Not far from Cambridgeshire, an RAF base on the outskirts of Leighton Buzzard played a pivotal role in WW2 and the Cold War.
As Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill said about the Royal Air Force (RAF) fighter pilots’ heroic performance in winning ...
Many a history buff is familiar with Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill’s famous quote about the Royal Air Force (RAF) ...
As Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill said about the Royal Air Force (RAF) fighter pilots’ heroic performance in winning the Battle of Britain in 1940: “Never in the field of human ...
The fierce shark teeth on some warplanes have their roots in World Wars I and II, and they continue on today. Here's why ...
The story of the mostly 554 Anglo-Argentine pilots that joined the Royal Air Force in World War II, of which 122 died ... was learning to fly fighter bombers in Pearl Harbour when the Japanese ...
Squadrons at Duxford were expanded to include Gloster Grebes and Armstrong Whitworth Siskins and the base gained distinction for the skill of its pilots ... During WW2, the UK was divided into 'groups ...
During WW2, the UK was divided into 'groups' covered by RAF Fighter Command. RAF Duxford was part of 12 Group, responsible for defending the Midlands and East Anglia, but also supported 11 Group ...
There was an unlikely reunion in Whanganui as a 71-year-old aeroplane brought together former Air Force pilots from opposite ...
Two WWII films about Squadron 303 hit cinema screens ... with specific stories generally keeping to facts. The fighter ace Witold Urbanowicz, who had achieved success in other RAF squadrons before 303 ...