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How the Hawker Hurricane Saved Britain During World War II
The Hawker Hurricane was not as attractive or streamlined as the Spitfire, and it failed to capture the public’s respect in ...
Why a U.S. Navy captain ordered a military funeral for a kamikaze pilot during WWII's Battle of Okinawa
On April 11, 1945, a Japanese pilot slammed his Zero fighter plane into the USS Missouri and ignited a fireball during the ...
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Remembering John ‘Paddy’ Hemingway: Dublin-born pilot was last survivor of Battle of Britain
John “Paddy” Hemingway, who died on St Patrick’s Day aged 105, was the last surviving pilot of the Battle of Britain. Born in Dublin in 1919, he joined the RAF the year before the Second ...
Fury as plans to turn historic wartime airfield into a housing estate are approved - a year after Storm Isha destroyed Grade II listed hangar
Developers have been giving the green light to build up to 315 homes on Old Sarum Airfield in Salisbury, Wiltshire. It is one ...
A US Navy captain ordered a military funeral for a kamikaze pilot during WWII. Here’s why.
PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (AP) — A Japanese pilot slammed his Zero fighter plane into the USS Missouri and ignited a fireball on ...
Combat drones responsible for almost 80% of all deaths in blood-soaked Ukraine conflict, Sun on Sunday probe reveals
COMBAT drones have now become the dominant killer on the battlefields of Ukraine, The Sun on Sunday can reveal. Up to 80 per ...
Combat drones responsible for almost 80 per cent of all casualties in Ukraine conflict
COMBAT drones have now become the dominant killer on the battlefields of Ukraine, The Sun on Sunday can reveal. Up to 80 per ...
The disaster of the summer of 1941: and yet — why did it happen?
Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev was the first to declare Stalin's personal and comprehensive guilt for the failures of our ...
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Kent in the Second World War
A novice pilot was added to the list of Churchill’s famous ‘Few' in 2020 after it was discovered he fought in the Battle of Britain. The son of a fireman who battled blazes during the Blitz ...