THE medals and logbooks of a prolific World War One fighter ace have sold for £21,000. Captain Percy “Pip” Clayson terrorised German enemy aircraft in the summer of 1918, clocking up 29 “kills”. He shot down ten in a month, with a better strike rate than the feared German pilot called “the Red Baron”. His … Read more
A NEW bank holiday is reportedly planned for next year as Brits will be given a four-day weekend to mark the 80th anniversary of WW2 ending. Britain will thank all those who fought the Nazis and Japan with a four-day jamboree in either May or August. 7 Birmingham residents sing along at celebrations in 2015Credit: … Read more
THIS is the shocking moment a World War Two bomb explodes on an airport runway – bringing flights to a screeching halt. An airport in Japan shut on Wednesday after a bomb buried under Miyazaki Airport unexpectedly blasted a hole in the runway. 4 This was the shocking moment a bomb exploded at Japanese airportCredit: … Read more
A WOMAN has discovered her WW2 pilot dad died a hero after heavy rain miraculously unearthed his crashed plane. For decades, Margaret Thompson believed her tragic father, Flight Lieutenant Frank Bolton, was just another “ignoble” casualty in the ill-fated Battle of Arnhem, part of Operation Market Garden. 7 Flight Lieutenant Frank Bolton, from Leeds, died … Read more
The Current24:51China suddenly ends international adoptions A Quebec man and his wife are devastated after China suddenly stopped most international adoptions, dashing their hopes of adopting a little boy they’ve spent years getting to know. “We feel that we have a special connection with him,” said Pierre LeMay from Quebec City. “We receive pictures, we … Read more
RAF pilot Harry Garthwaite flew hundreds of missions over battle-scarred Europe during World War Two. He was in the cockpit of an astonishing 23 different planes, from fighters to bombers — and even a German aircraft which, as he put it, “Somehow came into my possession”. 6 RAF pilot Harry Garthwaite flew hundreds of missions … Read more
WHEN Army despatch rider Herbert Kenny heard a tip about an apparent wartime “death camp” at Belsen, Germany, he had no idea he was involved in anything significant. But as he pushed open the non-descript gates at the camp on April 15, 1945, he was about to suffer one of the greatest shocks of anyone … Read more
AT first glance, Imber could be any village in the Wiltshire countryside. It has a pretty and well-kept church, and when I visited on Saturday afternoon, the sun was shining and people were sat on a patch of grass tucking into picnic nibbles while listening to a brass band. 6 A mock-up of buildings used … Read more
The U.S. military has made its largest move so far in a novel national-security effort to fund mining initiatives in Canada. The Pentagon on Tuesday announced a $20 million US grant to create a cobalt refinery in northern Ontario’s Temiskaming Shores. The money will go to the Toronto-based Electra Battery Materials Corporation; the government of Canada is adding … Read more
HUNDREDS of homes were urgently evacuated after a suspected World War 2 bomb was found. The “unexploded device” was discovered on Friday in Newtownards, County Down, around 9 miles east of Belfast, Northern Ireland. 2 Army and police deal with a suspected World War Two bomb discovered on a building site 2 It was discovered … Read more
