In issue 8 of the Aviation Classics' series we focus on the story of the B 17 Flying Fortress', described by the pilot of the Memphis Belle' as a Stradivarius of an aircraft. To the crews of these bombers, the B 17 was the aircraft that would get them home when all seemed lost An amazing tale of genius, tragedy, determination and courage, through operational experiences which established the aircraft's wartime reputation
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Heritage Railway editor, Robin Jones looks at the East Coast Main Line between London King's Cross and Edinburgh Waverley known as the route of the Flying Scotsman. Flying Scotsman is so much more than an ordinary steam locomotive, and Flying Scotsman...
Flying Scotsman is the most famous steam engine in the world. It was briefly the only main line steam engine running in the whole of Britain, and has traveled across the Atlantic and America. It has circumnavigated the globe, steamed across Australia,...
Aircrew memoirs including a diary account jotted down the day after a night op. Words from Guy Gibson, the famous founder Commanding Officer of 617 squadron and Les Munro, the last surviving pilot of the Dams' raid Features also on the Battle of Britain...
