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Added during 2011
2011-12-23
In October 2011, a group of amateur aviation historians have unearthed the wreckage of a Spitfire in Northern France near the village of Hardifort. Its discovery was accidental: a film crew making a World War Two documentary was excavating what they believed was the wreckage of a downed Czech aircraft when they realised that they came across a different crash site...
2011-12-16
On Friday, December 2, 2011, Henry Lafont, the last veteran among the 13 French fighter pilots who participated in the Battle of Britain, passed ...
2011-12-09
Events commemorate death of World War II aviator and poet John Gillespie Magee, US citizen and RCAF fighter pilot who is said to have been inspired to his most famous verse after flying a high-altitude test flight in a Spitfire.
2011-12-07
Dad and the ride from Pearl Harbor – Bennington Banner Dad and the ride from Pearl Harbor Bennington Banner Even at that age, I ...
2011-11-26
Recognition for Wirral Spitfire pilot shot down in Battle of Britain -- Benson Spitfire Guardian rededicated to pilot -- and more news...
2011-10-28
Wing Commander Tadeusz Sawicz – Telegraph.co.uk Wing Commander Tadeusz SawiczTelegraph.co.ukLater that year Sawicz was appointed wing leader of 131 (Polish) Fighter Wing, part of ...
2011-09-09
Pilot Officer Henry Fiddes Leech, a young RAF fighter pilot who crashed near Wattisham in Spitfire Mk I K9985 a day before the outbreak of ...
2011-08-31
Funeral Sept. 2 in Comox for Second World War Spitfire pilot – Comox Valley Record Funeral Sept. 2 in Comox for Second World War ...
2011-08-26
Hear the roar of Cold War-era jets – Lutterworth Today Hear the roar of Cold War-era jetsLutterworth TodayThe vintage aircraft played a significant role ...
2011-07-13
US airman ‘guest of the state’ after Spitfire crash in Inishowen – Derry Today US airman ‘guest of the state’ after Spitfire crash in ...
