Britain, Churchill and the Blitz

20+ hour, 28+ 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…...

22+ hour, 29+ 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…...

1+ week, 15+ hour ago   (258+ words) During the early war years the Bf 109 was one of the world’s finest single seat fighters. Its basic design provided the potential for it to take new engines and armament so that it remained the backbone of the Luftwaffe fighter…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (634+ words) In Calling 353, bestselling Motherfoclóir author and podcaster Darach Ó Séaghdha casts a linguistic eye on how we talk about what it means to be Irish, the signs we post to each other about Irishness – and what really lies beneath it…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (301+ words) A fading fire Telegraph India Calcutta is unusual among world cities for having so little war in its past. It is more unusual still for having let the one real brush it did have slip almost entirely out of its…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (1726+ words) vintageaviationnews.com The Greatest Force: How RAF Bomber Command rose to become the No. 1 factor in the destruction of Germany in WW2 by Marcus Gibson, reviewed by Joe May, available on Amazon. Marcus Gibson worked for a decade, deeply researching the…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (172+ words) In 1952, the British aircraft industry gradually emerged from the economic crisis. All elements of the aircraft industry were present at the annual Farnborough fair to exhibit their new projects to the public. Because speed had become an essential factor in…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (528+ words) Winston Churchill gave several speeches on VE Day on 8 May 1945 A microphone used by Winston Churchill to deliver a speech on VE Day in 1945 is to be sold at auction. It is believed the Grampian radio microphone was used in…...

1+ mon, 6+ day ago   (391+ words) por Connor Kerr | 7 de agosto de 2026 | Historia y leyendas, Aviación militar | 0 comentarios The Vickers Wellington was Britain’s most important bomber in the first years of the Second World War, and its secret was not speed or bombload but the strange,…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (404+ words) par Connor Kerr | Sep 2, 2026 | Histoire et légendes, Aviation militaire | 0 commentaire The Short Stirling was the first of the RAF's great four-engine heavy bombers — into service before the Halifax, before the Lancaster, the aircraft that opened Britain's strategic bombing war. It…...