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The day a fighter jet crashed into a crowded village but, incredibly, everybody in the path of destruction survived Sitting atop a cliff edge overlooking the Atlantic Ocean, Tintagel, a Cornish village steeped in history and Arthurian legend, was thronged with visitors and others enjoying the summer sun on July 6th 1979. Yet out over... Continue Reading →
The revealing story of Switzerland's military operations to defend its airspace from Axis and Allied aircraft during World War Two Blotted with deathly-black balkenkreuz wing insignia denoting them as war machines of the German Luftwaffe, droves of bulky Bf-110 twin-engined Messerschmitt fighters droned menacingly in circles. A flock of more nimble Messerschmitts whizzed in towards... Continue Reading →
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