I think Armed Rovers, Andy. It's a great overview of the Beaus in the Med (and it covers some ops in North Africa). I found it helped me in placing...
There's some debate about whether that really would have happened - the logistics of the transfer meant that they may not have arrived in time (in...
Andy's having those audio-visions again (I'll keep him distracted whilst somene slip some of his pills into his coffee). Sorry mate, can't hear...
Ended up staying awake all night, and now am completely knackered. But am out of coffee and ciggies so have to go to the shops in the pouring rain...
http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,508857,00.html Germany's federal police is admitting that most of its founding members had...
As it was a Ministry of Information collaboration, I'm sure they got a lot of support with original footage, and as the BBC link suggests, they had...
Not really - as I said, flicking through papers, not actually reading them. i just like the sound. Anyway, it's 3.31 and I should go to bed. So have...
It's 2.30 am and I'm currently flicking through some papers as we speak (though these forum distractions are slowing me down a bit!)
Typical whinging Aussie :becky:
Haven't seen it for years and so can't remember what I thought of the 88 scenes (it's probably a mixture of real footage, mock-ups and models) but...
I think the idea of the "traditional" dogfight is rather misplaced when taking about WW2. The visions we have aircraft swirling around in circles...
I think one needs to differentiate between the way that the Merchant mariners were seen during the war and the public perception after the war. I...
It was indeed a aircraft that went through so many incarnations and yet was basically the same aircraft - comparable to the Spifire. The FW190 was...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDppDX3RTdc&mode=related&search=
Some interesting incarnations of Lancaster NX622 [IMG] http://www.ernmphotography.com/Pages/Aviation/Aircraft/Warbirds/Lancaster/Lancaster.html...
Looks like a bog-standard pictures of a Lancaster, doesn't it? Well, these are pictures showing the last take-off and flight of the last operational...
It is remarkable how little is done for service personnel when they are injured. This has been going on since WW2 and before, and yet, everytime it...
What with that and his love life, one wonders how he managed to find time to fight all those battles.
One of my favourite Lanc pictures (love the sharks' teeth): Avro Lancaster B Mk X KB772 VR-R 'Ropey' 419 Squadron RCAF...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7021493.stm An £8m appeal has been launched to improve facilities for the growing number of wounded UK service...
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