I hadn’t realised what an impact the occupation had on the residents of the Channel Islands until I visited Jersey a few years ago and went to the underground hospital.
The main emphasis has always seemed to be that we fought a war against the Germans in mainland Europe and there was a funny little place called the Channel Islands that the germans invaded for a while but it had little effect on the population and everyone there lived happily ever after. My visit was a real eye opener and made me appreciate the sacrifices that made by many Channel Islanders.
As regards the obscure civil aircraft destruction posts – please keep them coming as they fascinate me as well. It amazes me how many aircraft have been left to rot or tucked away on farms and in buildings over the years and just occassionally a little gem surfaces from the most obscure of places.

My wife and I went there for our honeymoon 2 years ago and I was amazed at how the Germans had turned Jersey into a fortress by fitting machine gun nests on many of the historic ruins. The underground hospital both amazed and horrified me but the Germans were making real progress in their efforts to make Jersey an impenetrable island with several other underground sites being constructed all of which are still preserved today.

I thought Area 51 is, or certainly was, at Boscombe Down?

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What facts are known about the performance and capabilities of the TSR2? Whenever I read anything about the TSR2 be it memories or about resurrecting the aircraft all I see is people talking about the aircraft as if it was without compare. If that is really so why did they not even finish testing it?
I would be interested to know what was found out during testing of the aircraft and the equipment inside it.

The Spitfire MkXVI, TB752, at the Spitfire and Hurricane memorial museum at RAF Manston has a wartime battle history, http://www.spifirememorial.org.uk/spifire/spitfire.htm

The Hurricane IIc, LF751, was also used during WW2 but only in a training at 2 bomber training units before being relegated to instructional puposes in July 1945, http://www.spifirememorial.org.uk/spifire/spitfire.htm

In 1992 as an Air Cadet on summer camp I got to sit inside the Spitfire and it felt incredible to be as close to a piece of real history as it was possible!

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How deep was the whole ‘332 made in the ground?!

It’s got to be the Hurricane, especially the mark with the 4 cannons!

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