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eatures THEN THE SCREAMS BEGAN Sunday, 19 November 1944, was a cold, dark night with very low cloud and drizzle. There was no street lighting, for this was wartime, and the houses were blacked out. Many residents of the suburban community of Bickley, however, were having a good time at the dance in the Crooked Billet public house a€ that was, writes Jennie Randall, until 21.18 hours when a massive explosion shook the streets. REAPING THE WHIRLWIND The Westland Whirlwinda€ s first engagement with the enemy took place at the end of December 1940, the first a€ killa€ in the weeks that followed. THE CONDOR KILLER Only six Focke-Wulf Fw 200 Condors were destroyed by the so-called a€ Hurricatsa€ . Barry M. Marsden relates the story of one of those battles in the air at sea. THE LESSONS OF WAR The Second World War touched virtually every community in Britain. Amongst those that suffered death and destruction was one of the most famous names on the high street a€" Marks and Spencer. LAWRENCE OF ARABIA: HIS FINEST HOUR When T.E. Lawrence led a small band of Arabs across 500 miles of desert to capture the Red Sea port of Aqaba, his position as a daring military leader was assured. A DUNKIRK CHALLENGE Amongst the assortment of yachts, launches and working craft of the a€ Little Shipsa€ was the tug Challenge, which has been renovated and forms part of the National Historic Fleet. UNCOVERING THE PAST: AIR RAID SHELTER EXCAVATIONS Dr Gabriel Moshenska and Stewart Wild reveal how one archaeological project involved the excavation of a series of five public air raid shelters in Hendon. THE TANK BANKS To promote the sale of government War Bonds and War Savings Certificates, in 1917 and 1918 six Mark IV tanks toured the UK. WALLS HAVE EARS, BUT WHAT IF THEY COULD TALK? Little remains to remind the visitor of one buildinga€ s use as a mess at RAF Westhampnett a€" that is until you make your way down into the cellar. BOMBER COMMAND GALLANTRY: THE FRIENDLY FIRE VC Seventy years ago, a friendly-fi re incident over Turin sparked an epic struggle for survival and an official coverup. Steve Snelling charts the extraordinary flight of Stirling a€ O for Oboea€ and her gallant crew. Regulars BRIEFING ROOM News, Restorations, Discoveries and Events from around the UK. FIELDPOST Your letters. KEY MOMENTS IN THE HISTORY OF THE BRITISH ARMY 8: Defeat in the West a€" British prisoners of war at Dunkirk during June 1940. CAMERA AT WAR One soldiera€ s images taken during his service in Palestine in 1940. TANK TIMES he latest edition of Tank Times from The Tank Museum at Bovington. DATES THAT SHAPED THE WAR We chart some of the key moments and events that affected the United Kingdom in August 1943. IMAGE OF WAR September 1939 a€" a€ Bumph Raidsa€ Over Germany. RECONNAISSANCE REPORT A look at new books and products. WHAT I WOULD SAVE IN A FIRE A piece of the parachute which dropped SOE F Section agent, Yvonne Cormeau, codename Annette, in France on the night of the 22/23 August 1943. LORD ASHCROFTa€ S a€ HERO OF THE MONTHa€ : SERGEANT BRUCE OGDENSMITH DCM, MM Fewer than 200 men, mainly from the Royal Navy and Royal Engineers, served in the Combined Operations Pilotage Parties during the last three years of the Second World War. Between them they won ninety medals. Here, Lord Ashcroft examines the actions of one of those individuals, Sergeant Bruce Ogden-Smith DCM, MM, who undertook vital beach reconnaissance duties prior to the D-Day landings a€" such as that at Gold Beach (seen here) during Operation Bell Push Able.
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