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Take a minute to look at this video, each one of these tiny aircraft on this glass sculpture represents a USAAF aircraft that was lost flying from Great Britain during WW2 🇺🇸🇬🇧

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Have we sunk so low as a country that the Met Police do not know the significance of the Cenotaph . It is not a bloody hat stand

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And the @metpoliceuk totally disrespecting a National memorial 😡😡😡😡 get a fkn grip

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Today got invited along to a memorial service and Headstone Dedication in Kedington to a local lad George Smith who in 1943 aged 20 went to the aid of the crew of a Stirling Bomber that had crashed in the village. He rescued one man but on returning to the aircraft to rescue 1/2

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At the End of the War Bristol Aircraft Factory worker Ralph Nelson used this Mk1 Blenheim cockpit to make an electric car that he drove around the City for 10 years. It is now the cockpit of the restored and only flying MK1 Blenheim 🇬🇧

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Wing Commander Ken Wallis DSO MBE. WW2 Bomber Command and inventor. Builder of Autogyros, at one time held 34 flying World Records

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Today 80 years on after six years of raising money the people of the Kedington Air Memorial Group rectified that 🙂

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Last year bumped into this fella 10 miles from home. The last time I had got this close was 40 years ago on a windswept airfield 8000 miles away 🙂

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With the release of 'Masters of the Air' it's worthwhile looking at this stunning tribute to the lost men of the USAAF in Great Britain during WW2 #MastersOfTheAir

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Take a minute to look at this video, each one of these tiny aircraft on this glass sculpture represents a USAAF aircraft that was lost flying from Great Britain during WW2 🇺🇸🇬🇧

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Last man of the original LRDG. Former SAS and MI6 agent, 103 years old Mike Sadler passes away. Obituary ⬇️

Mike Sadler, last of the wartime SAS ‘Originals’ and their principal navigator – obituary

He astro-navigated 18 Jeeps across 70 miles of desert without lights or maps – then inadvertently drove through the pursuing German column

www.telegraph.co.uk

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U Boat Pens. Still looking sinister 80 years on

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A Medal that you do not see very often these days as the last veterans are in ther 80s and 90s. 70 years ago this year the Korean war ended. Nearly 1100 British KIA with 81000 serving

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On this day 1805 the Royal Navy defeated the combined fleets of the the French and Spanish Navies at Trafalgar

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With this kit you are going to go 8000 miles to a far off Island in the middle of Winter and evict 15000 Argentinians 🇬🇧🙂

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Unbelievable 😂😂😂 I think the Ox and Bucks got waved through in '44 🙂

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Video: British paras jumping into Normandy are greeted by French customs

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Most probably the best 1970s picture ever Peter Arnold (Mr Spitfire) with one of his rescued Aircraft Be more like Peter in 2024 🙂

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Lord 'Ken' Clarke comes out of this enquiry appallingly, he should be stripped of his title

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Terrible news to hear of the loss of the B17 'Texas Raiders' and five crew in an air accident in Dallas Yesterday (The Aircraft was painted in the colours of the 381st Bomb Group that was based at RAF Ridgewell, Essex during WW2)

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An amazing Gentleman. John Cruickshank VC our last living WW2 VC recipient

BRITISH History - On This Day

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Happy Birthday to Flight Lieutenant John Cruickshank VC 🇬🇧 104 today. Born #onthisday 20 May 1920. John Alexander Cruickshank VC is a Scottish former banker, former Royal Air Force officer, & a Second World War recipient of the Victoria Cross (VC). Cruickshank was awarded the

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Reading about WW2 Arctic Convoys at the moment. Never realised how many German U Boats were sunk by Rocket firing Fairey Swordfish aircraft flown from the escort carriers. Extremely successful

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WW2 B17 Flying Fortress Ball Turret. Extremely cramped and would quickly fill with fumes and spent shell casings when in action. There was no room for a parachute and no escape unless the hatch was correctly aligned with the Aircraft 🇺🇸🙏

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Went to look at a job today. Not often you see a Packard Merlin from a crashed Mustang in someone's barn 🙂

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2/3 the next man he trod on a power cable that had been downed when the aircraft crashed. George Smith was killed instantly. George was a member of the Home Guard but because he was not considered to be on duty at the time he was never given a headstone by the authorities

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Well the 1955 Scammell Explorer is finished, What do you think ? 🙂

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James Ward VC Climbed out on to the wing of his stricken Wellington Bomber to attempt to extinguish a fire that endangered the aircraft

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The Greatest Scammell Photo ever 🇬🇧🙂

