I only came across the story because Billy Connolly visited the pub in question and mentioned the bottle and story, earlier on tellie
Not sure what you mean Pathfinder. Serial numbers were allocated according to production blocks, and so weren't necessarily sequential for a...
I love unusual but moving stories like this The Unfinished Drink, the Ted D'Auvergne Story.
NZFPM |Group Captain Colin Falkland Gray
This song was written bt Mike Harding (the comedien) in tribute to his father Flt Sgt Louis Arthur Harding, navigator in 9 Squadron. Killed on the...
Another great article on Pickford: http://www.oldframlinghamian.com/images/articles/GROUPCAPTAINPERCYPICKARDDSODFCG26-32.pdf
The link doesn't work though I'm logged on there. Where is it?
Oh come on, sometimes people need to loosen up. As Hitler is in London I don't see the problem. A draw for neo-nazis? I doubt they have the patience...
Ray Mears is in Australia doing his thing again on the tellie. He's just been talking about this crash. Fascinating story: 2 December 1942 - Crash...
By the time of the Pathfinders, the majority of the Americans who'd joined up before the entry of the US into the war had transferred to the USAAF....
Name: TOD, RICHARD DOUGLAS Initials: R D Nationality: Canadian Rank: Warrant Officer Class II (Wireless Air Gunner) Regiment/Service: Royal...
BBC NEWS | UK | £1m raised for injured military
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Just heard on another forum that G/C Houle passed away yesterday at the age of 94. RIP Obit, if available, soon. GROUP CAPTAIN ALBERT ULRICH "BERT"...
The link I posted in #9 is for another thread on the same subject. On that thread there are a number of posts about Fry's intentions and his ability...
It's amazing how many veterans missed out on their medals during and after the war. Some have only just got their Silver Stars ( the equivalent to...
It's amazing how many people forget about him - obviously Gibson and Cheshire deserved to be remembered, but so does he
I look forward to seeing a picture of the memorial when it is available
There seems to be more UXB's posing a danger that were dumped by the Australians themselves than by the Japanese - ooops :)
The technological parts are where any piece of fiction on the Pathfinders could fail. So one needs to know the ins and outs quite well. One doesn't...
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