Sgt Mervyn Anthony Jones rode Bogskar in the Grand National trials, which went on to win the final of the world famous horse race It was arguably the most dangerous job it was possible to have in the ...
The spitfire was shot down in 1942 and later pulled from a peat bog in Norway The fuselage of a Spitfire shot down during World War Two has gone on display at a museum to mark the efforts of Kent ...
Some PRU Spitfires – which were meant to fly just under cloud cover, at sunset and sunrise, when the clouds took on a pinkish hue – were painted pink, rendering them almost invisible. These got the ...
Plymouth Tory MP Johnny Mercer is backing a campaign to honour a city war hero who was part of a Spitfire unit that helped plot the famous Dambusters raid. Warrant Officer William Cusack was a pilot ...
Bierley-born John Kenneth Astin was one of the brave pilots and navigators of the Photographic Reconnaissance Unit (PRU) during the Second World War. The PRU was formed on September 24, 1939, and ...
A campaign to honour the daring pilots and navigators involved in clandestine photo-gathering intelligence operations during the Second World War is being backed by a Welsh MP. Dwyfor Meirionnydd MP ...
It was arguably the most dangerous job it was possible to have in the RAF during World War Two. Flying unarmed and unarmoured, pilots of the Photographic Reconnaissance Unit (PRU) weren't expected to ...
A WWII pilot whose plane was shot down over Norway later died at the hands of the Nazis but efforts are being made to rebuild his wrecked Spitfire aircraft. Sandy Gunn came from Auchterarder and in ...
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