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DEATH IN THE DESERT On 4 May 1942, a flight of three Bristol Blenheim Mk. IV reconnaissance-bombers took off from the key oasis staging post of Kufra, deep in the heart of the Libyan desert. The aircraft had arrived just days earlier to support the British-led Sudan Defence Force which formed the Kufra garrison. Their flight, explains Robert Mitchell, was supposed to last for 1 hour 45 minutes. They never came back. Some sixty years later, the remains of one of the aircraft were discovered deep in the isolated sands of the Libya. THE CHURCHILL CONSPIRACY It has been described as the greatest political blunder of modern times. The historian Richard Lamb considered it to be Churchill's biggest wartime error. Here, John Grehan attempts to unravel the truth behind the British attack upon the French fleet at Mers-el-Kebir. PEMBREY'S BUTCHER BIRD Raymond Humphreys explains how the British got their hands on their first ever intact example of the German Focke-Wulf Fw 190. BREAKING THE RULES To celebrate Black History Month, Tim Lynch takes a look at the incredible person that was Walter Tull. JANE: THE WARTIME PIN UP Mention the name Jane to anyone over fifty and they will immediately know who you are talking about - the "dizzy blonde" who was, as Andy Saunders investigates, the heroine of the Daily Mirror strip cartoons. OUTPOST OF EMPIRE What had induced Britain to become involved in this barren and rocky Middle Eastern state, and why had she chosen this moment in time to withdraw? John Grehan investigates this little-remembered episode in Britain's recent history. ADEN: A SUBMARINER'S VIEW One veteran of the Aden conflict, Godfrey Dykes, describes his role in the end of a British military presence in Aden, and how his submarine sparked a major maritime incident! SPY HOLE John Pack reports on the incredible discovery of what is believed to be a German spy's liar - with the equipment still present. A VULCAN DESTROYED A fascinating set of images that show the demise of Avro Vulcan XL427. FIRST BLOOD There are just a few defining moments in History. One of those is, without question, writes Robert Mitchell, when the first shot was fired by a British soldier in World War One. IMAGE OF WAR The end of perhaps Britain's most famous battleship: H.M.S. Warspite. DATAFILE Despite the fact that the First World War was increasing fought by industrialized and mechanized means, trench raiding returned the fighting to an almost medieval level - inevitably being fought face-to-face and with the crudest of weapons. Here Martin Mace takes a look at a few of these devices. A PIECE OF HISTORY The wing tip from the Gloster Meteor Mk.I fighter that had the type's first operational success in 1944. CAMERA AT WAR A collection of photographs take a look at the Supermarine Spitfire through the noseart that adorned a few examples of this famous fighter.
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