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The Pilot Who Flew Again After Losing Both Legs in War
Most people would consider losing both legs a career-ending catastrophe, especially if that career involved flying fighter ...
C/no. 6506: Taken on charge as X7333 (recorded by DH as being uniquely under Contract No 55346/39) at 4 Delivery Flight, RAF Grangemouth 10.3.41. (2 x Gipsy Queen III engines #70002/70011) Written off ...
A Russian spy ship that targeted RAF pilots with lasers threatens “our economics and our way of life”, a defence minister has warned. Al Carns hit out after the vessel, the Yantar, was found operating ...
LONDON, Nov 19 (Reuters) - British defence minister John Healey said on Wednesday that "military options" are ready should the Russian spy ship Yantar become a threat after it directed lasers at ...
Nov. 19 (UPI) --An alleged Russian spyship near British waters deployed lasers in order to impede Royal Air Force pilots attempting to monitor the ship, British Defense Secretary John Healey said. The ...
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LONDON >> British defense minister John Healey said today that “military options” are ready should the Russian spy ship Yantar become a threat after it directed lasers at British pilots sent to ...
Sikorsky R-4 Hoverfly I KK974, AFEE (Armed Forces Experimental Establishment): Written off (damaged beyond repair) 10 July 1946 in an accident at RAF Beaulieu, East Boldre, 2 miles west of Beaulieu, ...
In December 1941, RAF Brewster Buffalo pilots launched into the skies over Malaya, only to be overwhelmed by waves of Japanese fighters. What began with early victories quickly spiraled into a ...
First used by the 1st Air Commando in World War II, the Sikorsky R-4 often fell short of its role in rescuing airmen downed in the mountains and rainforests of the China-Burma-India front but as the ...
WACO (FOX 44) — American history is very important to many of us, but with 250-plus years and still going to learn, it takes awhile. However, one author wanted a simpler way to learn the basics, and ...
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