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FOLLOWING the recent news (see the Free Press of June 13) that in the event of a nuclear attack on Britain the Prime Minster ...
It had lain underwater after accidental magazine explosions sank the battleship HMS Vanguard at Scapa Flow in 1917.
Defence minister Maria Eagle confirmed to Parliament that a competition will be opened to replace the venerable ...
An Antiques Roadshow expert was "astounded" by the brave actions of a young guest's grandfather during the Second World War ...
“We didn’t do it for recognition. We did it out of duty to one another and to our country.” Those are the humble words of Pfc. John Wardell, 99, as he and U.S. Army Ranger veterans from World War II ...
A Second World War plane has returned to an RAF base for the first time in 79 years. The De Havilland Tiger Moth was a regular sight in the skies over RAF Bottisham during The Second World War ...
Entries for the auction close on August 1. The RAF's Pathfinder Force was an elite group of target-marking squadrons in Bomber Command during the Second World War.
As luck would have it, I stumbled upon a U.K. National Archives podcast dated June 11, 2014, titled “The untold story of the RAF’s black Second World War fliers over Europe,” whereupon I ...
Cosford's RAF Museum is inviting families to step back in time during its 'World War Two Week' this May half-term. Running between May 24 and June 1, the RAF Midlands Museum in Cosford is offering ...
The unique CZ 75 RAF edition was designed to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War. It consists of just 56 pieces that pay tribute to the Czechoslovaks who fought for our ...
One of Plymouth’s last surviving World War Two veterans has unveiled a memorial to the fallen in a ceremony held yesterday to coincide with the 80th anniversary of VE Day. Ivor Foster, now 99 ...