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Advertisement Looking like the largest Airfix model you could possibly imagine, parts of a World War Two Lancaster bomber are laid-out in a hangar waiting to be assembled. But this is not a toy.  The pieces of wing, fuselage, bombs, machine guns and propeller blades are all real. The famous aircraft is three years into a ten-year restoration at the Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre in East Kirkby, Lincolnshire, which will see it return to the skies to add to the two remaining bombers which...

by Max Hastings New York: Harper, Collins, 2020. Pp. xxxv, 380+. Illus., chron., appends., notes, biblio., index.. $30.00. ISBN: 006295363X A Fresh Look at the “Dam Busters” Many people have seen the classic 1955 film The Dambusters, but probably wish Sir Peter Jackson had gone on to make his factually-corrected remake. It turns out, however, that Sir Peter may be fortunate not to have done so yet. Because he might yet want to option Sir Max Hastings recent book, t...

Share This: Photos: WIkipedia One of the more controversial events of World War II was the bombing of Dresden, Germany in the final months of the war. The initial bombing campaign took place over a three-day period where 722 RAF and 527 USAAF heavy bombers dropped a total of 3,900 tons of high explosive and incendiary bombs over four raids between 13-15 February 1945. The civilian casualty rates were appalling. The heat from the incendiary devices created a firestorm that destroyed nearly seven...

Wing Commander from near Grantham to cycle 5,600 miles in 2021 for RAF Benevolent Fund  | Updated: 14:33, 09 February 2021 Over the course of 2021, an RAF serviceman will cycle 5,600 miles for the RAF Benevolent Fund. Wing Commander Mike Ainsworth, from Barkston, is completing the gruelling challenge to pay tribute to the airmen who risked their lives in the Dambusters raid. Based at the Headquarters of the RAF Air Cadets at RAF College Cranwell, Mike will be cycling 5,600 miles this year to ...

Help Save Peoples World The economic crisis has hit Peoples World hard. We need the support of all our friends and readers to continue publishing. ‘We Accuse’: The Communist Party USA’s answer to 1948 conspiracy charges February 5, 2021 9:34 AM CDT By Eugene Dennis Left to right: Some of the top leaders of the Communist Party USA swept up in the 1948 Red Scare dragnet descend the steps of the Federal Courthouse in Ne...

The newly rekindled round of applause on a Thursday evening is designed to be a #ClapforHeroes as opposed to the previous endeavour, #ClapforCarers, which was recognising the incredible dedication of all the staff within the NHS in addition to all of the other key workers who have strived so hard during the Coronavirus pandemic. Last week, I realised just how many parallels there were with our last great national struggle, the dark days of the Second World War, an episode in our history tha...

Bird was part of 605 Squadron Flight Lieutenant Arthur “Dickie” Bird, who has died aged 100, flew intruder missions over Germany to attack airfields and suppress the activities of the Luftwaffe; for his exploits he was awarded the DFC. Bird was an experienced night-fighter pilot when, in August 1943, together with his navigator Les Hodder, he joined 605 (County of Warwick) Squadron equipped with the Mosquito. During the next six months they flew 60 operations, some more than five hours long...

THE newly-rekindled round of applause on a Thursday evening is designed to be a #ClapforHeroes as opposed to the previous endeavour, #ClapforCarers, which was recognising the incredible dedication of all the staff within the NHS in addition to all of the other key workers who have strived so hard during the Coronavirus pandemic. Last week, I realised just how many parallels there were with our last great national struggle, the dark days of the Second World War, an episode in our history tha...

Margaret Lewis - Honiton Museum Published: 12:00 AM January 31, 2021    Two commemorative plaques given to Honiton for its fundraising efforts during World War Two - Credit: Honiton Museum These two ivory coloured Bakelite plaques on display in the museum were presented to Honiton to commemorate the sterling efforts of the residents of the town in fundraising during World War Two.  Honiton exceeded the targets set in the British Savings Campaigns which encouraged thrift and brought the commu...

Keith Lowe’s “Prisoners of History” examines how different countries’ statues and museums about the war resonate today.