Channel Dash – The Bravest of the Brave
12th February 2023 marked the 81st anniversary of the Channel Dash in 1942. Three of Germany’s largest battleships ran the gauntlet of the Dover Strait from their location at Brest...
Category: World War II
F/Lt Baron Jean de Selys Longchamps’ Attack on Secret Police HQ and a hectic day for No.609 Squadron – 20th January 1943
Baron Jean Michel P.M.G. de Selys-Longchamps was born 31st May 1912 in Brussels as the son of Baron Raymond Charles Michel Ghislain de Selys-Longchamps and Emilie de Theux de Meylandt...
Hurricane Homecoming by Stephen Brown
A Hawker Hurricane Mk IIB in the markings of 174 (Mauritius) Sqn based at RAF Manston. Image used with permission from Stephen Brown. You can purchase artwork based on his...
The Manston Spy
One of the most notorious German spies of the Second World War period landed in Harwich on 29th August 1935. Dr. Hermann Görtz (anglicised as Goertz) was a swarthy, thick...
Last Round at Reculver by Paul’s Aviation Art
From the artist:Three Type 464 (Provisioning) Lancasters lead by Wg Cmdr Guy Gibson from 617 in the late after of 8-14th May 1943 fly over Reculver Towers and the to...
Evening Trials at Reculver by Paul’s Aviation Art
From the artist:Local (Herne Bay and East Kent) Dambuster’s Squadron heroes Flt Lt Dave J.H. Matlby DFC in AJ-J and Plt Off Warner (Bill) Ottley DFC in AJ-C . (Dave...
