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Wing Museum

The Wings Museum provides a fascinating in-sight into life during World War Two. Each artefact or item of memorabilia tells it`s own unique story, set along side the sounds and music of the times. History appears to come alive in this unique nostalgic experience.
Come and see original items from the Battle of Britain, the Blitz, the Home Front including the real Dad's Army, Russian Front, D-Day, Bomber Command, US 8th Air Force. Items on display include: Aero Engines, Propellers, Artefacts, Uniforms, Aircraft Parts, Equipment, Local History, Home Front Items and much much more!
A real encyclopedia on the subject!

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Hangar Flying

The translation of “Hangar Flying” is "aviation chat". Their intention is to publish articles on Belgian military and civil aviation that are pleasant to read while being thoroughly documented. Emphasis is placed on the information but with the desire to highlight the human and technical aspects of each situation.
The editorial staff do not hide their interest in heritage matters; such as aircraft, aerodromes or monuments.

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LUCHTVAARTGESCHIEDENIS.BE

Belgium is a craddle for the worlwide aviation and has a very intersting history about aircraft, and the men and women who fles, built and maintained it.
Welcome to the association for Belgian historic aviation, through historical, archaeological and heritage-Online researche with this database contains the stories and the pictures

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In Memories

Thousands of British and Commonwealth young fellows came to defend the ideal of freedom during WW1 and WW2. Many of them gave their lives, fighting or victims of accidents or diseases. A lot of them were also captured by enemies but all of them , known or unknown, received a decent grave.
Each grave, each cemetery, small or large, is now part of the Commonwealth’s territory and this for eternity. Still now those cemeteries are maintained by the CWGC gardeners or for some smaller cemeteries, by the local communities where they are located. Of course there are a lot of large cemeteries and sanctuaries but many small groups of graves are isolated in local cemeteries or in the neighbourhood of churches. Most visitors are guided to the largest and most famous sites. You will see here most of them but my idea was to give back to these less well known sites more attention so that they will receive a better interest from the visitors.
In the CEMETERIES you will find in alphabetical order, all the cemeteries that we have visited including, as far as we could, the number, the names and the nationality of the victims. In the UNUSUAL you will find details of unusual features to be seen in some cemeteries such as interesting architecture or graves stones or other feature.
The EMBLEMS shows all the emblems of regiments, directly photographed from the graves. we have taken all these pictures ourselves and anyone who wishes , can get any of these, even in a larger size, by asking me by using the e-mail. As far as possible, we will also be able to send you a picture of the grave itself. (Note: only where stated at the bottom of the Cemetery page concerned, as the others are too far from our home.) I will be happy to receive your requests to my site, concerning cemeteries I don’t show or any background, photos or memories of casualties and their history.
God bless them all. May they always remain in our memories.

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De Coxydsche Gazette

Web-site of the local newspaper - Belgian Coast

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United Kingdom

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Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC))

The two world wars resulted in unimaginable losses and few people in the countries that took part remained unaffected. The men and women who gave their lives served in many different roles on land, sea and air.
The graves of those who fell and the memorials to those with no known grave provide a unique insight into our history. Read more about the key events during the First and Second World Wars and where those who died are commemorated today.
The aim of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission’s archive is to collect, manage and preserve materials which document the history of the organisation, the individuals commemorated and the cemeteries and memorials it maintains. Visitors are welcome to view the archive, which is based at the CWGC Head Office in Maidenhead, Berkshire.

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Aircrew Remembered

The mission of this site is to record the stories of people connected with aviation;
- from wartime experiences where young men and women were faced with extraordinary circumstances to those in peacetime.
- Aircrew Remembered is interested in recording what it can of the lives of ordinary people doing ordinary things just as much as those of heroes doing unimaginable deeds.

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Battle of Britain

This website provides information about the Battle of Britain, the airmen, who took part, the history and description of the Monument and related information.

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12 O'Clock High!

Luftwaffe and Allied Air Forces Discussion Forum

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WW2 Talk

Forum for general World War 2 talk

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Canada

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All Spitfire Pilots

his site has set lofty goals to document all spitfire pilots and even match the aircraft they flew. The site's premise is that users add pilot pages, and, then other users come along later with other information to add, like images, links, and comments / questions. They can also identify a Spitfire by serial number or marking if they have that information, and, link that to the pilot page. This site is launching as BETA release this September 2015 (now) so it will take time for users to add pilots, but we want to honour each and every one.
When a user adds a pilot, this pilot is listed in their profile, and, the pilot page links to them as the author. Please read our section on volunteering to find out more.

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Australia

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Virtual War Memorial Australia

Virtual War Memorial Australia is an outstanding commemorative collection, purpose built to honour the personal experiences of all those who have served the nation in times of conflict, from the Boer War through to Afghanistan. It pays special honour to those who lost their lives as a result of their service and equally honours those who returned, forever changed.

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New Zealand

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United States of America

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Netherlands

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Traces of War

On the 1st October, 2002, STIWOT took the initiative to comply with the massive requests for information about sights and places of interest related to the Second World War.
With the support of volunteers and visitors TracesOfWar.com has in the following years been developed into one of the most important sources on the World Wide Web when it concerns museums, monuments, memorials, cemeteries and other places of interest regarding the Second World War in Europe and beyond.

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Flight Safety Foudation

Since 1947, Flight Safety Foundation has helped protect everyone who benefits from air travel, everywhere in the world. The Foundation is an international non-profit organization exclusively chartered to provide impartial, independent, expert safety guidance and resources for the aviation and aerospace industry.

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Back to Normandy

The beaches of Normandy and the countryside nearby are beautiful, peaceful and picturesque. But they were not always so – in June 1944 they saw some of the fiercest fighting of the Second World War and some of the most heroic acts of bravery and courage saw on a battlefield. The sheer valor of the men who landed on the beaches of Normandy on that wet and windy morning of the 6th of June 1944 changed the course of history and ensured that the evil forces of Nazism were defeated and that freedom returned to Europe.
Those beaches and the adjoining countryside are visited by many thousands of people of all nationalities each year, all interested, for one reason or another, to see where the action took place or perhaps to trace the footsteps of a member of their family who fought in the Normandy campaign or to see where a particular regiment or military unit fought and won on D-Day.
I hope you will be able to help, sharing your stories, photos, historical locations. By doing so you will be assisting all those who wish to learn more about World War II and helping to preserve the spirit of those courageous men who fought and died on the beaches of Normandy – the beginning of the liberation of Western Europe. And let's not forget all the airmen and sailors who made this invasion possible in the years beyond. All these men and women commemorated on this website, earn your attention.

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