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FEATURES INVESTIGATION REQUIRED The choice was stark but clear. Should they remain at home and face the prospect of life under Nazi rule after the Germans had invaded Britain, or risk an ocean passage where the U-boats prowled the waters in search of prey? The families of 100 children chose to send their loved ones across the Atlantic to Canada believing that they would be saved from the horrors of war. But, as John Grehan reveals, the sailing of the SS City of Benares ended in disaster. BAD LUCK COMES IN THREES Being shot down will always be an occupational hazard for aircrew in wartime. For the vast majority who were forced by circumstances to bale out and take to their parachute, just once was enough. However, during the Second World War one Spitfire pilot had the misfortune to suffer such a fate on not one, but three occasions! Chris Goss investigates the incidents that befell Clive Hilken. THE BLACBURN BUCCANEER - BRITAIN'S LAST BOMBER Geoff Simpson looks at the career of the Blackburn Buccaneer, an outstanding and lamented jet that gave great service to the Royal Navy and Royal Air Force. A GEORGE CROSS MYSTERY Flying Officer Anthony Tollemache was recognised for his gallantry when he risked his life trying to save a passenger when his aircraft crashed whilst on an exercise in 1940. Sadly his medals were stolen in 1988, seemingly gone forever. Then, seventeen years later, a passer-by noticed something glistening in the sand on a beach 10,000 miles away. EDITOR'S CHOICE: THE HUNT FOR L48 On 19 January 1915, Great Yarmouth became the first British town to be bombed from the air by a Zeppelin. East Anglia would continue to suffer aerial attacks until the last months of the First World War, though many of the enemy airships were shot down. Robert Mitchell and Julian Evan-Hart relive the final moments of one of these, Zeppelin L48, and relate the efforts of archaeologists to uncover the airship's buried remains. THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME: IN NUMBERS Lasting for five months in 1916, the Battle of the Somme was one of the most bitterly contested and costly offensives of the First World War. REGULARS IMAGE OF WAR 30 March 1941: German merchant ship scuttled. THE BEST OF EVIDENCE IN CAMERA During the Second World War the Air Ministry produced a weekly (then twice-monthly) publication called Evidence in Camera. Each month we present a selection of the images included. RECONNAISSANCE REPORT A look at some of the new publications and products that are available. DEBRIEF A Piece of History, Dates That Shaped the War and much more!
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