As the designer of the Lancaster, the RAF’s workhouse heavy bomber of WW2, Roy Chadwick deserves to be lauded as a ‘Great’; it was his invention that delivered perhaps the most famed precision air ...
A remarkable woman who worked with Lancaster Bombers during the war is turning 100 years old. Edith Wade was born on December ...
The Yorkshire Air Museum, Elvington, has reflected on a busy 2024 - which saw them celebrate the 80th anniversary of D-Day.
she was called for military service and went to work at Avro in Lincoln - the designer and maker of the great Lancaster Bomber. She remembers the damaged planes coming back to Lincoln where the ...
A "very rare" private collection of memorabilia commemorating the World War II Dambusters hero Guy Gibson is to be auctioned ...
Bill Parfitt has his own variation on the old saying, “War is hell.” As he celebrated 100 years on the planet, the World War ...
The best hidden gem according to users is the Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre, an aviation museum in East Kirkby. Home ...
Start the new year off the right way by picking a couple of winners in the eight-race Wednesday meeting at Canterbury.
Over the years the county's RAF bases have closed and become abandoned or forgotten for numerous reasons, from being no longer needed after the war to simply changing location. Here are some of Dorset ...
As the title suggests Matt Smith's first Christmas special as The Doctor in 2010 was loosely based on the classic Charles Dickens tale. When his companions Amy Pond (Karen Gillen) and Rory Williams ...
D-Day marked the beginning of the end of the Second World War, a period of our history captured on screen in all its guts and glory. Graeme Ross sticks his head above the ...
The Glengarry Historical Society presents the story of Glengarry’s Dougald MacGillivray, a World War II hero who was awarded ...