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While the more plentifulHawker Hurricanelikely made a greater contribution to victory during the Battle of Britain, it was the sleek and agile Spitfire that captured the world’s imagination. In fact, the quintessential British aircraft will forever be linked with the RAF of World War Two. Howeve...
The annual Capel Military Show. Expect over 400 vehicles; re-enactment groups; parades of light vehicles, tracked vehicles and armour; battle re-enactments; car crushing; naval gun firing and a tug of war between 2 tanks and (mostly static, usually rotary wing) aircraft. ...
… *Note added May 13, 2023: I first saw this imageposted at Twitterby “WW2 Airfields Archive”. It appears to originate with Imperial War Museum.
In the years during (and leading up to) the American Revolution, anti-British sentiment was widespread through the American Colonies, especially in New England. Many ordinary colonists viewed British soldiers negatively. British soldiers were regarded by some colonists as an occupation force. Because ...
In those happy pre-war days, theatre managers always had a large box of chocolates in the royal box. But the little girls’ great ambition was to sit in the stalls or the dress circle. They had to hang over the side of the royal box, to see properly. I can still see the Duke anx...
Spitfire, the most widely produced and strategically important British single-seat fighter of World War II. The Spitfire, renowned for winning victory laurels in the Battle of Britain (1940–41) along with the Hawker Hurricane, served in every theatre of