The Lancaster bombers of 61 Squadron thundered down the runway into the gathering gloom on yet another one of their relentless crusades and the early Autumn air was alive with the mix of mown fields and aviation exhaust fumes. That year had been quite a warm one in England and drier than average conditions in […]
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On a warm spring morning in April 1943, a sardine fisherman spotted the corpse of a British soldier floating in the sea off the coast of Spain and set in train a course of events that would change the course of the Second World War. Operation Mincemeat was the most successful wartime deception ever attempted,
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The North American Aviation P-51 Mustang is an American long-range, single-seat fighter and fighter-bomber used during World War II and the Korean War, among other conflicts. The Mustang was designed in April 1940 by a design team headed by James Kindelberger of North American Aviation (NAA) in response to a requirement of the British Purchasing Commission. The Purchasing Commission approached North American Aviation to build Curtiss P-40 fighters under license
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Holiday Inn – 1942 Christmas can’t begin until Bing Crosby sings ‘White Christmas’, and he is joined here by a bevy of famous faces from the 1940’s movie world. Jim Hardy (Crosby) and Ted Hanover (Fred Astaire) have performed together for many years. But when Ted announces that he and Jim’s girlfriend, dancer Lila Dixon
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Winter Wonderland, Perry Como Included on the album ‘Perry Como Sings Merry Christmas Music’ this is still one of the most recognised versions of this popular Christmas song. Originally written by Felix Bernard and lyricist Richard Bernhard Smith in 1937, ‘Winter Wonderland’ was a top ten hit for Perry Como in 1946 and has been
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