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Armoured Regiment, British Army, Cold War Era 🇬🇧

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When you land on the wrong Aircraft carrier 🙂

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You just never know what is in someone's Garage 🙂

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Omaha Beach 1951

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Armour off out early this morning heading out towards Driel #MarketGarden75

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Nothing to see here, just a Scammell Explorer towing a TSR2 🇬🇧

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'The Fighting Temeraire' by Joseph Turner 1838 One of the last ships to take part in the Battle of Trafalgar being towed up the Thames to the breakers yard

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Probably the best Lancaster photo that I have ever seen

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Lancasters in the mist

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Still useful 70 years on 🇬🇧

🪖Military news

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⚡️🇬🇧British light armored reconnaissance vehicle Ferret Mk.1 of the 50s in use by the 🇺🇦Ukrainian military

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Just got myself a Parrot.....all the way from Germany 😁

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The Ferret is out 🙂 🇬🇧

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40 years ago today the Battle of Goose Green. 2nd Battalion Parachute Regiment defeated a much larger Argentine force in a hard won Victory that set the tone for the rest of the Falklands campaign. Memorial to the fallen overlooking the Battlefield (1984)

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HMS London returns to dock after trying to free HMS Amethyst during the Yangtse incident 1949. Damage received from Communist Chinese guns visible

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RIP Haverhill DDay Veteran Harry Bowdrey who sadly passed away this week. Harry was a landing craft crewman (LCA) on HMS Prince Baudouin. Assigned to take US Rangers into Omaha Beach as part of Assault Group 04. Harry was a Great character and very proud of his Navy Service

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Cold War RAF Bloodhound Missile site

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Sherman's start heading off #MarketGarden75

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As it is the Anniversary of the Battle of Rorkes Drift I thought that I would get the 1875 Martini Henry out for a clean up. It is an Enfield made MK2, but would have originally been made as a MK1

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RAF Bomber command lost more men in one night on the 1944 raid to Nuremberg than Fighter command did in the whole of the Battle of Britain

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Gun Manufacture, Royal Arsenal Woolwich

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On to the Ferry #MarketGarden75

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Just about to start watching the box set of Band of Brothers, never watched the series. Even though I worked at Hatfield Airfield when they were filming it there🙂

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My life is complete. Now the proud owner of a 1942 Bedford MW 🇬🇧🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂

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Terrific Gesture Ireland 👏👏

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Actor Donald Pleasence OBE served with Bomber command as a wireless operator during WW2. He completed nearly 60 missions before his aircraft was shot down over France, he was then imprisoned in Stalag luft 1 for the remainder of the war 🇬🇧

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My lovely Daughter Naomi got married today. We are having such a terrific day 🙂🎉🎉🎉

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RAF 29 Sqn Phantom on recently completed runway constructed by Royal Engineers 1982, Falkland Islands. Port Stanley in background

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Runway built at Port Stanley by Royal Engineers in 1982. Had to clear UXBs, unload equipment from ships, build port, fuel systems, start quarry, all from scratch. Completed in four months.

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The 100 Ton Armstrong Gun, Malta. It took the Royal Engineers 6 months to get it from the Docks and positioned in the Fort. It fired a 1 Ton shell

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British made paper based fuel drop Tanks, 359th Fighter Group, RAF East Wretham These were one of the unsung inventions of WW2. Helped to Change the fortunes of USAAF operations over occupied Europe

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All gone but never forgotten 🇬🇧

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Today is the first time that she has moved under her own steam for nearly 15 years. Gradually coming back to life 🇬🇧 🙂 Lots more to do

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The defenders of Rorke's Drift: B Company 2/24th Warwickshire Regiment

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40 years ago this week we completed the extended runway at Port Stanley allowing the first RAF Phantom jets to land. The Air Defence of the Falkland Islands was taken over by the RAF from the RN allowing many ships to return home

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Armour starting to move out 🇳🇱🇬🇧 #MarketGarden75

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Part of the cargo which included British Motorbikes and Bedford trucks that were lost on the SS Thistlegorm in 1941 when it was sunk by German aircraft in the Red Sea 1941 @ClubEnthusiasts

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Today is Merchant Navy Day. In WW2 alone nearly 40000 merchant navy crew perished transporting vital supplies to aid the war effort. The Merchant Navy had higher casualties than almost any other of the Armed services

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More Vehicles moving up 🇬🇧 #MarketGarden75

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Off to Normandy for #DDay75 2019

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The Red Barrows 🇬🇧🙂 @NewarkAirMus

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Recovery Ferret 🇬🇧

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Glass Memorial panel depicting USAAF B17 Flying Fortresses that were lost in combat flying from RAF Ridgewell Essex during WW2 🇺🇸🇬🇧

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1954 Daimler Ferret MK1 🇬🇧

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US Aircraft impounded after landing in neutral Switzerland during WW2

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Carry on actor Peter Butterworth was a fleet air arm pilot during WW2. He was shot down over enemy territory in 1940, he made 3 escape attempts. Ended up on Stalag 3 , covered up for the Great escapers as portrayed in the ' Horse vaulting scene'.

