Last Battle of Britain pilot Paddy Hemingway's amazing escapes before death aged 105
Battle of Britain pilot Paddy Hemingway, who served from the first day of the Second World War to the very last and was shot ...
Sole surviving Battle of Britain hero John ‘Paddy’ Hemingway who was shot down four times dies aged 105
THE last of The Few has died, age 105. Group Captain John “Paddy” Hemingway had been the sole surviving pilot from the Battle ...
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The Initial Aerial Victories of the Axis and Allies in World War II
1, 1939, a mixture of Heinkel He 111’s, Junkers Ju 87B’s ... the latter armed with a flexible mount 7.9 mm MG 15 machine gun. Forward-firing armaments included twin 7.9 mm MG 17 machine ...
The Gloster Meteor: A Closer Look At Britain's 1st Jet Fighter
This article investigates Britain's first jet fighter. Also, a member of an RAF unit that worked on the Meteor tells about a ...
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Today in Aviation History: First Flight of the Messerschmitt Me 321 Gigant
When the prototype was ready for test flights, the glider had a wingspan of 55 meters (180 feet 5 inches) a wing area of 300 square meters (3,200 square feet), a fuselage length of 28.15 meters ...
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Operation Gauntlet: The Destruction of Mines, Coal, and Stations in Svalbard During World War II
The Arctic archipelago of Svalbard, belonging to Norway, is famous for being home to the Global Seed Vault and for having ...
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Ontario judge suggests man, 52, was ‘flirting’ when he sent girl, 15, explicit porn videos
According to a Windsor judge, a 52-year-old man may simply have been engaging in “flirtatious activity” when he sent pornographic videos to his friend’s 15-year-old daughter. That’s what ...
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Killer who attacked defenceless victim as he slept jailed for at least 15 years
A murderer who brutally attacked his defenceless victim as he slept has been told he must serve 15 years in prison before he can be considered for release. Belfast Crown Court heard that the injuries ...