The German Luftwaffe entered World War II in September 1939 employing as its main day fighter the Messerschmitt Bf109 one of the classic fighter aircraft designs of all time When war broke out it ...
The Spitfire is the most famous plane ... fighters provided crucial air support for the D-Day landings and many were adapted to be fighter-bombers to carry out attacks on German ground forces. WW2 ...
On 6 August 1945, the same day the US dropped a nuclear bomb on Hiroshima, an English soldier lost his life in a plane crash on the Sperrin mountains. Petty Officer Douglas David Smith was a 21 ...
including several for BBC programmes such as Digging for Britain and being part of the first licensed dig for a WW2 aircraft in NI. Mr McNee also mentioned his efforts in bringing family members ...
Sergeant James Allen Ward VC, standing in the cockpit of a No. 75 Squadron Wellington. He positioned himself behind the engine to extinguish the wing fire, using the engine cover to shield himself ...
The school and its pupils have undertaking licenced projects with Mr McNee for seven years, including several for BBC programmes such as Digging for Britain and being part of the first licensed dig ...