Dedication ceremony honours fallen WW2 bomber crew on 80th anniversary of crash
The Halifax had completed a mission to lay sea mines off the French coast, but crashed on its return journey to RAF Breighton in Yorkshire.
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Veterans RAF jet pilot and WWII veteran shares 100th celebrations with former unit at Edinburgh Tattoo
Meteor and Spitfire pilot Joe McCulloch celebrated alongside the Royal Auxiliary Air Force at Edinburgh Castle.
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Feature Dragoon: Why the op you've never heard of was the worst day of Hitler's life
Also known as the other D-Day, Operation Dragoon opened up a new front against Nazi Germany in southern France.
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Feature The Loch Ness Monster and fascism: When Italy claimed to have killed Nessie
In 1941, Joseph Goebbels' propaganda machine went into overdrive when it claimed Axis power Italy had killed the Loch Ness Monster.
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Navy Giant ship build hall for Navy frigates named after female pioneer from WW2
Janet Harvey was one of a handful of women working as electricians alongside the 100,000-strong male workforce in the UK war effort.
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Veterans RAF veteran ' truly humbled' after more than 1,000 cards arrive to mark his 100th birthday
Richard 'Dick' Skepper, 100, joined the RAF at the age of 18 when the Second World War broke out.
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Feature The real Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare agents were hated – but they didn't care
Despite their heroism being celebrated in Guy Ritchie's latest film, SOE agents were looked down upon by those in power during WW2.
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History Great Escape hero's WW2 pocket book found in house clearance set for auction
Flight Lieutenant Paul Royle was one of the 76 Allied airmen who escaped from German prisoner-of-war camp Stalag Luft III 80 years ago.
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RAF The last of The Few: Battle of Britain fighter pilot celebrates 105th birthday
The birthday of Group Captain John 'Paddy' Hemingway DFC was marked with portraits reflecting different stages of his life.
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History Bow of Italian sub sunk by Royal Navy rival discovered after lying underwater for 83 years
Regia Marina sub Jantina was sent to the bottom of the Aegean Sea by HMS Torbay in a rare example of submarine-versus-submarine combat.
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Navy WW2 bomb disposal specialist has missing medals replaced by his successor Navy unit
Second World War veteran Boyd Salmon served with an elite team in Europe which would later become the Diving and Threat Exploitation Group.
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Veterans One of last sailors to see destruction of the Bismarck finally gets medal aged 105
James Donovan served in the Royal Navy and has waited many years to receive the Arctic Star – a long overdue reward for his service.
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Feature Bazooka: How the legendary rocket-propelled anti-armour weapon got its name
The US M1 was introduced in 1942 and was one of the first generation of rocket-propelled anti-tank weapons used in infantry combat.
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Feature Kohima: How close combat over a tennis court helped turn the war with Japan
22 June marks the 80th anniversary of the end of the Battle of Kohima, known as the 'Stalingrad of the East'.
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USA Partygoers rave about USS Hornet as aircraft carrier hosts Rattleship music fest
The Essex-class aircraft carrier-turned-museum based in Alameda, California, is set to host the two-day Rattleship music event.
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WWII Flotilla of Dunkirk Little Ships gets together again 84 years after WW2 evacuation
Forces News went to central London to understand just how different the backgrounds of each little ship is.