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FEATURES DRAWING THE FEW In the summer of 1940, at the height of the Battle of Britain, the artist Cuthbert Orde was asked to complete the portraits of some of the men of Fighter Command. Taking around two hours per picture, Orde drew men whose names have become synonymous with the arial combats that year. AN EAST AFRICAN VICTORIA CROSS In a small cemetery inland from the Kenyan port of Mombasa stands a headstone engraved with a Victoria Cross. Kevin Patience relates the story of a little-known campaign of the First World War and its forgotten hero. OSCAR THE FLYING PIG As part of its duties, 624 (Special Duties) Squadron was tasked to drop agents and supplies to the Resistance. Its work was highly secret, and, as Colin Pateman explains, its mascot was undoubtedly special, proving that pigs really can fly. a€~BERYLa€ OF THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN Dean Sumner reveals how a fireman tackling the blaze of a crashed Spitfire in September 1940 found part of a scorched identity card belonging to the pilot, Flying Officer John Boyle, bearing his signature and photograph. a€ JUST A FEW DAYSa€ On 16 June 2006, the elite British Pathfinder Platoon arrived in the town of Musa Qala€ eh in Helmand Province. They were told that their stay would be a short one and that they would be relieved in ninety-six hours. As Dave Cassan reveals, things did not go according to plan. GOING FOR BROKE By the latter half of the First World War the German surface fleet was limited to hit and run raids across the Channel and in response British destroyers were deployed to guard the Dover Strait. One night in April 1917 the opposing forces met. The British ships were outnumbered, but the German ships were outfought. ERITREAN EAGLE The Second World War was truly a global conflict and Britaina€ s forces served in almost every theatre. As Andrew Thomas describes, one such man was Flying Officer a€ Ollya€ Green who flew aging Gloster Gladiators in the depths of east Africa. PIRATE ATTACK During 1941, lone German bombers were ordered to carry out what was known as PirateneinsÃÃ
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