In 1942, in retaliation for an RAF bombing raid on the German town of Lübeck, the Luftwaffe launched a series of destructive raids against historic towns and cities in Britain. These attacks were termed the 'Baedeker' raids after the famous German travel...
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The Second World War witnessed a major leap in the effectiveness of military aircraft. Advances in technology permitted bigger, faster and more capable designs. Radar provided the means to fly and fight in the dark, and the first jet aircraft were in...
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The Avro Lancaster, a four-engine heavy bomber, is the most famous and iconic bomber aircraft of the Second World War. The Lancaster was designed by Roy Chadwick and developed from the twin-engine Avro Manchester. In place of the Manchester’s unreliable...
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The 'Blitz' – from the German term Blitzkrieg (lightning war) - was the sustained campaign of aerial bombing attacks on British towns and cities carried out by the Luftwaffe from September 1940 until May 1941. Sporadic bombing raids had begun in summer...
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Plans to dislocate vital German war industries in the Ruhr by breaching the dams which supplied their water and electric power were first laid in 1937. Only by 1942, however, were the bombs to destroy the dams and the aircraft to deliver it available....
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The Hurricane saw action on all fronts during the Second World War and played a pivotal role during the Battle of Britain in the summer of 1940 alongside its contemporary, the Spitfire. Despite not being as fast as the Spitfire, the Hurricane accounted...
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Designed by R J Mitchell, the Supermarine Spitfire, a single-seat fighter aircraft, is arguably one of the most iconic aircraft in aviation history. The Spitfire entered service with No. 19 Squadron RAF at Duxford in August 1938 and famously played a...