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This short slideshow is to remember the American aircrews who started to arrive here...

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Uploaded on Feb 27, 2012

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"Heroes" by David Bowie was recorded in 1977 during his Berlin period. It is a...

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Uploaded on Feb 6, 2012

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On the 17th October 1942. Flying out of of RAF Bradwell Bay in Essex on a cross country...

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Uploaded on Feb 4, 2012

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Polish Air Force pupil pilot Sergeant Zygmunt Bauerek died when his Spitfire Mk Vb...

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Uploaded on Feb 2, 2012

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All 5 crew members of this bomber were killed when the pilot descended through cloud...

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Uploaded on Jan 31, 2012

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Descending Carnedd Dafydd in Snowdonia.

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Uploaded on Jan 28, 2012

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The Avro Lincoln was the successor to the Lancaster bomber. On March 15 1950, three...

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Uploaded on Jan 25, 2012

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Flying Officer Phillip Redvers Jones (instructor) Flying Officer Derek John Brett...

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Uploaded on Jan 22, 2012

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Saint Catherine's Monastery in the Sinai was built between 527 and 565 AD, around what...

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Uploaded on Jan 21, 2012

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Not a crash site but a cairn on John Bell's Banner in the Lake District, memorial to the...

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Uploaded on Jan 19, 2012

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Regent Street, Eccles, Salford. The original was probably taken in the spring of 1940...

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Uploaded on Jan 18, 2012

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Not a scene from the Coronation Street Christmas Disaster Special, this is a...

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Uploaded on Jan 17, 2012

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Carnedd Dafydd is pronounced 'Carneth Davith'. Paul is pronounced 'Paul'.

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Uploaded on Jan 16, 2012

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June 5th 1937. Hawker Hind K6614 was one of 11 aircraft being flown from Stranraer in...

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Uploaded on Jan 14, 2012

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An early start to visit a Lake District crash site, I was up and away by 7am, fellwalking...

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Uploaded on Jan 13, 2012

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Bronze Age Stone Circle in the Peak District. There are more than seven stones....

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Uploaded on Jan 3, 2012

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Taken at midnight from Holcombe Hill, looking towards Manchester. Not quite the shot I...

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Uploaded on Jan 1, 2012

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31 January 1943. Lancaster ED481 crashed close to the village of Hawnby in North Yorkshire...

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Uploaded on Dec 29, 2011

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