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After the end of the Second World War, Wilson found employment in Gisborne for a short time before returning to his home in Dunedin. He decided to try the music business and soon found a group called The Tumbleweeds, founded by Bill Ditchfield. They went up to Wellington to record six 78s.
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These records are Royal Air Force combat reports written during the Second World War. They are the official reports which pilots or air gunners filed after they had encountered enemy aircraft on operational flights. The reports cover action seen by the squadrons, wings and groups serving with Fighter Command, Bomber Command, Coastal Command and the...
The records mainly consist of either a ‘personal combat report’ or a ‘fighter command combat report’. They sometimes include correspondence or notes. The reports record details such as: 1. date and time of the combat 2. squadron of the person submitting the information 3. type and number of enemy aircraft 4. height and general location of where the...
You can search the surviving records in Discovery, our catalogue, by filling in any or all of the fields below. You don’t need to complete every field to find a record. You can search by the name of the author/s of the report, whether the pilot (for fighters) or air gunner (for bombers), but not by the name of any other crew members.
This series is incomplete and the record you are searching for might not be in this online collection. You may find what you are looking for in RAF operations record books and aircrew logs.
Jul 6, 2019 · In 1965, Britain had a supersonic bomber superior to anything else in the world — the TSR-2 — but before entering service with the RAF, the project was axed. For some, this left a wound that over half a century later has not healed.
Jul 26, 2020 · Between 1939 and 1945, World War 2 planes evolved to the point the jet engine was introduced, and even the first cruise missile would see its first use by the Axis powers. Significant advances were made on both sides concerning developments in speed, maneuverability, altitude, and armament.
The sky over Belgium was witness to fierce fighting during the duration of World War 2. Thousands of fighters, bombers, and transport aircraft were shot down in flames and crashed in the fields and forests below, many of them with their crews still inside.
During World War 1 the planes were made of wood and built in the bi-plane style. WW2 planes were much sleeker and more powerful with aluminium bodies and supercharged piston engines. The British, German and American’s also began to experiment with jet engine planes during the war.
The list of aircraft of World War II includes all the aircraft used by those countries which were at war during World War from the period between their joining the conflict and the conflict ending for them.
