Articles
Added in July 2008
Uncle Sam's Spitfires
Tom Cleaver tells the story of Spitfires in USAAF service.
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Added in June 2008
Early Radar Memories
Memories of one of the pioneer women operators of the British Chain Home
Radar, related by Katherine Reynolds.
Added in May 2008
1941: The Difficult Year
The year of the Circus offensive described by Air Marshal Sholto Douglas.
Part 1;
Part 2;
Part 3;
Part 4;
Part 5;
Added in April 2008
Independent Air Force -
Tracing the Origins of the RAF
An essay by Brett Holman.
A Lifetime of Aviation
About the Beginning of ACM Hugh Dowding's career in aviation. By Martin
Waligorski.
Added in March 2008
Spitfire Emerges From its Peat
Bog Grave - About Spitfire Mk. II P8563
Unearthed from the moor 66 years after its fatal crash. Report by
Elfrieda Waren.
Mr. Mitchell, Designer of
the Spitfire - In Memory of a Brilliant Mind
About Reginald Joseph Mitchell, his work and approach to aircraft
design. By John Dell.
Part 1;
Part 2
Added in February 2008
Jungle Survivor - A
Spitfire Pilot's Escape from Japanese-Occupied Borneo
The story of F/O Fred Inger, pilot of No. 457 "Grey Nurse" Squadron
RAAF. By Martin Waligorski.
Part 1;
Part 2
How Blitzkrieg Became
the Blitz
Was the London Blitz a corruption, or just another form of the German
blitzkrieg? Brett Holman explains the origins of the term.
Added in January 2008
Spitfires of the US Navy
The story of the VCS-7, US Navy's sole Spitfire unit.
Battle of Britain
in the Words of Air Chief Marshal Hugh Dowding
The commander's first-person account on the conduct of the Battle
Part 1- The
Battle;
Part 2 -
Organisation of British Defences;
Part 3 - Aircraft
and Tactics;
Part 4 -
Defending Against the Night Blitz;
Part 5 - The
Shortage of Pilots
Added in December 2007
RAF Airfields in Mainland
Europe, 1944-45
Charting Royal Air Force airfields on the continent, from D-Day to the end
of hostilities in Europe.
Introduction;
Part 1 - Normandy;
Part 2 - Push Through
France
Added in September 2007
British
Aircraft Production 1938-1944 - Monthly Deliveries of New Aircraft
Fighter production in numbers compared to other types of aircraft
Part 1- Tables;
Part 2
- Diagrams
From
Peace to War - Royal Air Force Rearmament Programme, 1934-1940
Chronology and turns of the rearmament of the Royal Air Force in the
years prior to World War II
Part 1;
Part 2;
Part 3
Added in August 2007
The
Development of Rolls-Royce Merlin Engine
A short development history of one of the most celebrated piston
aero engines of all time, from Kestrel to Merlin III.