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hello Pat You might be looking, literally, in the wrong direction with VIII Fighter Command, as they are most probably IX Fighter Command from...

WW2 Battlefield tape and film recordings were certainly only a small file compared to what they are able to do in the 21st century. However, I...

Rob I put in the full link for the top one- of which only part is highlighted above, and it came back with "We searched but could not find the...

Hello Pat To answer your question, although not in France - Berlin for the Mustangs of VIII Fighter Command of the US 8th Air Force !! I think...

I have seen this website some time back, it has been updated, but is not 100% accurate on all ALG's, although he has done a pretty good job and,...

Bazenville as per http://www3.sympatico.ca/angels_eight/127mems.html - if that is how it is spelt on the Spitfire wing memorial outside the...

Bazenville and Martragny were pre-planned, as were many others - as per the piece that I put in to British at Falaise - but naturally the Germans...

Good news !! I have now found the plan of B.18 Cristot - in "La Bataille Aerienne de Normandie 1944" I will try to scan it tomorrow and send...

Regarding "long earmarked" and "had to be fought for" - you might find this of interest. According to Dad 125 Wing was originally scheduled for...

Thanks Pat - it looks better than my original !! Rob - I will try to remember where I have filed the book and see if anything is in there about...

Hello Rob Well, if it wasn't for the blackout and somebody had left the upstairs Landing Light on in their house the Spitfires would land right...

Hello Rob I haven't checked your map references yet but I have an airfield map of Lingèvres, showing the correct location - so I need a way of...

And now from the perspective of a typical 2TAF RAF fighter Wing. As things started to change, and the bridgehead gradually expanded, 125 Wing...

Hello Pat Nice work on the radar - Another find on my bookshelves - "North West Europe 1944-5 - The achievement of 21st Army Group" by John...

Thanks Pat Brian Horrocks - one of my favourite British Generals - I have his "Corps Commander" written in 1977, with Eversley Belfield and...

Thanks Rm - A very good link with some good pictures there - pity they are not as clear as the IWM version, but not being truncated you can see a...

I know that several command tanks were fitted with a wooden gun barrel, because that then meant they had more space inside the turret for command...

Hello Rm As far as I am aware the armoured regiments mimicked the cavalry by using squadrons and troops. Somewhere I read that an armoured...

Thanks for the information - I suppose any spies knew immediately what they were looking at for the US side, and the British side gave them a nice...

Hello Pat No problem - and it certainly isn't detracting from my enjoyment of the continuing story. Hopefully my small contribution fills in...