Iron airmen

On a muggy night in late August 1940, Hinnerk Waller’s fraying tether had finally snapped. Relentlessly deployed in the Battle of Britain as part of the Luftwaffe fighter wing JG 52, Waller was paying

LIFE AND DEATH FOR THE LUFTWAFFE IN THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN

In this article in his series, military historian Graham Bandy will cover records and research advice to help you learn more about your ancestors who served in the Royal Air Force, and give clues to h

In the event of a Nazi invasion, Britain would have deployed a network of deadly defences to impede the enemy at every turn

I’D seen an advertisement in my father’s newspaper for women to work on the canal boats. It said applicants should be of a robust constitution. I’m quite robust, so why not? I’d give it a go. “Look, D

The mighty ‘Thud’ was a mainstay of the air war over Vietnam