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Moments before a small plane taking off from Lancaster Airport crashed into the Brethren Village retirement community’s ...
The company's main factory in Longbridge had been running for a century when it went into administration, leading to over 6,000 redundancies. | ITV News Central ...
Continue reading Currently, the Dakota remains an important part of the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight, serving both as a display and training aircraft for the Flight's Lancaster bomber ... by two ...
The wreck still holds lots of cargo including trucks, universal carriers, motorcycles, rifles, and aircraft ... near Lancaster is home to Hawker Siddeley HS 748 model a twin engine cargo hauler ...
Each poppy has been handcrafted, and some have been laid out in the shape of a Lancaster Bomber. Nicky van der Drift, chief executive of the IBCC, said: "People are stunned. It has great impact.
The pilot and a passenger on the plane both reported seeing the cabin door open immediately after leaving the ground, ...
Roland Reginald Cowan wasn’t even supposed to be flying on the day he was shot down in the skies over France. His nephew reveals the tragic story of the seven men who didn’t come home.
When one thinks of Great Britain’s heavy bomber aircraft that preceded the Jet Age, chances are the Avro Lancaster and ...
Six rare World War Two medals awarded to a Lancaster Bomber pilot have sold for £24,000 at auction. Flight Lieutenant Edward Sydney Ellis, born in Luton in 1914 and employed by Vauxhall Motors ...
The then-24-year-old Flight Lieutenant was at the controls of Lancaster bomber ND 729 with six of his closest friends and colleagues on a mission to attack a V1 rocket launching facility on the ...
Tragically, he was killed in action on 8 July 1944, aged 27, during a Lancaster Bomber raid on a V1 launch site in France. He is buried in Grave 288 at the Marissel French National Cemetery near ...