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When Willi Messerschmitt’s all-metal Bf109 made its maiden flight in 1935, bi-plane fighters were consigned to history – monoplanes were the future.
Honed by the Condor Legion during the Spanish Civil War and put into practice in the conquest of Poland, the Messerschmitt Bf109 was one of the most advanced fighters of its time; well-armed with an all-metal monocoque...
COMMEMORATING THE FIRST WORLD WAR 1914 – 1918
The Third Battle of Ypres began on 31 July 1917 and was planned as a great Allied offensive that would drive the enemy back to the North Sea, allowing the capture of German-occupied ports in Belgium from where U-Boats were taking their toll of both the Royal Navy and merchant shipping. It was hoped the offensive would...
On the night of 16 / 17 May 1943, in one of the most daring low-level missions of the war, the men of newly-formed 617 Squadron, under the command of Guy Gibson, attacked the great dams of the Ruhr. The story of their audacious raid gained the squadron immediate fame and thereafter they would be known simply as the ‘Dambusters’.
But for the hundreds of airmen who followed...
COMMEMORATING THE FIRST WORLD WAR 1914 – 1918
The Third Battle of Ypres began on 31 July 1917 and was planned as a great Allied offensive that would drive the enemy back to the North Sea, allowing the capture of German-occupied ports in Belgium from where U-Boats were taking their toll of both the Royal Navy and merchant shipping. It was hoped the...
