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THe Dberusel 18

THE FIRST GREAT ESCAPE On June 1, 1941, a long-planned mass escape...

From Mons to Mali

It is the middle of 1916 and future RAF heavyweight John Slessor...

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A 601 SQUADRON AIRACOBRA AT RAF DUXFORD, AUGUST 1941. THE RAF'S...

Somme crucifix to be returned

BRIEFINGS NEWS • RESTORATION • DISCOVERIES • EVENTS...

Predannack

CollectionsAnti-Aircraft Battery & Museum Tom Baker visited a...

The Commanders

Lloyd Clark

BOOK OF THE MONTH The Leadership Journeys of George Patton, Bernard...

Lloyd Clark

UNLOVED SNAKE

WEAPONS OF WARThe RAF’s first US-built day fighter had a powerful...

Britain at War June 2023

The full issue in page-turning format

London monument planned for British ACW veterans

A fundraising campaign has begun to establish a memorial dedicated...

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Still got it!

Thank you for a great magazine, and for the recent article on...

Dambusters: then and now

ANTONIS KARIDIS

A 617 SQUADRON AVRO LANCASTER B MK.III (SPECIAL) CARRYING THE...

ANTONIS KARIDIS

A cat withteeth

A Cold War icon furnished the RAF with a reliable workhorse in...

From the Editor

A LANCASTER B.III SPECIAL DEPLOYING THE UPKEEP MINE OR 'BOUNCING...

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Swedish kit for British Army

The British Army is to procure new weapon systems to help restore...

The King’s Shot

MONTAGUE CLEEVE Peter Hart recounts the story of a self-effacing...

THE PRINCE WHO DIED IN ZULAND

The death of the exiled heir to the French imperial throne as...

Military History with Pete and Gary

No.14 We’ve been recording a series of podcasts about...

Fusiliers mark Michael Caine’s 90th

Sir Michael Caine has been presented with his framed medals to...

Field Post

King of N’dola Park 'Britain at War' Magazine, PO Box 100,...

Après moi ,le déluge?

SEAN FEAST

How do historians measure the effectiveness of the RAF’s attacks...

SEAN FEAST

Burning Horizon

Julian Whippy

BOOK OF THE MONTH British Military Veterans Accounts of the Iraq...

Julian Whippy

RAF’s last wartime Czech pilot dies

Emil Bocek, the last surviving Czechoslovak pilot to serve the...

The GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH

Additional words John Ash

BRITISH CORONATIONS Christopher Joll examines the role of the...

Additional words John Ash

Busting bunkers

Paul E Eden

Eight decades after the Dambusters flew their most famous raid,...

Paul E Eden

EVERY PHOTO TOLD A STORY

Austin J Ruddy

World War Two paired dramatic scenes with brave journalists and...

Austin J Ruddy

Last wartime ‘Dambuster’ pilot dies

A New Zealander thought to be the last wartime pilot from 617...

Fresh Bluff Cove perspectives spark controversy

A new book seeks to counter perceptions of who is to blame for...

Fleet Air Arm Museum

CollectionsServing as a living monument to the Royal Navy’s...

Massacre in the Marche

POW MYSTERY A name on a war memorial and a cryptic comment in...

Did you fly Vulcans? If so, read on

AN XM594 AIRCREW AT SCAMPTON NAM ARCHIVE Notts-based Newark Air...