Outgoing Knutsford mayor attended a special event at the home. Cllr Colin Banks gave speech to mark of the 80th anniversary of VE Day and presented John with a lifetime achievement award in ...

Helicopters made a big difference in World War II, but some have gone unnoticed. Here are the five that should be recognized and their specs.

Undated handout photo issued by the Glider Pilot Regiment Society of a vehicle being loaded into a WW2 Horsa glider (Glider Pilot Regiment Society/PA) A set of never-before-seen documents of ...

On September 17, 1944, he flew from the UK alongside two pilots and 28 troops in a 30-seater Horsa glider towed by an RAF plane. The hero - captured during the assault and held as a prisoner of ...

A charity is offering two veterans and their carers the chance to stand with giants as British soldiers return to the scene of their finest hour. Second World War heroes will take centre stage to ...

Two Halifax bombers, both towing Horsa gliders containing commando-trained Royal Engineers ... He told how Wick had been “one of the most important parts of the country in World War II”. Lord Thurso ...

But his home is virtually a museum to his time in World War II, pictures of his old friends, paintings of the battles they fought, and even a model of a Horsa glider. At Pegasus next week he will ...

On the anniversary of the largest amphibious invasion in history, we remember the heroes who established the foundation to defeat the Nazis in WWII ... message on their Horsa glider at an airfield ...

An 80th anniversary service has been held in memory of 23 men who died in a WWII glider crash. On 17 September 1944, an RAF Airspeed Horsa glider broke apart in mid-air, minutes after taking off ...

Miller didn’t outgrow his love of building models, but his passion evolved into anything World War II-related ... A British Horsa glider soars near a model of a 1942 twin-engine Mosquito.