have learned may at least useful to the needs of the future generations! I've vaguely heard of these things. But I'm not sure...
A contemporary hero to be proud of... especially when I think of what some 19 year-olds get up to Dead British soldier George 'Sparky' Sparks...
Brave men indeed. See the similar article I am posting on Marine George "Sparky" Sparks.
I always think that Rhodes-Moorhouse's VC was one of the best deserved of all. Some bright spark reckoned that the German advance could be slowed...
Grrrr. .suckered! :mad2: After I had cooled down a bit, I tried it with all the numbers 1-9. The reason this works is something to do with the...
Nazis drew up secret plans for Kamikaze bomb plane to attack Britain - Telegraph Another Nazi secret weapon, though it seems the Nazis weren't...
Intriguing - Do you have any links to this?
"Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory" - I'm amazed Roald Dahl got that title past the publishers; people are a lot less naive now!
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