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The 900th Airborne Engineer Aviation Company made more landings than any other gliderborne unit. This article gives an account of their missions in Burma in March-May 1944 during OPERATION THURSDAY. …
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As told by Percy Smith to Mr Michael Hall From the time he was five until he was 16, Smith would snorkel and spear tropical fish most every Sunday afternoon off the sandy-white shore of Sri Lanka. …
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By Alan Barnett Student Pilot There were occasions when the ground crew was given the chance to fly in the Dakota, even sometimes to be able to take over the controls. On one such flight, the Capta …
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By John Winter - Ex 117 Squadron 117 Squadron was formed at Khartoum on 30th April 1941 under the command of Wg Cdr WE Rankin from a detachment of another famous transport squadron -216 and became a …