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FEATURES REFLECTIONS OF WAR Training for war has always been regarded as important. Today's soldier may find himself in environments that replicate an Iraqi street or an Afghan compound, while his forebears may have stormed Pembrokeshire pillboxes in preparation for D-Day. Even Roman troops stationed in Britain left their earthen forts high above both Otterburn and Sennybridge. However, it is the First World War, writes Martin Brown, that has left the most widespread legacy of archaeological sites relating to training. IN FLANDERS FIELDS On 2 May 1915, a young Lieutenant in the Canadian Field Artillery was killed by a German shell. His death led to one man, John McCrae, writing the most famous poem of the First World War. FLYING INTO THE RECORD BOOKS Squadron Leader (Retd) Alan Luto investigates one record-breaking flight by an English Electric Canberra. MISSING IN ACTION Even today, there are many who still do not know what happened to their relatives in both World Wars. The historian Chris Goss was asked if he knew anything about the First World War as a colleague had a Great Uncle who was killed. In October last year he traced the final hours of Lance Corporal Victor Buer. REGULARS DATAFILE This month Mark Khan looks at one of the world's most famous grenades - the Mills Bomb. Whilst its oval serrated appearance is recognised by most people, what you probably will not know is that William Mills neither invented it nor profited greatly from it, despite the fact that 75 million were produced during the First World War alone. SURVIVORS: THE HANDLEY PAGE HALIFAX Often over-shadowed by its more famous counterpart, the Avro Lancaster, the Handley Page Halifax, or 'Halibag' as it was more affectionately known, became one of the mainstays of Bomber Command's offensive against Germany. In total, 6,176 examples were built - peak production resulted in one Halifax being completed every hour. But the survivors, as Tony Pay investigates, are few and far between.
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