Memorial Flight’s 50th
Fifty Golden Years
Jarrod Cotter looks back at the history of the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight.
Celebrating 50
Two major events launched the BBMF’s half-century.
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Disaster in the Dark
Ian McLachlan describes a B-17 night familiarisation flight that went tragically wrong.
Tommy Leader
A book and a print pay tribute to Gp Capt Tom Dalton-Morgan.
Condor Killers
Andrew Thomas relates the story of 802 Squadron, which became adept at destroying the dreaded Focke-Wulf Fw 200.
`What the Hell Are We Doing Here?’
Used to being an ‘elite’ force, the B-29 aircrew of the 58th Bomb Wing had to ferry their own bombs over the Himalayas! Jerry Scutts describes the ‘Superfort’ pioneers.
Gunslinger
OK, so rockets and cannon shells don’t come with it, but the AH-1 Cobra is still the closest you get to a flying tank! Frédéric Lert reports.
Magic Really Does Happen
Wrecked by a ramp accident, the Eberhardt family Mustang looked like it would be out of the sky for years. Frank B Mormillo explains how 108 days later, the P-51 was back in the air.
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May 31, 2007 at 2:30 pm