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Added in June 2010
2010-06-10
Operation Torch, the Allied landings in North Africa, was followed by the Battle of Bone, a fierce aerial conflict which curiously remains one of the lesser known aerial battles of World War II.
Added in April 2010
2010-04-30
Contemporary public reactions to the spectacle of the Battle of Britain - traced by Brett Holman.
2010-04-12
“The donor of £5,000 is entitled to name an aircraft. So long as it remains in service it bears that name; when its life ...
2010-04-12
England, 1942. Sqn/Ldr Don Andrews, the CO of No. 453 Squadron RAAF, pictured with his dog, named Sprog. [Jack Yarra, via Australian War Memorial] ...
2010-04-12
The biggest Airfix Spitfire model ever, assembled and painted, is rolled out from the hangar at Cosford The Airfix Spitfire made its way to ...
2010-04-12
This is the front cover of a book by J. M. Spaight on British airpower, called The Sky’s the Limit. It was published in ...
2010-04-12
Australian Spitfire pilots. From left, Flying Officer Ken E.D. Bassett , Flight Lieutenant P. St. J. Makin and Flying Officer J.H. Bisley, 1943. [National ...
2010-04-12
Presentation Spitfire LF Mk. IX “EL QUEQUEISQE”. Photograph most probably taken at the point of delivery from CBAF. [Rafael Ruiz coll.] Click to enlarge ...
2010-04-12
As a casual military history buff and a previous operator of the USAF’s radar platform, the E-3 AWACS, I have always been keenly appreciative ...
2010-04-12
Many RAF units during the war adopted animal mascots, but none of them gained such fame as the famous goat of No. 609 (West Riding) Squadron.