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Contents Listing - Articles & Features in this issue
EATURES MISTAKEN IDENTITY Pilot Officer Brian Spragga€ s RAF career was not brought to a halt by the end of the Second World War. His flying log books detail an unusual series of combats on 7 January 1949 a€ engagements which involved a future Israeli president. SHOT DOWN IN FLAMES In 1917 the German Gotha bombers began to appear in the skies over Britain. Tony Moor describes how the pilot of a Sopwith Camel dealt with one of these giant German intruders in the spring of 1918. DIGGING FOR VICTORY Martin Dixon of Subterranea Britannica investigates a hurried wartime programme which was undertaken to construct deep-level shelters beneath existing London Underground stations. BOMBER COMMAND VS THE FLYING BOMB After it was identified that the caves at Saint-Leu-da€ Esserent in France were a V-1 storage depot, they became heavily attacked during Bomber Commanda€ s campaign against the V-weapons. KILLED AT FROMELLES Australiaa€ s Assistant Minister for Defence, The Hon Stuart Robert MP, has announced that a further twenty previously unidentified soldiers who were killed at Fromelles in 1916 have been identified. MAPPING THE D-DAY WRECKS Chris Howlett describes some of the wrecks discovered during an operation that was undertaken to map the seabed around the Normandy landing beaches using multi-beam sonar. DIVER! DIVER! DIVER! The original reports of Air Chief Marshal Sir Roderick Hill and General Sir Frederick Pile reveal the extraordinary efforts undertaken to counter the German a€ Vengeancea€ weapons. 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 remarkable story of Major Tony Greville-Bell DSO. CHURCHILLa€ S D-DAY VISIT On Monday, 12 June 1944, six days after the first Allied troops had stepped ashore on the Normandy coast, the British Prime Minister, Winston Churchill, decided to follow in their footsteps. ST NAZAIRE RAID VC The raid on Saint-Nazaire was a triumph against the odds that resulted in an unparalleled award of the Victoria Cross. Steve Snelling charts the story of a Royal Navy gun layer nicknamed a€ Henry VIIIa€ who posthumously earned his nationa€ s highest honour. THE DAY WAR BROKE OUT: 4 AUGUST 1914 Almost 100 years ago, at 23.00 hours on the evening of 4 August 1914, the ultimatum issued by the British government was rejected by Germany. Consequently, a state of war existed been the two nations. But how was the news seen by the British people? REGULARS BRIEFING ROOM News, Restorations, Discoveries and Events from around the UK. FIELDPOST Your letters. IMAGE OF WAR February 1944 a€" Fatal Encounter. DATES THAT SHAPED THE WAR We chart some of the key moments and events that affected the United Kingdom in July 1944. RECONNAISSANCE REPORT A look at new books and products. WHAT I WOULD SAVE IN A FIRE Christine BernÃÃ
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