Most of us do not know anyone born in 1925. Most of us also do not know a WWII RAF veteran. Squadron Leader Stan Mellor of Oswestry is both, and SSAFA, the Armed Forces charity is helping to give him ...
A call has been made for birthday cards for a World War II veteran from Oswestry. Squadron Leader Stan Mellor will celebrate his 100th birthday on February 22, and SSAFA, the Armed Forces charity, ...
Work to relocate a giant RAF submarine-hunting aircraft to the Yorkshire Air Museum has passed a major milestone, with all the sections of the aircraft now on site at Elvington. The Avro Shackleton – ...
Nazi Germany was thankfully on the losing end of the ledger during World War II, and as such, the Luftwaffe’s bombers didn’t reach the heights of fame that Allied bombers, such as the American B-17 ...
The A-6 was essentially a small bomber. Incapable of breaking the sound barrier, the A-6 had a top speed of just 640 miles per hour—not much faster than a commercial airliner—a climb rate of ...
Documents from the Ministry of Defence (MoD) show that some of the highest concentrations of the chemicals can be found in RAF bases across the UK. Groundwater samples from RAF Benson in South ...
The first glimpse of the RAF’s next generation of “groundbreaking” fighter jets has been revealed, but MPs have warned the £12 billion cost of the programme could spiral. The jets ...
Sir Rod Stewart and his wife Penny Lancaster have become the newest celebrity ambassadors for the King’s charity The King’s Foundation. The veteran rocker, who has just celebrated his ...