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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Veterans campaign for a memorial for Norfolk WW2 shipwreck
A new campaign has been launched for a Norfolk memorial to the Royal Navy sailors of HMS Umpire, a submarine sunk off the coast in one of the ...
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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Great Explorers: Gunther Pluschow
Depending on your perspective, German aviator and Patagonia explorer Gunther Pluschow was either phenomenally lucky, or phenomenally unlucky.
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He 162: Germany’s Desperate Wooden Jet That Kept Failing
Designed in a rush and built from wood, the Heinkel He 162 was Nazi Germany’s last-ditch attempt at a jet fighter—but it was plagued with problems. Rushed into combat, it struggled to stay in ...
Last surviving RAF fighter ace from the Battle of Britain dies at 105
The last surviving Royal Air Force fighter pilot who fought in the Battle of Britain in 1940 during World War II has died. He was 105 years old.
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 ...
Farewell to the last of The Few... we shall not see their like again
As the last surviving Battle of Britain fighter pilot 'Paddy' Hemingway dies at the age of 105, a glorious chapter closes in ...
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The Initial Aerial Victories of the Axis and Allies in World War II
Also, in the pre-dawn hours of Sept. 1, 1939, a mixture of Heinkel He 111’s, Junkers Ju 87B’s, and Dornier Do 17E aircraft from Lufflotte 4 (Air Fleet 4) took to the skies to attack Polish ...