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The Noon Optimist Club of Marshall met online on June 9 and learned about local World War II history regarding Optimist Adam Adair’s grandfather, Lt. George E. Bennett.

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The Spitfire was… “ …my first love.  I had been interested in the Second World War as a boy, then it all rather went out the window in my teens.  Then, in my late twenties, I was playing cricket and while I was batting a roaring, pirouetting vision appeared far over mid-wicket.  Turning to the umpire, I said, ‘What is that??’ And he replied solemnly, ‘That’s a Spitfire.’  It was a massive Damascene moment.  The following weekend was Flying Legends at Duxford, so I took myse...

A RAF veteran from Worcester, is taking part in a charity bike ride in a bid to raise money for the RAF Benevolent Fund. Chris Last, 59, will be cycling 133 miles on June 12 on a turbo trainer in Worcesters Cathedral Square. He said: "I was inspired to sign for the Dambusters Ride as I took up road cycling during the lockdown. I still have a close connection with the military through my day-to-day work, so it’s a cause that remains close to my heart". He added: "Specifically for this ...

On Saturday 5th June, a new sculpture will be unveiled at the multi award winning, International Bomber Command Centre (IBCC), Lincoln.

Reg Price has an unnerving story about flying a four-engine Lancaster bomber out of a base in Lincolnshire one night in November 1943. The heavily laden aircraft had only just lifted off and . . .

Reg Price has an unnerving story about flying a four-engine Lancaster bomber out of a base in Lincolnshire one night in November 1943. The heavily laden aircraft had only just lifted off and . . .

After the war Heatherill specialised in the air transport role and flew Dakotas on the Berlin Airlift, delivering coal to RAF Gatow

Reg Price has an unnerving story about flying a four-engine Lancaster bomber out of a base in Lincolnshire one night in November 1943. The heavily laden aircraft had only just lifted off and . . .

ONLOOKERS would have been excused for wiping away their eyes, wondering in disbelief among the morning fog had they gone back in time. The sight of a World War II aircraft that was hauled on the back of a truck onto Canberra’s roads on Tuesday (May 25) caught a generation that never experienced flying squadrons in the air from such times of conflict completely off guard. The bomber in question was G for George that was being moved out by the Australian War Memorial to its maintenance and sto...