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FEATURES FOURTEEN FROMELLES CASUALTIES IDENTIFIED The Joint Identification Board which reconvened in London on 4 April 2011, has announced that the remains of a further fourteen soldiers who were killed in the Battles of Fromelles have been identified through DNA testing. DORNIER IN ENGLISH CHANNEL STILL INTACT A survey undertaken in March 2011 has revealed that the Battle of Britain Dornier Do 17 discovered on the Goodwin Sands last year is believed to still be relatively intact. I SHADOWED HESS At 22.15 hours on the evening of 10 May 1941, Pilot Officer Robin Lucas was ordered to scramble. However, the sortie did not result in a successful interception - though one of the aircraft that crashed that night did have an infamous pilot. BOURNEMOUTH BLITZ Since March 1942, southern Britain had been forced to suffer what was termed ' tip and run ' attacks by German fighter-bombers. This is exactly what happened to Bournemouth on Sunday, 23 May 1943. I BET MONTGOMERY DOESN'T DO THAT TO YOU! No person, dead or alive, can have had more anecdotes told by him or about him than Winston Churchill. Robert Mitchell relates just some of the forgotten stories from the Second World War. ONE OF A KIND: BATTLE OF JUTLAND SURVIVOR When the British and German fleets finally met in the First World War at the Battle of Jutland, HMS Queen Mary was blown out of the water. Midshipman (later Lieutenant-Commander) J.H. Lhoyd-Owen served on one of the Queen Mary's 13.5-inch guns. He was one of the very few survivors. REGULARS RECONNAISSANCE REPORT A look at some of the new publications and products that are available. BRIEFING ROOM News, Restorations, Discoveries and Events from around the UK. FIELDPOST Your letters. NEWS FEATURE The facial reconstruction on a set of remains found on the Western Front in 2003 helps to identify a Canadian soldier killed in action in 1917. IMAGE OF WAR 7 May 1943: Rescued After Fifty Days At Sea.
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