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MOSQUITO TERROR: WHEN RAF DE HAVILLAND MOSQUITOES SUCCESSFULLY BOMBED AMIENS PRISON IN 1944, IT SENT A SIGNAL TO MANY IN THE OCCUPIED COUNTRIES THAT BRITAIN WAS WILLING AND ABLE TO SUPPORT THE RESISTANCE MOVEMENT. SO, AS KEN WRIGHT RECOUNTS, A FURTHER PRECISION RAID WAS REQUESTED BY THE DANISH RESISTANCE. THE TARGETWAS THE GESTAPOHEADQUARTERS AT AARHUS.


wrecked. All this destruction, writes Robert Mitchell, had been caused by just two Royal Navy helicopters.


A WAAF’s MILITARY MEDAL The bombs crashed all around, the walls cracking under the impact. The lone NCO remained at her post and continued to work unaided. More bombs fell and the building shook, threatening to collapse at anymoment, but nothing deterred the young Corporal – Joan Hearn-Avis.


WHEN NIGHT BECAME DAY The final explosive act of the Second World War took place at 11.02 hours on 9 August 1945, when the second atomic bomb was dropped on Japan.On board the Boeing B-29 Superfortress that was to photograph the astonishing scene when the bomb Fat Man was delivered on Nagasaki was a British observer – Group Captain Leonard Cheshire VC.


WE HAVE WAYS OF MAKING YOU TALK - POSSIBLY Aircrew surviving air battles over Europe during the Second World War experienced mixed emotions during their first periods of captivity. Many also harboured information useful to the enemy. Barry Wheeler explains that extracting that information was the task of the Luftwaffe interrogation centre Auswertestelle West at Oberursel, near Frankfurt, known to thousands of airmen as Dulag Luft.


CHURCHILL ON THE FRONT LINE He was one of the foremost men of his age and until just weeks before he had commanded themost powerful navy on earth. But he was a soldier at heart. As a youth he had dreamt of following in the footsteps of his great ancestor, the Duke ofMarlborough, and as a young man he joined the Army at the first opportunity. So when he resigned after the failure of the Dardanelles campaign,Winston became a soldier once more.


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BRIEFING ROOM News, Restorations,Discoveries and Events fromaround the UK.


NEWS FEATURE First World War tunnellers’ memorial unveilied. Sapper William Hackett VC was one ofmore than 1,500men who died tunnelling under the front line on theWestern Front.


NEWS FEATURE British archaeologists identify missing soldier ninety years on.


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NEWS FEATURE Soldiers from the 1st Battalion Royal Welsh who survived two bomb blasts in two days in Afghanistan have spoken of their admiration for theMastiff armoured vehicle that saved their lives.


NEWS FEATURE To commemorate the 94th anniversary of the Battle of the Somme, the Historial de la Grande Guerre has opened an exhibition on gas and chemical warfare.


FIELDPOST Your letters.


THE BEST OF EVIDENCE IN CAMERA During the SecondWorldWar the AirMinistry produced aweekly (then twice-monthly) publication called Evidence in Camera. Each month we present a selection of the images included.


FREE PRIZE DRAW The 70th anniversary of the Battle of Britain is the theme of the 2010 nationwide tour by the bands of the Royal Air Force. In this month’s free prize draw, five lucky readers will have the opportunity to win a pair of tickets to a venue of their choice.


IMAGE OF WAR 30 April 1940: The first civilian casualties in England during the SecondWorldWar that were caused by enemy action – albeit a terrible accident.


RECONNAISSANCE REPORT A look at some of the new publications and products that are available.


DEBRIEF A Piece of History, Dates That Shaped theWar andmuchmore!


THE MERCHANT NAVY IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR ... IN NUMBERS Before the Second World War, Britain’s Merchant Fleet was the largest in the world. Between 1939 and 1945 it played an absolutely vital role – not just in keeping the nation supplied with food, but also in transporting whole armies and their equipment, around the globe.


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