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80 Years Young
This past March 5 marked the 80th anniversary of the first flight of England’s famed Vicker’s Supermarine Spitfire. Early in the morning in 1936, the Spitfire, registration number K5054, flew for the very first time at Eastleigh Aerodrome. Only a … Continue reading →
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Tagged 80 Years Young, 80th anniversary, Battle of Britain, Captain Joseph Summers, Eastleigh Aerodrome, Ernest Mansbridge, First Flight, Flight Lieutenant Gilbert S. White, Gordon Monger, High Flight, John Gillespie Magee Jr., Judy Mansbridge, Judy Monger, K5054, Merlin supercharged V12 engine, Mutt Summers, R.J. Mitchell, Southampton Airport, Spitfire, Vicker’s Supermarine Spitfire, Woolston Southampton
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The Last V-bomb Casualties
It is almost always bad to be last. If you are the last casualty of a war, that means you survived all of the worst of the times, saw the light with the coming end of the war, and then … Continue reading →
Posted in Aviation History, History, Life in General
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Tagged anti-aircraft fire, barrage balloons, England, German V1 and V2 attacks, German V2 rocket, gyroscopic guidance system, Ivy Millichamp, Life in London during the war, London, pulsejet engines, RAF pilot, Spitfire, the last casualty of a war, the last civilian killed by a V2, The Last V-bomb Casualties, very little warning before the explosion, “Buzz Bombs”, “Doodlebugs”, “tipping”
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