Farmer James Thompson fined £20k for damaging WW2 monument An elderly farmer has been fined £20,000 for damaging a World War Two monument in...
Service Number: 77799 Rank: Flight Lieutenant Name: Ronald William ARMSTRONG, MiD Unit: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve London Gazette : 2...
What it says on the tin. I have reasonable info on German radar during the period, but sweet FA on the RAF. I know they used radar, and that...
My father left me a set of tape recordings of his experiences in WW2, recorded on a cassette recorder when he was in his 60's. At the time I was a...
Hello, In battle summary no 39, operation Neptune, 6th june 1944... in section 43, there is talk about QM and QH radar systems. Apparently those...
A review by Dr. Robert Lyman:What do the code-names Grocer, Cigar, Jostle, Pieprack, Bagful, Blonde, Boozer, Barbara, Barbarossa, Bernhard and...
I have long used old postcards particularly from the late 1940s and 1950s as a way of identifying the exact locations and nature of a number of...
RAAF 211 Radar Station at Charlie’s Hill became operational in late 1943, and was one of five British-designed Advanced Chain Overseas (ACO) radar...
Some titles in their sale: Covert Radar and Signals Interception: The Secret Career of Eric Ackermann Eric George Ackermann GM: Covert Radar and...
The RN has closed the CHC with immediate effect. Despite already having been shut throughout COVID no respite has been granted. The collection...
I appreciate this unit has had a little coverage on the forum - I'd like to make a list of casualties: here are three,...
Award-winning British author and war correspondent Damien Lewis used salvaged British War archival material to create the thrilling narrative of...
I was watching the BBC's coverage of 'Remembrance Sunday: The Cenotaph' posted on the iPlayer. A lady, Jenny Cameron, WAAF (aged 95) interviewed...
Hi all I’m trying to understand what British radar units were in use overseas and their capabilities, especially around 1940-42. Searching on the...
I am reading a book about 458 Sqn RAAF Wellingtons operating on night convoy and anti-submarine patrols over the Med. There are references to the...
Hello all. I never knew my step-grandfather very well but at his funeral, many moons ago, I learned that he had been a Spitfire pilot during WWII...
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