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We have an 🇬🇧 Army with less offroad/amphibious load carrying capability than we had sixty years ago

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There'll be some that remember these beasts,despite technology advances we've had nothing to compare since the Alvis Stalwart

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Blimey has he got an SLR. Things have got serious 🙂

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WW2 Rheinmettal 30mm MK 108 Autocanon as fitted to German fighter aircraft. On average just 4 hits on a B17 flying fortress would destroy it

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Rheinmetall High Mobility 6 tonne load carrier. Powered by MAN 8 litre turbocharged hybrid motor. ZF auto transmission. All wheel Drive UK MOD 🇬🇧 has shown interest 🙂

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I Have not got a clue ???? 🙂

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The late great actor David Niven, signed up for the Army the day after WW2 was declared, while many other British Actors stayed in Hollywood Became a Lieutenant Colonel in the Commandos and served as part of the Phantom reconnaissance unit in France after DDay 🇬🇧

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Chieftain action at Capel today 🇬🇧 Film courtesy of Mark Burley

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Finnish company Sisu make a wide range of vehicles for Finlands Army, supporting a wide range of manufacturing and design jobs in the country . Not bad for a country that has a population of 5.5m

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8pm on a freezing cold Saturday night. Gas and Nuclear power generation virtually flat out, hardly any wind generation (Gridwatch Templer)

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1st RAF Phantom to land on the newly completed Runway at Port Stanley in October 1982. This was a big moment in the future Defence of the Falkland Islands @RowlandWhite

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Not on our way to Moscow 🙂

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Task force ships in Port Stanley Harbour after end of hostilities Falklands War 1982 Front to Rear Baltic Ferry, Norland and Rangatira

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The WW2 RAF Scammell Pioneer is a beauty. Only six were made for the RAF, this one retired from service in 1960 🇬🇧

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Shoulder titles of Commonwealth nations serving with the RAF during WW2. 1/2

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This Day 1982. British Troops land on the Falkland Islands at San Carlos. Argentine Aircraft mount heavy attacks on ships of the landing force

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Bedford Trucks 1931-1986 🇬🇧 Backbone of British Military transport for many years

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The British Army are still using some armoured vehicles that are nearly 60 years old. Imagine having to have make do with these until the 1970s 🙂

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Ferret Friday 🇬🇧🙂 #FerretFriday

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I was at Duxford today. Good to see that the WW2 Heinkel He 162 jet fighter was under conservation. Interesting to see that under the paint on the wings there are RAF roundals. Be good to find out its History

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Duty Done 🇬🇧

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Ukranian Tractor Bomb Disposal unit 🙂

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Ukrainian tractor 🚜 forces.

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That is special ⬇️

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This morning OC BBMF flew out in Spitfire AB910 to greet the @Airbus Messerschmitt Foundation Me262 replica ahead of its arrival to RIAT. The Me262 and our spitfire took part in an air to air photography shoot to mark the rare occasion of these two aircraft types flying together!

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Albums you never get tired of, 40 years and still enjoy Rumours. What's yours?

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On this Day 1982, British Forces recaptured the Island of South Georgia from Argentine forces during the Falklands War

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The 1954 MK 1 Ferret is out. First time October 🇬🇧🙂

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Crew of Argentine Hercules TC-63 display a Union flag shortly after the capture of the Falkland Islands. Ironically this same aircraft was later destroyed by a Sea Harrier in early June 1982

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Just got the Scammell ready. We are off to a vehicle show tomorrow. First time that she has been out this year 🙂

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Not every day you have 5 Dakotas fly over the top of you 🙂

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Inside of the old Barn that we are working at. Most probably around 200-300 years old and still standing. I would think that most of the construction materials came from within a short walk from here. I think previous generations had totally cracked sustainability 🙂

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My Grandfather is in this group photo at HMS Ganges, Shotley, Suffolk 1917. Myself Standing in the same spot 100 years later in 2017

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