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I might be 105 but my memories as an RAF pilot in WW2 are as vivid as ever - AOL
5+ hour, 27+ min ago (732+ words) More than eight decades have passed, but the memories of perilous bombing raids at the height of the Second World War remain indelibly etched on Flt Lt Colin Bell's mind. The RAF Mosquito pilot, 105, flew 50 missions with 608 (Pathfinder) Squadron over…...
During Battle of Britain it’s not true that ‘Hurricanes went for bombers and Spitfires for fighters.’ RAF Controller during BoB tells why.
2+ hour, 53+ min ago (279+ words) ‘The Spitfire has been moribund as a Home Defence fighter for two years and died when the Focke-Wulf 190 made an appearance.’ Whatever the truth of the matter, it is certainly the case that many would agree with the opinion that,…...
Faith, Hope and Charity: Malta's Gladiators
5+ hour, 39+ min ago (478+ words) by Tamika Johnson | 7 agosto 2026 | Storia e leggende, Aviazione militare | 0 comments On 11 June 1940, the people of Malta looked up at a sky suddenly full of Italian bombers and saw, rising to meet them, a handful of fabric-and-wire biplanes that looked like…...
Billy Bishop – Canada's Greatest Ace and the Solo Dawn Raid | MiGFlug
1+ week, 2+ day ago (677+ words) by Philippe | 9 avril 2026 | Histoire et légendes, Aviation militaire | 0 comments He was brash, self-promoting, possibly embellished his own record — and remains Canada's greatest military hero, with 72 confirmed aerial victories and a Victoria Cross that has been debated for a century. Billy…...
Why Nazi Germany???s Favorite Actress Became Their Greatest Enemy
3+ hour, 4+ min ago (412+ words) Why Nazi Germany’s Favorite Actress Became Their Greatest Enemy TheCollector Why Nazi Germany’s Favorite Actress Became Their Greatest Enemy Born and raised in Germany, Marlene Dietrich later renounced her German citizenship to become one of the loudest celebrity voices against…...
How a young Powys farm worker saved an airman after 1951 crash
10+ hour, 39+ min ago (546+ words) The wreckage is surveyed in 1951. (Image: CT.) A young Llanidloes farm worker who had left the RAF only a week earlier became an unlikely hero when he pulled a stranded airman from a flooded river after a Wellington bomber crashed…...
Yelm Civil War re-enacter found missing for 6 days found safe
20+ hour, 43+ min ago (78+ words) YELM, Wash. — A Yelm man missing for six days has been located. According to Washington State Patrol, 54-year-old Thomas Goodwin was last seen on Sept. 5 around 8 or 9 p.m. on George Road SE in Yelm. He was wearing a gray Civil…...
Spitfire's maiden flight honoured at Duxford airshow
14+ hour, 17+ min ago (763+ words) Julian Mitchell said he was proud to be a close relative of the man who designed the Spitfire The great-nephew of the man behind the Spitfire has said he was a "genius who designed the most beautiful aircraft ever built…...
Camouflaged horses for modern warfare?
11+ hour, 42+ min ago (133+ words) The UK military is experimenting with camouflaging horses for battle. The Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment is testing bespoke camouflage it has developed to improve concealment techniques for future operational environments. Newly released images show the regiment using its annual Summer…...
Inside Britain’s top secret decoy cities that fooled Hitler’s bombers
7+ hour, 28+ min ago (953+ words) Eighty-five years on from the Battle of Britain, the fascinating story of a major war time deception on home soil is now only emerging. Alex Ross explored one of the top secret sites near Bristol to find out more It…...