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Monday, 29 June 2015

The Battle of Britain - Full Length Documentary #WW2 #BattleofBritain75





This excellent documentary is part of the Why We Fight series and shows good footage from the Battle of Britain 1940.
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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...
    8 years ago
  • 303rd Bomb Group
    This Day in 303rd Bomb Group History: January 23rd - *January 23, 1943* *303rd BG (H) Combat Mission No. 11* Target: Lorient Port Area & Brest U-boat Pens, France Crews Dispatched: 21 Crews Lost: O'Connor,...
    1 hour 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, ...
    10 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.
    RAF East Kirkby – Part 1 – A new Station emerges. - In the heart of Lincolnshire lies a former wartime bomber base that holds a particular and unique item dedicated to those who served in Bomber Command. The...
    5 days 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...
    8 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 ...
    11 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
    5 years ago
  • Creative Writing Forums - Writing Help, Writing Workshops, & Writing Community
    Thinking of you, @J.T. Woody - [image: [​IMG]] Thinking of you, @J.T. Woody
    3 hours 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...
    6 years ago
  • JOHN PAUL ARCHITECTURAL DESIGNER
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  • my bsa bantam d7
    Test post - This is a test post í
    10 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...
    7 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...
    1 year ago
  • The History Blog
    Big hunk of Egyptian blue found at Domus Aurea - An excavation at the Domus Aurea, the opulent Golden House Nero built on the Oppian Hill in Rome after the great fire of 64 A.D., has uncovered a rare ingo...
    12 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...
    6 years ago
  • WW2 Forums
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