Battle of Britain anniversary marked by RAF memorial flight and Westminster Abbey service
A Spitfire and Hurricane also flew over Westminster Abbey during the service marking the 83rd anniversary of the battle
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Navy 'Face of the Royal Navy' dies aged 90
A poster of Cdr Davidson was used in several recruitment campaigns by the Senior Service in the 1950s and 60s
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WWII HMS Prince of Wales honours thousands of lives lost in Bismarck battles
Bismarck was the pride of the German navy and was scuttled after being crippled by British torpedo bombers and warships
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Aircraft Fully restored Spitfire that shot down Focke-Wulf 190 fails to sell at auction
The airworthy Spit is also a film star, having appeared in 1960s epics Battle of Britain and The Longest Day
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Veterans Margaret Betts, one of the last female codebreakers of Bletchley Park, dies aged 99
The WW2 codebreaker worked at the top-secret location near Milton Keynes until VE Day in 1945
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Queen Camilla Queen unveils portrait honouring British SOE agent Noor Inayat Khan at RAF Club
Queen Camilla visited the RAF Club to unveil a portrait of the Special Operations Executive agent who worked with the French Resistance.
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WWII 'None of the boys... suffered': The WW2 letter written to comfort a grieving mother to be sold at auction
Sergeant Douglas Timms's RAF jacket, logbook, medals and a telegram to his family is also up for auction
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WWII Fascinating aerial photos of WWII-era England revealed for the first time
Available on a searchable map, there are over 2,600 black-and-white images showing the unique view of England during WWII.
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WWII 'Last' Royal Navy veteran of Dunkirk dies aged 102
Lawrence Churcher, who was awarded the Legion d'Honneur, was posted to HMS Eagle at the start of the Second World War.
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WWII Royal Navy divers carry out controlled explosion of WW2 bomb off coast of Guernsey
Guernsey Police says the WW2 bomb was found by a local diver and destroyed by the Royal Navy.
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King Charles King marks Dambusters' 80th anniversary and pays tribute to RAF veterans
His Majesty visited the home of the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight in Lincolnshire.
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Veterans Hero WW2 Lancaster veteran receives special salute at Lossiemouth display
His heroism singlehandedly reviving a crew during a wartime mission saw him awarded the George Medal, given "for acts of great bravery".
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Navy Divers find wreck thought to be Royal Navy ship lost in wartime tragedy
The team of divers, known as the 'Gasperados', found the wreck off Cornwall in April while searching for another vessel.
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WWII Welsh D-Day veteran Ted Owens dies just weeks before 99th birthday
The Royal Marine veteran is one of the last surviving D-Day veterans from Wales
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WWII Oppenheimer: Who is the 'father of the atomic bomb'?
He became politically active in the 1930s and agreed with Albert Einstein that the Nazis could develop a nuclear weapon.
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Aircraft Watch: Amazing footage of WWII Spitfire flying alongside German aircraft
A Spitfire from the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight took to the skies alongside a Messerschmitt 262.