Remembering today RAF pilot Trevor Hordley and all those who lost their lives with Bomber Command countering the German V-weapons. Overnight, 80 years ago, Bomber…
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For the Bomber Command Act of Remembrance Service on 30 June 2024 at the Bomber Command Memorial, The Green Park, London, I was asked to…
Don’t forget the bomber boys. Last night, 80 years ago, Bomber Command carried out a mass attack against German V1 flying bomb launch sites in…
One of the least recognised contributions by Bomber Command to Operation Overlord and the success of the D-Day landings was the arming of the French…
Tuesday 26th March 2024 An early start, and pretty much alone as I walk the Eder Dam. Except for a sound that has accompanied me…
Monday 25th March 2024 On the outskirts of Nordhausen there is a small memorial at the side of the road, in an industrial estate. It…
Sunday 24th March 2024 I had been to the 70th and 75th commemorations and no doubt the number of people attending has grown. This time…
Saturday 23rd March 2024 It is quite some gathering of military vehicles at the Stalag Luft III museum in Żagań, Poland. Tanks and armoured vehicles…
Friday 22nd March 2024 From the hotel it is a short walk to the centre of Dresden, which was almost completely destroyed by the RAF…
Thursday 21st March 2024. If there was anything good to take away from the visit to Buchenwald concentration camp it was seeing the number of…