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EATURES FIRST VICTORY Among the RAF pilots flying over the Normandy beaches on 6 June 1944, was Flying Officer John Arthur Houlton a€ the man who would be credited with the RAFa€ s first victory on D-Day. CATTLE RUSTLERS OF THE AEGEAN Most visitors to Turkeya€ s Aegean coast do not realise that they are also visiting a First World War battlefield where some of the Royal Navya€ s strangest actions were fought. THE LEGACY OF EDITH CAVELL Almost 100 years after Edith Cavell gave her life after trying to help Allied servicemen, a new project has been launched to trace the families of the men she assisted. 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 Lieutenant Colonel Richard West VC, DSO & Bar, MC. COLLISON COURSE For the pilots of the Advanced Air Striking Force sent to France in 1939 it was not only enemy anti-aircraft fire and aircraft that were a danger. Over-zealous French pilots could also be a problem. THE SNIPER SCHOOL So concerned was Major Frederick Crum about the dangers of enemy snipers on the Western Front, he decided to start a Sniping School. His teachings probably saved hundreds, if not thousands of lives. RATS IN A TRAP British PoWs on Admiral Graf Spee were excited when Allied warships opened fire in the Battle of the River Plate. Then reality dawned; if the German warship went down, they were going to the bottom with it. 70th ANNIVERSARY D-DAY SPECIAL SECTION To mark the 70th anniversary of D-Day, in a special section of this bumper issue, we examine some of the locations or relics in and around the UK that are connected with the events of June 1944 and those involved a€" sites that can be visited or seen today. REGULARS BRIEFING ROOM News, Restorations, Discoveries and Events from around the UK. FIELDPOST Your letters. THE RAF ON THE AIR: a€ I SURVIVED THE BIGGIN HILL BOMBINGa€ Assistant Section Officer Felicity Hanbury was in charge of some 250 WAAFs when the Luftwaffe came calling on Friday, 30 August 1940. At the height of the Battle of Britain, that day saw RAF Biggin Hill be attacked twice, with the second raid being the most accurate and more deadly. For her actions that day a€" which she subsequently described in a broadcast for the BBC a€" Hanbury was appointmented to the Military Division of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire. This was the first such award to a WAAF. DATES THAT SHAPED THE WAR We chart some of the key moments and events that affected the United Kingdom in May 1944. IMAGE OF WAR April 1942: Survivors from the loss of HMS Dorsetshire are rescued. RECONNAISSANCE REPORT A look at new books and products. WHAT I WOULD SAVE IN A FIRE David Read, Collections Manager at the Soldiers of Gloucestershire Museum, explains that, in the event of a disaster, he would save the medals awarded to Lieutenant Colonel James Power Carne VC, DSO. EVERY PICTURE TELLS A STORY In many homes around the world, photographs of young men in uniforms sit in albums or in boxes or at the back of draws. How many times have we seen the smiling or sombre faces of our relations with their brothers-in-arms and wondered just who those men were and what they endured? Neil Berrett possessed one such photograph of his great-uncle taken a€ somewhere in Francea€ in 1918. He set himself the task of tracing the lives of each of the men that stared back at him from almost 100 years ago, and uncovered some remarkable stories.
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