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WEB SITE LINKS of related interest ... explore their links pages to find many other sites.
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International Association of Aviation Historians Air Britain are at http://www.air-britain.com/ | |
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Airfield
Research Group are at http://www.airfield-research-group.co.uk their links page is at http://www.airfield-research-group.co.uk/links_page.htm |
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No.19 Operational Training Unit Memorial (RAF Forres & RAF Kinloss) homepage is at http://www.griffon.clara.net/19/index.htm ; with links at http://www.griffon.clara.net/19/links.htm | |
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The National
Archives (formerly the British Public Records Office) at Kew
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/default.htm
Their on-line catalogue starts at http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/ |
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Homepage for Airspeed News, the newsletter of Montrose Air Station Museum is at http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/airspeednews/ | |
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Examples of well researched and presented
information by Linzee Druce:
firstly ... 'Archie - A Pilot in RAF Bomber Command' Dedicated to William Bruce Archibald, her grandfather and pilot of Halifax R9496 which was shot down on the night of March 30/31 1942 during a raid against the German Battleship Tirpitz; and ... |
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'World War II Aviation Crash Sites in Scotland' presents exceptional research on a number of aircraft crashes. | |
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Garth Barnard's Aviation Research 1939-45 pages for South Northamptonshire, North East Oxfordshire and North West Buckinghamshire. | |
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Royal Air Forces Register of Associations (formerly BCAUR) http://www.associations.rafinfo.org.uk/ with extensive links off 'Useful Sources' on the side menu bar (2nd page). |
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The Commonwealth War Graves Commission at http://www.cwgc.org/
Here you will find their searchable Debt of Honour database. |
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The Shuttleworth Collection of historic aircraft
have their official web site at http://www.shuttleworth.org/
see also http://www.aeroflight.co.uk/mus/uk/shut/shutlwth.htm which is an unofficial Shuttleworth Collection web site by Dave Stewart.
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Bedfordshire Genealogy; Bedfordshire War Memorials and Rolls of Honour
http://www.roll-of-honour.com/Bedfordshire/
links page at http://www.rootsweb.com/%7Eengcam/Military/Links.htm associated with the Bedfordshire Family History Society at http://www.bfhs.org.uk/ |
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Scots At War Project at http://www.scotsatwar.org.uk/
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Milton Keynes Aviation Society http://www.geocities.com/mkasuk/home.html a local aviation group that holds regular meetings, with excellent speakers and presentations on a wide variety of current and historical aviation subjects. | |
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Canadian Aviation Historical Society at http://www.cahs.com/
and their links page is at http://www.cahs.com/links.htm |
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2462
(Oakley) Squadron Air Cadets http://www.oakleyaircadets.org.uk
our local Air Training Corps Squadron, with a great bunch of cadets and officers! Their site is sposored by Twinwood Events ... home of the Glen Miller & Control Tower Museum ( www.twinwoodevents.com/index.html ) |
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Nene
Valley Microlights are located in North Bedfordshire near the border
with North-East Buckinghamshire, East Northamptonshire and West
Cambridgeshire.
A relaxed, friendly yet professional approach to flying. Personally recommended. If you live in this area and ever thought that you might like to learn to fly go and check them out. Details at http://www.nenevalleymicrolights.co.uk/ They are based at Sackville Farm Airfield http://www.sackvilleflyingclub.co.uk/ |
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The history and families of the village of Turvey in Bedfordshire, England by Debi Jane French at http://www.turvey.homestead.com/ links page at http://www.turvey.homestead.com/about.html
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Centre For Life Stories Preservation at http://storypreservation.com/index.html
links page (geneaology largely) at http://storypreservation.com/links-g.html#resources; |
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Cranfield Village Newspaper (The Cranfield Express) has historical articles about RAF Cranfield at http://www.cranfieldexpress.co.uk/index.html | |
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The British War Memorial Project is a voluntary project to build an online International War Memorial to Service Personnel from 1914 to the present day ... website is at http://www.britishwargraves.org.uk/ with links at ... http://www.britishwargraves.org.uk/newsite/links.htm | |
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The Maple Leaf Legacy Project in remembrance of Canada's War dead is at http://www.mapleleaflegacy.ca/ | |
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New Zealand National Armed Forces Memorial website is at http://www.nzafmp.org/ | |
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The Australian Wargraves Photographic Archive is at http://www.australianwargraves.org/ ... links at http://www.australianwargraves.org/links.php | |
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