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Contents Listing - Articles & Features in this issue
FEATURES RETRACING THE COCKLESHELL HEROES A group of explorers follow the route taken by the group of men who undertook Operation Frankton in 1942. SOLID WRECKAGE ON THE GROUND Andy Saunders examines the first successful a€ killa€ over land using Airborne Interception radar. KOMET CHASERS Flying Officer John Haslope was the only RAF pilot to almost shoot down a Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet. TYPHOONS OVER NORMANDY Ken Wright examines the actions of Typhoons and other fighters during the Battle of the Falaise Gap. FORGOTTEN HERO Chris Keltie investigates a Lancaster pilot who stayed at the controls in a bid to save one of his crew. a€ Ia€ M HIT ... WEa€ RE GOING DOWN!a€ Scrambling along the walls of Forward Operating Base Jackson, just outside Sangin in Afghanistana€ s Helmand Province, the Royal Marines of 40 Commando looked on helplessly as the pilot of an American Sikorsky HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter (seen here in the foreground), its tail rotor blasted away by a rocket-propelled grenade, desperately fought to maintain control over his aircraft. The marines could only watch in horror as the helicopter slammed into the open, barren, wasteland that surrounds the base and exploded in a massive ball of fire. Then a single, plaintive, voice cried out from within the raging inferno. Dave Cassan reveals the incredible story of what happened that day in June 2010. SOME WERE JUST LUCKY How the crew of the tanker Norland survived after being torpedoed by U-108. A MAN IN A MILLION He was a peace loving family man who wore the Commandoa€ s Green Beret and earned the nationa€ s highest award for battlefield bravery. In the first of a new series of articles celebrating acts of outstanding wartime courage, Steve Snelling tells the story of a€ Doca€ Harden, the only medic to win the Victoria Cross during the Second World War. X-CRAFT ATTACK ON SAIGON, 1945 In a Britain at War Magazine exclusive, one XE-craft veteran recalls Operation Sabre. REGULARS BRIEFING ROOM News, Restorations, Discoveries and Events from around the UK. FIELDPOST Your letters. IMAGE OF WAR 19 December 1939: A Brief Encounter. WEIRD AND WONDERFUL WINGS The Miles M.20 a€ Municha€ Fighter. TANK TIMES The latest issue of Tank Times from The Tank Musuem, Bovington. DATES THAT SHAPED THE WAR We chart some of the key moments and events that affected the United Kingdom in November 1942. RECONNAISSANCE REPORT A look at new books and products. WHAT I WOULD SAVE IN A FIRE The first flying log book owned by James Airey, on display at Imperial War Museum Duxford.
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