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Aerial photograph of Tangmere airfield, 10 February 1944. Famous for its role in the Battle of Britain, RAF Tangmere holds an important place in British history. The famous Second World War aces Wing Commander Douglas Bader, and the then inexperienced Johnnie Johnson were stationed at Tangmere in 1941. It was founded in 1917 and was used as an aerodrome before being passed on to the American Air Force as a training ground in 1918.  By 1925 the station re-opened to serve the RAF's Fleet Air Arm, and went operational in 1926 with No. 43 Squadron equipped with biplane Gloster G...

Controversial low traffic neighbourhood plans across Birmingham reach crucial stage Low Traffic Neighbourhood schemes have been in place for six months across Kings Heath, Moseley, Bournville and Lozells have drawn a wide variety of opinions Updated The video will auto-play soon8Cancel Play now Subscribe When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Sometimes they’ll include recommendations for other related newsletters or services we offer. OurPrivacy Noticeexplains more about how we use your data, and your rights. You can unsubscribe at any t...

Andy Saunders didn't have much time for girlfriends as a young man; historic aviation was (and still is) a huge part of his life... I grew up very much in the era of Airfix kits, Biggles books and war comics – and it is fair to say that both model aeroplanes and ‘ripping yarns’ influenced my interests as a young lad. Feeding into that were family tales which were triggered by the latest aircraft model. For instance, my mother’s account of seeing scores and scores of B-17s heading out on daylight raids which was set off by seeing my 1/72nd scale model of the aircraft. Or an uncle viewi...

The plan for 1,300 homes near the A27 PLANS for 1,300 homes west of Tangmere  have been given the thumbs up by Chichester District Council. The site was allocated for large-scale development in the council’s 2015 local plan, but progress stalled due to disagreements between the landowners. CDC is going through the Compulsory Purchase Order process and in the meantime engaged Countryside Properties  as a development partner to bring forward a masterplan for the site. Countryside’s outline application for 1,300 homes was approved by CDC’s planning committee. This decision i...

Roger Hermiston The entrance to Kelvedon Hatch nuclear bunker in Essex - Credit: Roger Hermiston On Monday morning, March 9, 1953, a Bedford coach carrying a small contingent of national servicemen from RAF North Weald turned off the Brentwood to Chipping Ongar road, lumbered half a mile down a long, winding farm track, then disappeared into a wooded copse studded with impressive silver birch, ash and rowan trees.  The vehicle pulled up in front of a chalet-style bungalow, which did its best to blend in with its surroundings, and to a passing walker – if any had been allowed – might just...