Two items from the IWM this morning, both from Richard Maddox who is a volunteer at the museum. The first concerns Bomber Command generally. It is a link to Richard’s post on the IWM Volunteer website about the man who… Read More ...
Fuck the very real possibility that the two parties lock lips and hop into bed together in an orgy of cash and hatred, like Bernie Ecclestone and Jeremy Clarkson getting off on the bonnet of a Bugatti against the backdrop of a thousand baby seals weeping. That was a slightly strained analo...
Prague 3 – The Army Museum Oba letce připomíná pamětní deska veVojenském muzeu na Žižkově. Both airmen are commemorated on the memorial plaque at theArmy Museum, Žižkov, Prague. ___ Prague 6 – Dejvice : Oba letce připomínáé naPamátníku padlých československ...
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Astonished to see four Allied aircrew in the enemy plane a member of the RAF crash boat team tasked with towing them to St Paul’s Bay is reported to have said “We thought it was old Mussolini coming to give himself up!” RAF ‘Crash Boat’ Feeling a little guilty that the Itali...
Island and a Franciscan monastery. After sightseeing the monastery and the museum, the boat will bring us back to the shore where we’ll have a beach break for our picnic lunch. On our way back to Skradin we have a magnificent ride downhill with a scenic view over the Prokljan Lake....
• shared information with the RAF Museum to put together the successful exhibition 'Pilots of the Caribbean' • been presented at a Bomber Command tribute in the House of Lords in 2010 All this without financial backing or official affiliation. ...
Nishio was a charter member of the Japanese American National Museum, a board member of the Japanese American Cultural and Community Center, and an advisor to Kizuna, an organization striving to nurture the next generation of Japanese American leaders. He also worked with the Manzanar Committee, ...
“Tattoos in Japanese Prints,” on view from May 31 to Aug. 18 at the Asian Art Museum, 200 Larkin St. in San Francisco, recounts how large-scale, densely composed pictorial tattoos — what we now recognize as a distinctly Japanese style — emerged in 19th-century Japan in tandem with ...
[Photo’s copyright Imperial War Museum] Letter by G.H. Gilbert a.k.a. ‘Taffy’, Mr. Pereira’s navigator, describing his time with the RAF during WW2. More details about this letter in the 3rd comment below. (Click on images to enlarge) ...