Battle of Britain | War History

Top Ten Battles of All Time

Wars start because of power struggles, and while many become forgotten, others change the destinies of entire nations. Still others shape the world we live in,…

Mosquito Pilot Survived Being Shot Down, Joined Dutch Resistance To Continue The Fight

Many World War II veterans have extraordinary stories to tell about their survival or their experience of being in a deadly fight.  Survivors have received…

German Maps Reveal Interesting Facts About Operation ‘Sealion’

A never before published set of German maps have revealed some interesting facts about the Nazi plans to cross the English Channel and invade Britain.…

How One of the World’s Biggest WWII Aircraft Collections Went On Sale

A Texas collector was the owner of one of the biggest World War Two aircraft collections. This was little known since it had been a…

Spitfire comes to rescue of Vulcan bomber at Scottish Airshow

The Scottish Airshow based out of Prestwick airport featured the last flying Vulcan bomber. As the bomber came into land it experienced a nose wheel…

Looking Back On The Hunt For The Buried Spitfires

Some years ago an aircraft enthusiast got media coverage around the world by claiming the existence of a mysterious Spitfire burial ground in Myanmar, which…

Polish Fighter Pilots of World War II

On the outskirts of London, not far from the Royal Air Force base at Northolt, stands the Polish war memorial. A well-known local landmark, the…

BATTLE OF BRITAIN – RAF Operations Manual – Review by Mark Barnes

Despite bouts of airport shutting fog and dollops of rain this is turning out to be something of an Indian summer here in sunny Essex.…

RAF Pilot Ray Holmes Who RAMMED a German Bomber To Stop It Hitting Buckingham Palace

Let us recall the story of daring RAF pilot Ray Holmes and how his downing of a German Dornier 17 bomber near Buckingham Palace become one…

Top Ten Battles of All Time

Wars start because of power struggles, and while many become forgotten, others change the destinies of entire nations. Still others shape the world we live in,…

A Summer of Syncronized Airshows over England

In commemoration of the 75th Anniversary of the Battle of Britain,  Eighteen World War II fighter planes took to the skies over the United Kingdom…

HAWKER HURRICANE SURVIVORS – Review by Mark Barnes

We haven’t taken a stroll down Grub Street for a while. I confess I have been using another book they sent me as reference material…