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Amazon.co.uk: The Clydebank Blitz: Books: I.M.M. Macphail
I've been browsing the list today. Already have about 11 books worth £50 in my basket (and that's just the dirt cheap books). I have a feeling my...
Thank you Hugh. It seems that the role required experienced men, hence the age. I actually had this image of some poor chap in charge of some...
Whilst going through my local listings on the CWGC I came across this: Name: FLEMING, PETER Initials: P Nationality: United Kingdom Rank:...
Yes I wondered whether someone in charge had decided to have a laugh with that. But I think it was probably the Telegraph writer playing with the...
It wasn't until the last year that he started looking hagard (esp after July 20). Before then there are many pictures of him looking "healthy" and I...
The COPPS really were the elite of the elite: COPPS The obit failed to mention that he received the Distinguished Service Cross in 1945 for...
George MacDonald Fraser: Times obituary -Times Online
Presumably you mean the Woolston: HMS Woolston, destroyer
Always worth looking for any RAF causalties killed on Australian soil. I've also had a look at the Board of Inquiry report on the crash but no reason...
Just an additional note. Both Bell and Sillito were 618 Squadron (the Mosquito unit were meant to use the bouncing bomb), and so the squadron given...
Mosquito NS735. On 19/6/45 F/O E Bell and Flt Lt E Sillito DFC. Crashed at Benalla, Victoria, returning to Narrowmine from Laverton and both were...
Can add the Airspeed Oxford to the list but I haven't found out how many were used yet.
Adding a few more: Fact Sheets : De Havilland DH 89 Dominie : De Havilland DH 89 Dominie Canada supplied 200 Tiger Moths to the USAAF which...
The Avro Anson was also used by the USAAF for training and was designated the AT-20. About 50 Cnadian built ones were used. And does the Mustang...
Guy you maybe interested in this, which I've been meaning to read for ages: Amazon.co.uk: Beaufighters in the Night: 417 Night Fighter Squadron...
There seems to be no damage to any of the items which seems surprising considering it is only an ordinary foot/ammo box. I didn't think they were so...
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