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RAF in the desert
The RAF had begun to build up its strength in the desert just after the Battle of Britain and just in time for the first offensive in 1940. When it opened, the RAF had about 220 aircraft, mostly bombe… more →
Place to land
Holding course
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wrote 2 years ago: Looking back at the original post, where I define our objective as understanding more about the unsp … more →
Leigh-Mallory: going down in history
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wrote 2 years ago: Before leaving the topic of Keith Park (although I am sure we will come back to Park as his later ro … more →
Meeting them
wrote 2 years ago: One of my favourite stories about Park: During the morning of 15 September Park received a visit fro … more →
The Biography of Air Chief Marshal Sir Keith Park
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wrote 2 years ago: After reading Bungay’s Most Dangerous Enemy, I was intrigued to discover more about Keith Park … more →
Park
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wrote 2 years ago: Marshal of the RAF, Lord Tedder, credited one man in particular for winning the Battle of Britain: S … more →
Patronage and Air Chief Marshal Sir Trafford Leigh-Mallory
wrote 2 years ago: [Cross posted at Thoughts on Military History] In trying to understand leadership competence and why … more →
The Rise and Fall of...
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wrote 2 years ago: Thanks to Brett over at Airminded for bringing this to my attention. It is Google’s Ngram View … more →
How did they win the Battle of Britain?
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wrote 2 years ago: Watching “The Battle of Britain“, on BBC with Ewan and Colin McGregor, I found it imposs … more →
Dowding and the 'Big Wings'
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wrote 2 years ago: [Cross-posted at Thoughts on Military History] Well another good day at the archives, to be honest i … more →
wrote 3 years ago: Animal complaints Iqaluit’s dog problem overwhelms bylaw officers. Iqaluit bylaw officers alre … more →
Views of Air Chief Marshal Sir Trafford Leigh-Mallory
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wrote 3 years ago: [Cross-posted at Thoughts on Military History] I think our normal view of Air Chief Marshal Sir Traf … more →
Remembering Keith Park
wrote 3 years ago: We seem a tad reluctant these days to commemorate our heroes. So it’s great to see a memorial erecte … more →
Too little, too late
wrote 4 years ago: David Davis (And here’s what we said about a year ago, about a call for “Poles to Join … more →
The line between being world famous and being forgotten is thin and random
wrote 5 months ago: I had never heard of Sir Keith Park, who saved London Like most people, I know a lot about what happ … more →
An Alternative View of Air Chief Marshal Sir Trafford Leigh Mallory
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wrote 9 months ago: Our normal view of Air Chief Marshal Sir Trafford Leigh-Mallory has very much been skewed by his por … more →
Battle of Britain Day and the Paralympics
wrote 9 months ago: We have all been enthralled by the amazing athletes who have competed in the London 2012 Paralympics … more →
The Personal Side of Air Chief Marshal Sir Trafford Leigh-Mallory
wrote 1 year ago: We often have a very specific view of historical characters in our mind. This is often down to the r … more →
A Short Critique of Vincent Orange
wrote 1 year ago: [Cross posted from Thoughts on Military History] One of the key authors I have to engage with in my … more →
RAF in the desert
wrote 1 year ago: The RAF had begun to build up its strength in the desert just after the Battle of Britain and just i … more →
