Military community rallies to honour RAF veteran who died, aged 97, with no known family
RAF veteran Ronald Frank Gale passed away at home alone and with no family around him.
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Documentary Crash site detective: What happened to Halifax NP711?
In a new documentary, Forces News joins a crash site investigator as he attempts to locate the exact spot where a plane crashed in 1945.
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RAF RAF Museum works to keep war hero's Victoria Cross in UK
The RAF Museum has launched a fundraiser to keep the VC medal of the RAF's only WWII recipient, Arthur Scarf, in the UK after it was sold at ...
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WWII 'I've seen walking skeletons': First-hand accounts from survivors on Holocaust Memorial Day
Holocaust Memorial Day, marked on 27 January, remembers all those who suffered in the Holocaust and subsequent genocides.
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D-Day 101-year-old veteran honoured with France's highest award for his role in D-Day
WWII veteran John McOwan has been awarded France's highest honour for his role in D-Day, 78 years after the conflict.
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WWII Scottish soldier's WWII ID bracelet found in Israel
Mr Gan Erez discovered the bracelet using a metal detector and hopes to track down Lieutenant Clark's relatives.
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RAF RAF pays tribute to last original Dambuster George 'Johnny' Johnson
Wreaths were laid at the RAF Bomber Command Memorial and at 617 Squadron's Second World War hangar in tribute to Mr Johnson.
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WWII How these two Royal Navy veterans survived attacks by Japan 81 years ago
HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Repulse were sunk by the Imperial Japanese Navy on 10 December 1941 with the loss of more than 800 crew.
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History Remembering the daring 'Dambusters' mission
Former RAF Officer John Nichol talks about his book on The Dambusters
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Veterans Last Dambuster George 'Johnny' Johnson dies aged 101
Tributes for Mr Johnson, the last surviving original member of the Dambusters raid, have started flooding in on Twitter.
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USA US Army college American footballers get WWII-themed kit for Navy clash
The kit pays tribute to the soldiers of the 1st Armored Division who were involved in the US contribution to Operation Torch.
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WWII George 'Johnny' Johnson, Britain's last surviving Dambuster, turns 101
The Second World War veteran celebrated his 101st birthday today
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Veterans WW2 veteran who shared food with French girl in Normandy reunites with her 78 years later
Former soldier Reg Pye has been searching for Huguette Geoffroy since the war ended.
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USA Six dead after WWII military aircraft collide at Dallas air show, officials say
The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress and a Bell P-63 Kingcobra crashed during the Commemorative Air Force Wings Over Dallas show.
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Remembrance UK paratroopers hold Remembrance service in Morocco 80 years on from Operation Torch
A Company Group, 2nd Battalion The Parachute Regiment stood to remember the fallen in war, as well as the original 'Red Devils'.
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History SAS Rogue Heroes – how accurate is the new BBC dramatisation?
Author of SAS Brothers in Arms Damien Lewis told Forces News his thoughts about the TV portrayal of the origins of the service.