John A. Hemingway, Last Survivor of the Battle of Britain, Dies at 105
A fighter pilot in a vastly outnumbered Royal Air Force — one of the “few” hailed by Churchill — he took to the skies to help ...
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The Unique British Hotel With World War II-Era Pillboxes On Its Property
The island was sold in 1927 to filmmaker Archibald Nettlefold, who built a more substantial hotel in the Art Deco style, ...
How a Broadway Musical Revealed a Family’s World War II Spy Secrets
Descendants of characters in “Operation Mincemeat,” a hit British musical now in New York, have gotten more out of seeing it ...
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‘Great Britain’ facing a mid-life crisis
The ego boost power provided them in an earlier era has created an identity crises and fear of loss control The British are facing a mid-life crisis. By the end of World War II Britain faced grave ...
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The P-51 Mustang and the man who won the World War II air war with it
It was thanks to former WWI pilot Tommy Hitchcock that the P-51 entered U.S service — and changed the skies over Europe ...
How a Secret British Spy Mission Became a Broadway Hit
Well, it really began with a top-secret World War II British spy mission, but as far as musical comedy troupe SpitLip was ...
‘The Invisible Spy’ Review: Manhattan Project
A clandestine operation—tucked away on an upper floor of Rockefeller Center—was vital to Britain’s struggle for survival in ...
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Last surviving pilot of WWII Battle of Britain has died aged 105
Dubliner, Second World War RAF hero, and one of the most revered figures in British aviation history, Group Captain John "Paddy" Hemingway, passes away peacefully.
‘Operation Mincemeat’ Broadway Review: This British Import Works Way Too Hard to Be Fun
In this true-story musical comedy adaption of the infamous Allied Forces tactic during World War II, no one has any fun.
When WWII’s ‘Invisible Spy’ visited Chicago’s Art Institute with James Bond creator Ian Fleming
This excerpt from the new book by former Sun-Times reporter and “Masters of Sex” author Thomas Maier details the Bond ...
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‘Plainville Women and World War II’ program set
The Plainville Historical Society will recognize the contributions of local women during World War II at a program Saturday.