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eatures DAMBUSTERS 70: FINDING THE HEIGHT Speed, range and height were the critical criteria for a successful Upkeep release during the Dams raid, Operation Chastise. Speed could be controlled by the Flight Engineer manipulating the throttles and the range by the Bomb Aimer using his special sight. As Rob Owen, Official Historian of the No. 617 Squadron Association, explains, height was a trickier problem. A MOST DRAMATIC INCIDENT: 1917 At the beginning of 1915 a German-led Ottoman force invaded the Sinai Peninsula and attacked the Suez Canal. It marked the start of the fighting in the Middle East. When, two years later, General Allenbya€ s Egyptian Expeditionary Force captured Jerusalem, it was the first defeat of a Central power that resulted in a substantial loss of territory in the First World War. THE ALCONBURY EXPLOSION At 20.30 hours on 27 May 1943, a huge explosion, caused by a bomb being loaded into a USAAF B-17, brought death and destruction was wrought to this airfield. SEEING IS BELIEVING In the final months of 1917, ML 357 attacked three U-boats a€ attacks which were graphically recounted in a letter written by the motor launcha€ s captain in January 1918. a€ THE SECRET MISSION SUBMARINEa€ The remarkable story of how the submarine HMS Seraph became the USS Seraph, and for the first and only time a Royal Navy vessel was commanded by an American captain. THE WAR AT SEA A series of notebooks and diaries maintained by one Merchant Navy officer reveal a small part of the fight to beat the German U-boats in the Battle of the Atlantic. AVRO ANSON GUNSHIPS As a reconnaissance aircraft the Avro Anson was not built for aerial combat. That was, writes Robin J. Brooks, before 500 Squadron got its hands on them. VICTIMS OF THE FEW: Battle of Britain Day 1940 Sunday, 15 September 1940 saw the climax of the Battle of Britain when the Luftwaffe launched a massive series of attacks. Here, Chris Goss tells the story of two German bombers which only just made it back. THE MESSINES MODEL In the heart of Staffordshirea€ s Cannock Chase lies a tangible reminder of the areaa€ s use in the First World War. For there, hidden for generations, lies a scale model of the Belgian town of Messines. LORD ASHCROFTa€ S a€ HERO OF THE MONTHa€ In the latest instalment in a series examining his a€ Hero of the Montha€ , Lord Ashcroft details the actions of Lance Corporal Matthew Croucher GC. THE ROYAL COMMAND VC Steve Snelling chronicles the remarkable story of the Coldstream Guards hero who became a Victoria Cross recipient by Royal command. WARTIME SILVER RECOVERED FROM WRECK Odyssey Marine Exploration, a world leader in deep-ocean shipwreck exploration, has announced that it had completed the recovery of more than sixty-one tons of silver bullion from a wartime shipwreck. Regulars BRIEFING ROOM News, Restorations, Discoveries and Events from the UK. FIELDPOST Your letters. KEY MOMENTS IN THE HISTORY OF THE BRITISH ARMY 9: Yomping! British Troops Advance Across the Falklands, 1982. DATES THAT SHAPED THE WAR We chart some of the key moments and events that affected the United Kingdom in September 1943. IMAGE OF WAR 23 November 1941: A Wet Landing. RECONNAISSANCE REPORT A look at new books and products. WHAT I WOULD SAVE IN A FIRE Katherine Buckland, at the Redoubt Fortress, reveals that she would save a WAACa€ s First World War archive.
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