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From supporting the Dunkirk evacuations to playing a significant role in the story of Titanic.

French Prime Minister Paul Reynaud (pictured with Churchill in 1950) pleaded with his counterpart to provide more air support as the German Blitzkrieg rolled on during the Battle of France in June 1940.

He later trained as a pilot with the RAF in Cambridge using Tiger Moth and Oxford aircraft. When the RAF reserve group was disbanded in 1953, he gained his civil pilot licences to continue flying. He was due to fly a real-life 1930s Tiger Moth on his birthday, but 40mph gusts grounded Ted and his team. Instead, he flew a virtual Boeing 737 out of Stansted Airport using a simulator at Andrewsfield Aerodrome. The passenger jet was first manufactured in the 1960s and is still produced today. More than 10,000 737s have been produced over the last five-and-a-half decades. With more settled summe...

A SHIP that saved hundreds of lives in the Second World War, sank twice, was rescued from a watery grave and made thousands of holidaymakers happy on Loch Lomond is to have a new purpose, and a new home near Glasgow. Who remembers the Skylark IX? Skylark IX at Portobello Beach. She also served as a pleasure boat on Loch Lomond. Built as a pleasure boat in 1934, Skylark IX became one of the famous Dunkirk Little Ships in May 1940 when she served during Operation Dynamo, the mission to save 338,000 Allied soldiers from Dunkirk. (She is one of only two Operation Dynamo ships to survive...

Decorated veteran Roy Vickerman passed away in his sleep last week after being unable to shake a cough following a chest infection. He was set to marry his childhood sweetheart Nora Jackson.