THE DECISIVE DUEL ends with the Spitfires flying at Duxford. This article’s quotes and illustrations show why they are more than museum pieces. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2497872/Sentinels-sky-British-engineers-iconic-WW2-fighters-incredible-engineering-knowledge-flying-high.html

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My article in the November issue of AIR INTERNATIONAL, now at your local newsagent (UK) or Barnes&Noble magazine rack (US) is about the USAF’s HC-130J tankers, fascinating airplanes that refuel rescue helicopters in flight. At night. At 500 feet altitude, without using lights or radio. And that’s just the start. http://www.airinternational.com/

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A spectacular example of the panoramic photographs of the D-Day beaches taken by low-altitude tactical recon Spitfires. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2476813/Eerily-tranquil-images-taken-brave-spitfire-pilots-sweeping-French-coastline-1944-German-occupied-Normandy-coastline-just-D-Day-landings.html

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Latest news on the quest for buried AUSTRALIAN Spitfires: http://www.watoday.com.au/national/spitfire-hunters-dig-for-online-booty-20131012-2vfbf.html

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Anyone looking for THE DECISIVE DUEL in Melbourne can find them at the two locations of THE AVENUE BOOKSTORE. http://avenuebookstore.com.au/products/707257-TheDecisiveDuelSpitfirevs109-9780349123653

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ANOTHER search for buried Spitfires, this time in Australia. http://www.warhistoryonline.com/press-releases/search-buried-spitfires-live.html

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Archaeological survey of underwater aircraft crash sites in and around the UK, with some interesting examples http://blogs.wessexarch.co.uk/aircraftcrashsitesatsea/files/2008/03/aircraft_crash-sites_at_sea_report.pdf

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Pensacola museum restoring Lake Michigan F6F combat veteran. One of the many FAA pilots, trained on Seafires, who transitioned to F6F Hellcats, said it was like going “from a racehorse to a carthorse” (but it could carry more longer distances). http://www.weartv.com/news/features/top-stories/stories/national-aviation-museum-celebrates-50th-anniversary-36521.shtml

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http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/09/28/world-war-ii-airman-missing-since-144-to-be-buried-with-full-military-honors/

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News article on Britain’s equivalent of Germany’s underground factories, only these were built under the Shadow Factories described in THE DECISIVE DUEL: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2424974/Second-World-War-tunnels-safe-German-bombers-British-workers-munitions-Britain-defeat-Hitler.html

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