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Battle of Britain 1940: Boulton-Paul Defiant: Stupid Idea or Dreadful Lead...

Battle of Britain 1940: Boulton-Paul Defiant: Stupid Idea or Dreadful Lead...
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My Favourite Blogs and Sites

  • 1st Vale of Pickering Scout Archives
    Object of the Month #2 - This months object is the Troop Log Book of the 1st Vale of Pickering Scout Troop from the 1940s - 50s. The log was kept by a long standing member of the t...
    9 years ago
  • 303rd Bomb Group
    This Day in 303rd Bomb Group History: October 23rd - *October 23, 1943* *303rd BG: *Miss Patricia, 42-29930, crashed on a night local training mission. Eight crewmen were killed. The cause was unknown. *Oc...
    8 hours ago
  • 458th Bombardment Group H
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  • A Love Supreme - The Independent Sunderland Football Club Fanzine
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  • A Yorkshire Family Afloat
    Update To A Yorkshire Family Afloat - Hallo, sorry it's been ages since the last blog post but I've been busy getting the story published, if you want to buy a copy details will follow thanks, ...
    11 years ago
  • Aviation Trails | A trail around Britain's historical airfields many lost to developers or mother nature herself. Come along on a voyage of discovery and nostalgia.
    9th October 1944, loss of Mosquito KB261 RAF Downham Market - On October 9th 1944 Mosquito KB261 608 (PFF) Sqn, took off with 21 other Downham Market aircraft to attack the naval port at Wilhelmshaven in Lower Saxony,...
    2 weeks ago
  • Battle of Britain 1940
    Why did the Ju 88 Germany's newest bomber suffer so many losses? - During the Battle of Britain, the Luftwaffe employed three types of level bombers and one type of dive bomber. The dive bomber was the Junkers Ju 87 Stuka...
    9 years ago
  • Beezerman's Motorcycle Blog: BSA Bantam D1
    BSA bantam D1 - It’s the D1 Bantams 60th birthday today and it past the M.O.T. today as well, but I think it was a bit moody cause we had a puncher on the way there but ...
    12 years ago
  • BSA Bantam - A Norwegian restoration project
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  • Carrying Fire
    - COMBAT AMERICA - World War 2 B-17 Flying Fortress Documentary produced in Technicolor and narrated by Clark Gable https://youtu.be/l81oEIEoCT4
    6 years ago
  • Creative Writing Forums - Writing Help, Writing Workshops, & Writing Community
    Moose bids adieu to Daniel (although he has to bother to log in to see it) - Oh, Danny boy, the fora, the fora are calling From pen to pen, and round the web world wide. The sites near gone, and all the stats falling, It's you, but th...
    5 months ago
  • Eloise O'Hare
    Dandies at Norwich Pride - Norwich Dandies will be at Norwich Pride this year!! Saturday 28th July in Chapelfield Gardens we have a white marque and inside will be a relaxed art...
    7 years ago
  • JOHN PAUL ARCHITECTURAL DESIGNER
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  • my bsa bantam d7
    Test post - This is a test post í
    11 years ago
  • Northern Exposure Archives - Moosechick's Notes
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  • Ryedale Folk Museum Blog
    Ryedale Folk Museum Tractor & Engine Day Sunday July 30th 2017 - Tractor & Engine day 2015 Come & join us at Ryedale Folk Museum for the ever popular Tractor & Engine Day. Vintage tractors and engines on show, with fun...
    8 years ago
  • The Adventure Blog
    Earth Day 2023: Celebrating the Good Climate News of Today - Earth Day will be celebrated this Saturday, April 22. Our Goldilocks planet has done it again — it’s carried us through yet another trip around the sun. Th...
    2 years ago
  • The History Blog
    Metal detectorist turns in large Roman coin hoard he looted 8 years ago - A metal detectorist who illegally excavated a Roman coin and silver hoard in the Hildesheim area of Lower Saxony in 2017 has confessed to the authorities a...
    14 hours ago
  • We Are Wearside
    Still going strong; Sunderland legend signs new one deal with Guatemalan second division side - [[content.top2]] *Milton 'Tyson' Nunez is still playing football, at the age of 45. * He may be a comedy-cum-legendary figure on Wearside, but Milton Nunez...
    7 years ago
  • WW2 Forums
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