I have a particular interest in non-standard, substitute, and captured weapons and equipment used by British forces (including colonial and...
(or units he served at) Ramsay Marsh, known as Randy. My late mother told me that he was a Flight Lieutenant the only documentary evidence that I...
Westland Lysander V9666 from 10 AGS crashed into the sea near Fleetwood, Lancashire after possibly clipping the mast of a ship (?) in foul weather...
I’d be very grateful if anyone can help me with my Grandfather Henry Dance RA history as I’m no expert on this. I would really like to paint my...
Anyone with any info on this unit. Personalities involved and dates of opening and closing? My late dad was a Sgt Instructor with them late 1940-41.
I guess it is a cliche' but true that Germans soldiers lived in fear of being sent to the Russia front. This got me thinking (dangerous I know:))...
I was hoping some of the board members might remember / know something about the branch of the SME that opened up in Capua in 1944. My...
I have come across reference to two Battle Schools for Urban Warfare set up in 1943 for formations to learn urban warfare skills - what today...
An interesting year to remember the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan during WW2 The BCATP museum in Brandon, Manitoba states: “During its...
Hello. I am trying to find out some information about two of my great uncles, my grandad's brother and my grandma's brother. All I know is...
In 1945, many of the ''alien' guys serving with the Pioneer Corps went across to the 'Interpreters School'. Does anyone know where this unit was...
Group portrait of RAAF members of No 1 Course, Empire Air Training Scheme in Ottawa, Canada. These were the first Australian trainee pilots sent...
Anyone with info on Squadron 11 RAF WW2? My father, a Canadian, was posted to the Squadron in late 1943 -- they flew Hurricanes on the...
Diary of Thomas E. Nash. Some years ago a diary dating from 1943 was handed in at the Hornchurch RBL and it has recently come to my attention....
Funny little list in George & Anne Forty's 'Bovington Tanks' that I'd forgotten about, but may be useful to someone (I could have used it a few...
From The War Illustrated, Jan 24 1941: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Good morning I have just joined your forum after trying to find out more online about the burials in St Marys, Kidlington, Oxfordshire burial...
Hello and thanks for hosting this site I am pretty much a newbie to all of this so i welcome any advice in my search. My interest is in the RAF...
Just before Christmas, these photos of my father-in-law, now deceased, were found tucked away in a box by my sister-in-law. I really had little...
Im thinking of buying the book Target Leipzig as one of the servicemen im researching was killed on this raid. Anyone seen the book and can they...
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