Articles Tagged with "People"
Added during 2011
2011-03-14
‘It’s scintillatingly exciting’: Britain’s only female Spitfire pilot on her … – Daily Mail ‘It’s scintillatingly exciting’: Britain’s only female Spitfire pilot on her ...
2011-02-11
Vladimir Urbanek sent us his new Spitfire artwork, illustrating Czech connections in the history of the Israeli Air Force. The artwork shows the famous ...
2011-01-25
No. 485 Squadron RNZAF, a Spitfire unit, was the first RNZAF squadron formed under the Empire Air Training Scheme and served in Europe under the operational command of the RAF.
2011-01-17
Found in the recent press: PM David Cameron backs plans for Spitfire memorial in Southampton Prime Minister David Cameron throws his support behind plans to ...
Added during 2010
2010-09-08
5 September 1940 Leutnant Franz von Werra was one of several Luftwaffe personalities who rose from obscurity to fame in a space of merely ...
2010-08-23
16 August 1940 Of the two main British fighter types participating in the Battle of Britain, the rugged Hawker Hurricane was notorious for its ...
2010-08-12
4 August 1940 In the late afternoon of 4 August 1940, Polish pilot Witold Urbanowicz arrived by car in front of the officers’ mess ...
2010-08-03
3 August 1940 During the first phase of the air battle in July, Dowding’s Fighter Command, although desperately short of pilots, had beaten the ...
2010-07-24
24 July 1940 Margate was a seaside town which for over a century had attracted crowds of Londoners by its wide beaches and amusement facilities. In the morning of ...
2010-07-14
13-14 June On these days, one could sit all day on top of the medieval walls of the Dover Castle and watch the steam ...
