A Royal Air Force Wing Commander has described how Second World War Spitfire pilots might have used their airborne skills to tip V1 Flying Bombs out of the sky to bring them down. The tactic has become the subject of urban legend, with many social media commentators discussing if the method is simply aContinue reading “How Spitfire Pilots Really ‘Rammed’ a V1 Bomb Out Of The Sky Did Spitfires actually nudge Flying Bombs mid-air? 11th June 2019 at 12:58pm”
Monthly Archives: March 2021
How Marks & Spencer Bought A Spitfire In The War The story of how the 1941 workforce at M&S gave their own money to help defend the skies over Britain James Wharton 5th March 2021 at 9:18am
Marks & Spencer staff members raised enough money to purchase a Mk V Spitfire. It was named The Marksman. Credit: Marks & Spencer Company Archive. In the midst of the Second World War Blitz, the workers of Marks & Spencer decided to unite and raise money to help the national war effort. Over the WinterContinue reading “How Marks & Spencer Bought A Spitfire In The War The story of how the 1941 workforce at M&S gave their own money to help defend the skies over Britain James Wharton 5th March 2021 at 9:18am”
Spitfire’s Final Victory? Its Legacy What was it about the WWII fighter plane that ensured its status as an icon? James Wharton 5th March 2021 at 9:17am
There are some contenders to the claim of most iconic invention of the twentieth century. It was 100 years of non-stop advancement along the path of innovation fuelled by two world wars. Conflicts that had come and gone before even the halfway point of the century. Most technological ‘moments’ that followed 1945 can traceContinue reading “Spitfire’s Final Victory? Its Legacy What was it about the WWII fighter plane that ensured its status as an icon? James Wharton 5th March 2021 at 9:17am”
Spitfire: In The Skies For 85 Years The aircraft is celebrating the 85th anniversary of its first flight 5th March 2021 at 10:24am
A photo-reconnaissance blue Spitfire PL983 ‘L’, which toured the country last year in tribute to the NHS. Credit Aircraft Restoration Company On March 5th, 85 years ago, the Spitfire took to the skies for its maiden flight. The first flight took off from Eastleigh Airfield in Hampshire, and now, famous for the dog fightsContinue reading “Spitfire: In The Skies For 85 Years The aircraft is celebrating the 85th anniversary of its first flight 5th March 2021 at 10:24am”
USNS Cape Kennedy & USNS Cape Knox – New_Orleans
USNS Cape Kennedy & USNS Cape Knox – New_Orleans USNS Cape Kennedy (T-AKR 5083) & USNS Cape Knox are two of the United States Military Sealift Command’s 27 Roll-on/Roll-off Ships and two of the 44 Ready Reserve Force (RRF) ships in the Sealift Program Office. from JC’s Naval, Maritime and Military News https://ift.tt/3e76RFD via IFTTT
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