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The link between a Caithness bog and The Great Escape- and the two men who uncovered it 30/07/2021, 6:00 am Norwegian WW2 pilot Jens Müller, who crashed his Hurricane into a Caithness bog during training, and less than three years later became one of only three POWs to escape from Stalg Luft II successfully On August 27 1941, sixteen Hurricane pilots from 331 Squadron were training in the skies above Caithness. They were practising flying in V formation, but as they attempted a 180 degree tu...

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...

The 27-year-old RAF Hurricane pilot was ambushed during a raid on enemy supply vessels at Le Touquet in northern France, on August 17, some 80 years ago.

Gladys Eva, plotted aircraft movements for the RAF during the Battle of Britain – obituary She spoke movingly about talking over the radio to bomber pilots heading back to base, some of whom did not make it Gladys Eva: rose rapidly through the ranks Gladys Eva, who has died aged 100, was the last surviving WAAF plotter who served in Fighter Command’s operations centre during the Battle of Britain and the Blitz that followed. She was not yet 20 when she joined the RAF as a special duties cle...

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Advertisement It was the fighter plane that flew in the more famous Spitfires shadow during the Second World War, even though it downed more Nazi planes.  Armed with cannons and bombs, the Hawker Hurricane was responsible for 55 per cent of the RAFs air victories over Luftwaffe pilots and around 70 per cent of kills during the Battle of Britain.  Now, a new documentary shows the moment the daughter of a World War Two Hurricane pilot takes to the skies in her fathers plane.   Eugenie Brooks,...

The hidden history behind 19 Lincolnshire RAF airfields from the Second World War Some are still well known names while some have disappeared into the mists of time The abandoned RAF North Coates as it is now with the main runway running east towards the sea During the Second World War, Lincolnshire became an important part of the allied war machine with its flat landscape proving a perfect staging ground for around 50 RAF bases during the conflict. Such was the importance of the area to the ...

1/1 Prince Philip made many visits to York and North Yorkshire over the years as our picture gallery shows PRINCE Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, made several memorable visits to York and North Yorkshire over his seven decades as the Queens consort. The first was in 1949, just two years after his wedding to Princess Elizabeth, and three before she became Queen. Our picture shows him – as tradition dictated – walking behind the Princess alongside the civic party through St...

Air Commodore Peter Malam Brothers destroyed 16 enemy aircraft during WWII  Was veteran of Battle of France, the Battle of Britain, the Dieppe raid and D-Day Most of his kills came in 1940 when he served as one of the The Few Air Commodore Brothers was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross twice Also received the Distinguished Service Order and the CBE for bravery  

by Mike Bechthold Normal: University of Oklahoma Press, 2017. Pp. xiv, 282. Illus., maps, notes, biblio., index. $34.95. ISBN: 9780806155968 A Charismatic Air Power Pioneer The Canadian-born flying ace Raymond ‘Collie’ Collishaw (1893-1976) served in the British Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS), and subsequently, the Royal Air Force (RAF) for 28 years. During the First World War, Collishaw racked up a total of 61 confirmed air-to-air victories, which brought him into a...