A friend from IBCC trawled their archive for 'bicycle' given it is #WorldBicycleDay. He came up with over 500 hits! Sadly, only one in my archive. Captioned '... arrive at the flying field on push bikes', this features Clive Caldwell & John Waddy, 2 OTU Mildura, Vic. 1944. @danellin.bsky.social
The IBCC Digital Archive has a page that is a good place to start for all things RAF and Normandy and D-Day #D-Day #NormandyBeach ibccdigitalarchive.omeka.net/items/show/5...
A book to look out for... @nmtdambusters.bsky.social #history #WW2 #histbookchat
Kristen Alexander
If you vape in open spaces and I've walked past you - I will have called you rude things, just loud enough so you can pretend you haven't heard.
Dan Ellin
Dan Ellin
Dan Ellin
There could be 1249 signed copies of 'Swansong' prints still around. We don't learn much about history from an artist's impression created decades after the event, or by a signature. They tell us more about the period they were created (or destroyed) than the period they depict.
Dan Ellin
According to Fairport Convention, where should you keep steaks and chops?
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Meet on the ledge...
I'm going to be talking about flying stress and LMF at the Bentley Priory Museum on 11 July. Dr Victoria Taylor and Gp Capt (Rtd) Tim Willbond are speaking too. #WW2 #History tickets from bentleypriorymuseum.org.uk/whats-on/dow...
Shenanigans in York this weekend. New book shop and a visit to the Van Gogh Experience.
Dan Ellin
Dan Ellin
Dan Ellin
Dan Ellin
A completely new perspective on a familiar story...
Michael Napier
What we hang on our walls reflects who we are. So when I was given a print of a Fw190 signed by the subject, Gunther Rall, I was left with a dilemma: why would I want the autograph of someone who fought for the Nazis hanging in pride of place in my house?
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I was recently given two prints by the renowned aviation artist, the late Robert Taylor. One is going on the wall, the other... Well, that is the focus of this video, as why would I want the…
