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FEATURES A REMARKABLE PATROL Lieutenant Robert Brown was the navigating offi cer of HM Submarine E11 - one of the most successful British submarines to see action during the naval operations in the Dardanelles Campaign of 1915. Based on the actual log kept by Lieutenant Brown, we examine the events of one of those action-packed patrols - her second - which was undertaken between August and September 1915. FAMILIAR CIRCUMSTANCES History has a strange way of repeating itself and some lessons identified many years ago still apply today, particularly the dangers of friendly fire incidents and the risks of operational flying over Iraq. For one RAF pilot these two risks were very real and he experienced both in the space of two weeks in the spring of 1941. DISASTER AT CAPE HELLES Some ninety-five years after the Gallipoli landings, the discovery of a poignant letter and officer's commission document revealed an intriguing and tragic tale. Andy Saunders unfolds the dramatic story behind an unusual find. A BATTLE OF BRITAIN MYSTERY On 21 August 1941, Pilot Officer Bob Doe of 234 Squadron shot down a Junkers Ju 88 that was involved in an attack on the Supermarine factory at Eastleigh. Here, Andy Saunders unravels the story of that event and some of the controversy that has surrounded it ever since. His detective work revealed the identity of the crew - but not their last resting place! KAMIKAZE STRIKE The Algerine-class minesweeper HMS Vestal was hit by a Japanese kamikaze aircraft during the closing days of the Second World War. We examine the story of the last Royal Navy warship sunk in the Second World War. BOMBER COMMAND'S PROPAGANDA WAR As the air campaign was stepped up, the quantities dropped on Germany increased to more than 1,000,000 per month. But these were not high explosive bombs or incendiaries, they were propaganda leaflets! Derek Gandy analyses the scale and effectiveness of Bomber Command's paper war. REGULARS BRIEFING ROOM News, Restorations, Discoveries and Events from around the UK. DATES THAT SHAPED THE WAR Seventy years on, we chart some of the key moments and events that affected the United Kingdom in February 1942. WHAT I WOULD SAVE IN A FIRE Lynda Powell, Director/Curator of The Green Howards Museum in Richmond, explains which exhibit would be saved in the event of a disaster - the helmet worn by Second Leutenant Donald Bell VC.
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