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Guernsey lifeboat to be named after crew member killed in WW2
BBC News· 16 hours agoSt Peter Port RNLI will officially name its new lifeboat after a lifeboatman from Guernsey who was...
WW2 artefacts archived by University of Oxford
BBC News· 5 days agoMore than 25,000 artefacts linked to World War Two have been digitised for future generations. The Their Finest Hour project by the University of Oxford...
WW2 Veterans receive heroes welcome home following trip to Normandy
WHNT Huntsville via Yahoo News· 2 days agoThree World War II veterans who were honored overseas in Normandy during the commemoration of the...
Missing plane found in lake 53 years later
Newsweek· 3 days agoA private plane wreckage that mysteriously disappeared after it crashed has finally been found, after more than five decades of people searching for it....
Hundreds turn out for WW2 themed Alsager Carnival
BBC News· 5 days agoHundreds of people turned out at Alsager Carnival as the event adopted a World War Two theme to mark the 80th anniversary of D-Day. Saturday’s carnival...
Northeast Wisconsin WW2 Vets reflect on Normandy trip
WFRV Green Bay via Yahoo News· 5 days agoAPPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, Wis. (WFRV) – Three of Northeast Wisconsin’s World War II heroes...
Battle of Britain Memorial Flight to miss Trooping the Colour
BBC News· 3 days agoThe Battle of Britain Memorial Flight (BBMF) will miss the Trooping the Colour flypast on Saturday. The vintage planes, based at RAF Coningsby, were grounded last month following the death of ...
Flying Nightingales celebrated 80 years after first flight
BBC News· 2 days agoOn 13 June 1944 three Women's Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF) nursing orderlies, Corporal Lydia Alford...
Halifax bomber memorial would mark Kirton in Lindsey crash
BBC News· 5 days agoProposals have been submitted for a Halifax bomber memorial in North Lincolnshire. Planning...