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Contents Listing - Articles & Features in this issue
FEATURES THE HUNT FOR ED825: THE LAST 'DAMBUSTERS' LANCASTER Built by Avro at their Woodford factory in Manchester, Lancaster ED825 would become one of 617 Squadron's famous 'Dambusters'. Flown by Flight Lieutenant McCarthy, ED825 was the only one out of the five 'Second Wave' aircraft to reach its target. Whilst the aircraft and its crew returned from this attack, it did not survive the war and was lost, in December 1943, whilst dropping supplies to the underground forces in France. Here, Simon Parry and Alex Bateman describe the hunt for ED825. OPERATION MANNA: RESCUE FROM THE AIR The end of the war in Europe may have been in sight, but large sections of the Dutch population, particularly in the big cities, were starving. By April 1945, the situation in parts of the country was desperate. For many the daily ration was just "two potatoes ... three slices of bread, a small quantity of meat substitute and a slice of skimmed milk cheese" - barely enough to survive on. But help was on the way, and when it did come, writes Alexander Nicolls, it came from the air. VICTORY! They knew that Hitler was dead. They knew that Berlin had fallen. Yet the people of Britain still waited for the war to end. Then, in the early hours of 7 May 1945, General Jodl signed the document that marked the end of the most destructive war Europe had ever known. Now it was time to party! DISTANCE NO OBJECT They knew it would take the Royal Navy many weeks to assemble a task force and sail the 8,000 miles from the United Kingdom to the Falkland Islands. Until that time, the triumphant Argentinean troops felt that were safe. Then the bombs started to fall! Mark Khan and John Grehan tell the incredible story of Operation Black Buck, one of the most ambitious bombing raids ever attempted. REGULARS DATAFILE In this month's Datafile, Mark Khan investigates the L1A1 Self-Loading Rifle (SLR), the main the service rifle of the British Army from the 1950s to the 1980s. SURVIVORS: THE SOPWITH CAMEL To support FN100, the Centenary of Naval Aviation, we examine the venerable Fairey Swordfish. A torpedo-bomber built by the Fairey Aviation Company and used by the Fleet Air Arm during the Second World War, it was affectionately known as the Stringbag by its crews. Ten Things You Probably Didn't Know About ... DOUGLAS BADER. One of the most famous Battle of Britain fighter pilots, and an ex-prisoner at Colditz Castle, in the years after the Second World War Bader was feted as a national hero and became a house-hold name.
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