Looted Leather and WWII Tires: How Doc Martens Came to Be
In 1945, while recovering from an ankle injury he got while skiing in Bavaria, Doctor Maertens discovered that a new use for ...
The decoy sites designed to fool Hitler's bombers
It was a plan designed to fool Hitler's bombers - four pieces of land in north Staffordshire transformed to look like fake ...
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National Air and Space Museum Reveals Historic Paint Scheme For Messerschmitt Bf 109
The National Air and Space Museum has unveiled the Messerschmitt Bf 109, now displayed in the historic colors of Jagdgeschwader 4 (JG 4), the unit to which this aircraft was assigned during World War ...
WWII veteran from Lisburn is honoured with RAF flypast to mark his 100th birthday
A World War II veteran celebrating his 100th birthday on Sunday was honoured a few days early with a special flypast by an ...
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These Polish Warplanes Fought the Nazi Invasion Until the Very End
The occupation of Poland may have turned out to be the last hurrah of Polish warplanes during WWII, but not the Polish combat pilots, more specifically the ones that escaped into exile in Great ...
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Chalfont St Giles circus director who spied for Britain in WWII
The Bertram Mills Circus, founded by Bertram Wagstaff Mills of Chalfont St Giles, was world famous for half a century.
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A look into the remarkable life of Tuskegee Airman Harry Stewart
Archer Jr. and Harry Stewart stood out for bringing down three German aircraft in a single mission. Of those, Stewart went on to take part in the United States Air Force's first "Top Gun" competition ...
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Zelenskyy to lead Ukraine’s delegation at Munich Security Conference which JD Vance will attend
“But to look to us as a very important and very interesting strategic partner in the future” Ukrainian forces struck an airfield in southern Russia that was being used to launch Iran-designed ...