FlyPast June issue – OUT NOW

Featuring:

Meteor Man
Richard Paver talks to warbird operator Martin Willing and discovers his link to our cover star, Gloster Meteor T.7 WA591.

Bucc’ From the Brink
Phil Whalley witnesses Buccaneer S2.B XW544’s entrance at Bruntingthorpe.

Superfortress at War
Based on Guam, Crew 12 flew a succession of B-29s named after the captain’s daughter, Chris Howlett explains.

Airshow
Pete West attends New Zealand’s Tauranga airshow, while Phil Hawks reports from Tyabb in Australia.

Diamond Lil’s Return
Marking 20 years since the US-based B-24 visited the UK, David J Hastings remembers the Liberator’s epic transatlantic flight.

PLUS!

Spotlight on…
Handley Page Halifax

Origin and History
A look back at the history of one of the RAF’s most important aircraft of World War Two.

Contemporaries Compared
We compare the Halifax to two other bombers of the day.

Men Behind the Halifax
Graham Pitchfork remembers three crews that flew the four-engined ‘heavies’ into action.

Halifax in profile
Pete West artwork of Vicky the Vicious Virgin, an aircraft that survived the war.

In Combat
Andrew Thomas describes the bravery of crews who flew through many harrowing night offensive ‘ops’.

And much more!

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