Celebration of ANZAC day has a personal note in my village of Binbrook. During World War Two R.A.F Binbrook was home to RAAF 460 squadron, and today the vill...
460 Squadron - Bomber Command: 1942-45
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Dedicated to the air and ground crews of 460 squadron (1941-45) and the Lancaster Bombers they flew.
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Peter John Baskerville
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Audio From the Past [E01] - WW2 - Avro Lancaster Crew Radio In 1943, the Royal Air Force began a night bombing campaign against Germany, the like of which ha... 
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Kathryn Madigan knew very little about her father's WWII experience until she sat down to watch the news in early 2015.
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Informal portrait of Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Travers Harris KCB OBE AFC, Air Officer Commanding in Chief, Bomber Command, with members of No. 460 Squadron
Peter John Baskerville's insight:
Identified from left to right: 425080 Flight Sergeant (Flt Sgt) Jack Venning of Gympie, Queensland (later awarded DFC); 21082 Flt Sgt Thomas Lloyd Walkley of Craigieburn, Victoria; 414044 Flt Sgt Geoffrey Stewart Jordan of Sydney, NSW; 413986 Fl Sgt Wilfred Cyril Gordon of Raleigh, NSW (later awarded DFC); 414232 Fl Sgt Mervyn Edgar Hamilton of Brisbane, Queensland (killed on flying operations over the Netherlands on 15 August 1944); 420892 Pilot Officer (PO) Noel Knight of Coonabarabran, NSW (later awarded DFC); 414019 Flt Sgt Jan Goulevitch of Townsville, Queensland (later awarded DFC); 400102 Wing Commander Robert Alexander Norman DFC, Commanding Officer; 409632 Flt Sgt Samuel Whiteside of Korumburra, South Australia (killed on flying operations over Germany on 27 January 1944); 14744 Flt Sgt Colin Stafford Francis of Summerhill, NSW (later awarded DFC); Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Harris KCB OBE AFC; 405909 Flt Sgt Ernest William Joseph Hurley of Ipswich, Queensland (killed on flying operations over Germany, 27 January 1944); 408559 PO Edward Hasall Anderson of Melbourne, Victoria; 412810 Flight Lieutenant James Robert Henderson of Sydney, NSW (later awarded DFC and DSO); 400577 Squadron Leader Kenneth David Baird DFC of Ballarat, Victoria; 422468 Flt Sgt John Joseph Egan (later awarded DFC) of Bankstown, NSW; and 414349 Flt Sgt William Kevin Halstead of Townsville, Queensland (killed on flying operations over the UK on 16 December 1943).
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Last month we hosted Bill Taylor, a renowned aviation historian and Yellowbelly, who gave a fascinating talk at Metheringham on Tiger Force. This was the Very Long Range Bomber Force that Churchill...
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I discovered this old 8mm cine film a friend had with this snippet of a flying Lancaster bomber. I'm not sure the airshow but it I think it was in the late 1960s.
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This documentary tells the story of Operation Manna. In 1945 with much of Holland cut off and food supplies at critically low levels, Royal Air Force Bomber ...
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In this episode I talk to Andrew Panton of the Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage centre. Andrew is lucky enough to be one of the pilots for their Lancaster Bomber “Just Jane”.
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NORM Ginn faced a firing squad during Word War II so anything life has thrown at him since has been a breeze.
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First-hand memories of the final RAF bombing raid of World War Two. And who dropped the very last bomb? According Mr Coverdale's records, it was a Pilot Officer Nichols and a Sgt Easy, who took off a couple of hours after Ted Wearn, returning to Norfolk at 02:18 BST of 3 May, the last wheels touching down from the last raid. Within a week, the war in Europe was over.
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A special ceremony has been held at Lincoln Cathedral to unveil a floral mosaic that's been planted to commemorate Operation Manna.
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The Avro Lancaster is a British four-engined Second World War heavy bomber designed and built by Avro for the Royal Air Force (RAF).
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Battle Stations: Lancaster Bomber - Target Germany (War History Documentary) Colour archive film reveals the role of the Lancaster bomber in World War Two.
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Feature Film - Our Shining Sword Teaser Trailer (2017) Douglas, a broken, solitary, Spitfire Ace, must overcome his past to lead a Lancaster bomber crew in the ...
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NORM Ginn faced a firing squad during Word War II so anything life has thrown at him since has been a breeze.
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Peter John Baskerville's insight:
My dad's plane which he flew 31 missions.
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A Chipping Norton author has published a novel based on the experiences of his great-uncle who served in RAF Bomber Command during the Second World War.
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Australian RAAF 460th Veterans & Friends Group
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In exploring history, nothing is more stimulating than seeing real objects, especially when they are as large and impressive as a Lancaster bomber. by Peter Burness
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The RAF's victory over the Luftwaffe during the Battle of Britain in the summer of 1940 made a German invasion of Britain all but impossible.
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A few weeks ago during our Australian feature we highlighted the Maxton brothers who flew together in the same crew on 460 Squadron of the Royal Australian Air Force based at Binbrook. Murray was a...
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Some of Australia's bravest are dropping in for a visit.
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