The Ghost of Christmas That Never Was does not appear in any published version of Charles Dickens’ immortal A Christmas Carol. The reason why was revealed when this ghost recently materialized to me for an exclusive interview. He explained that Dickens had originally asked him to be one of the ghosts that appeared before Ebenezer […]
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The Imperial War Museum’s Lambeth-displayed Spitfire is shown being dis-assembled (carefully) http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti…-transfer.html
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Reinforcements for the RAF’s Battle of Britain Memorial Flight! http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lincolnshire-20715452
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The basic P-39 design was indeed capable of improvement, and the evidence is the P-63A King Cobra. I once spoke with someone who flew them, and he told me how they used to jump P-51s as they were climbing over Fort Walton Beach and they always used to beat them. He had been put on […]
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Soldier, Sailor & Airman Too The Fighting Life of Group Captain A.B. ‘Woody’ Woodhall By A.B. ‘Woody’ Woodhall This is an excellent book. I used it for research in writing the Decisive Duel. It does not appear in my footnotes because I did not quote from it directly and it is not in the select […]
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