The year 1944, the month June, the day the 6th. The commencement of the invasion of Europe with Operation Neptune to ...
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On 26 November 2003 Concorde G-BOAF flew into Filton near Bristol, arriving for preservation with British Aerospace. ...
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Born in 1942, I obviously have few memories of WWII but one remains vivid. It is also the first distinct memory I hav...
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22 August 2023
In the annals of aviation history, few aircraft have left a permanent mark like the Avro Lancaster and the Avro Vulca...
25 May 2023
Barnes Wallis
The concept for the Dambusters raid was first proposed early in World War II by aeronauti...
31 March 2023
The maiden flight was on 2 March 1969. Some seven months later, on 1 October 1969, Concorde prototype 001 made the ty...
12 October 2020
January 1947 – Clement Attlee’s government had made the decision that Britain required an independent nuc...
28 August 2020
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31 July 2020
The Potsdam Conference was held near Berlin on 17 July 1945, the day after the Trinity test, and was to run until 2 A...
24 April 2020