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eaturing: MISSING OF THE SOMME SPECIAL This special section is dedicated to those who lost their lives at the Battle of the Somme and their unique stories. Including: The Worst of the Worst Last Letters of The Missing For Valour Lost Underground Some of the Missing a€ SERGEANT SMITH IS NO LONGER MISSINGa€ Andy Saunders tells the poignant story of the recovery of the body of Spitfi re pilot Sergeant William Smith who failed to return from a mission over France in 1942. THE SECRET VALLEY Hidden in a narrow valley in north-east Wales is a site which was once one of the most highly classified locations in the whole of the United Kingdom. THE STORY OF DOROTHY Oa€ GRADY Detained on a restricted beach at the height of the invasion scare in August 1940, Dorothy was charged with being a spy and sentenced to death. GROUND ATTACK During the Falklands War, the RAFa€ s Harriers had to adopt traditional low-level ground attack methods which made them easy targets for the Argentine gunners a€ as Squadron Leader Jerry Pook found to his cost when he led an attack upon Mount Harriet. CONTEMPT FOR DANGER Chris Goss describes how the first of the attacks on the battleship Tirpitz to do any significant damage was that by Royal Navy X-class submarines. DISASTER IN DOVER HARBOUR During the afternoon of 16 September 1918, a huge blast tore through the warships moored in Dover Harbour. To prevent further explosions, one of the warships, HMS Glatton, had to be sunk by torpedo. a€ WELCOME TO HELLa€ When the men of the Royal Irish Regiment finally fought their way through the Taleban forces surrounding the District Centre of Musa Qala€ eh in Helmand Province, they must have wondered what they had let themselves in for. CATALINA ATTACK: THE SAVAGE SOUTHERN SEAS Andrew Thomas relates an encounter in the South Atlantic with a U-boat by a West African-based Catalina flying boat at the height of the Second World War. and much more!
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