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The War Illustrated The British Second World War publication.

This magazine series issued throughout the Second World War gives a vast Series of contemporary articles and photographs and illustrations. Most issues available for sale at £20, digital images or photocopies can also be provided for details please ask. Condition varies but some multiple issues held please ask for details of any particular issue. Some issues available are not yet catalogued

Vol 1 No 6 21st Oct 1939. ArticlesEpic siege and fall of Warsaw, High explosive bombs do their fell work, How Russia and Germany shared the spoil, First Lord's tonic for the nation, Winston Churchill Nazi enemy no 1, I saw an air liner passenger shot (Gustave Lamm by Anny Wynoldt), All u boat commanders are not so callous (Charles Robinson of the Rudyard Kipling & Albert Thomason of the Alvis). Pictures/Illustrations: Sir Dudley Pound, Hubert Pieriot, Count Paul Teleky, Miss Wynoldt, Captain J J Moll, KTM airliner, Winston Churchill, anti aircraft guns on the Mauritania, Admiral Raeder addressing U boat crews.

Vol 1 No 13 Dec 9th 1939. Articles Poland tastes the bitternes of defeat, Prague unde rthe Bully's bludgeon, We were mined on the Simon Bolivar, Sunk but we did'nt get our feet wet (Terukuni Maru), Photos/illustrations: Lord Chatfield, Badges of proficiency and trades in the forces, Lifeboats of the Terukuni Maru, Captain Matukura, Lifeboat of the Simon Bolivar, sinking Simon Bolivar, Sinking Athenia, Destroyer Gipsy, The Mastiff, Mine damage to the Fianona Italian steamer, Steamer Blackhill sinking.

Vol 1 No 14 Dec 16th 1939. Raid and reconnaissance in a wintry scene, Poland still lives and fights, Finland defies the Russian bully, Rawalpindi went down with colours flying, Our ship could not sail home (Polish liner Chroby), We weathered a gail in open boats (Arlington Court survivors). Pictures/iilustrations Sir Kingsley Wood U39, U36, Arlington Court, five crew member sof the Arlington Court, Ignacy Kollupailo, Miss Jadwiga Mickiewicz, Nurse Helena Rutkowska and Miss Bronislawa Wernik from the Chrobry, Captain E C Kennedy (father of the famous broadcaster ), Petty Officer Harris Able Seaman F Russell and other survivors of the Rawalpindi, the Rawalpindi, Dr Risto Ryti, Carl Gustav Mannerheim, Hore-Belisha with Viscount Gort, General Sikorski, Polish destroyers in the Royal Navy.

Vol 1 No 19 Jan 12 1940. Brains triumph over brute masses in Finnish war, Graf Spee pays the full price of defeat, Lifeboatmen rise to the new challenge of war, We tried to save half our ship (San Alberto), How I bombed a German submarine(Lt G B K Griffiths), My ship broke clean in half (Captain Cotomatis of the Paralos). Pictures/Illustrations: Jan Christiaan SmutsLt G B K Griffiths Roay Marines, The San Alberto sinking, War Honours-Rear Adm Sir H Harwood, Capt W E Parry, Capt C H Woodhouse, Lt Cmdr R B Jennings, Cmdr D H Everett, Cmdr E O Bickford, Lt M F Wykeham-Martin, Cmdr G C Philips, Cmdr R F Jolly (of HMS Mohawk awared a posthumous EGM most unusal), Sgt Obs J Vickers (awarded Medaille Militaire on deathbed), AB A L Vearncombe, CPO C E Baldwin, Lt J E M Glenny, Lt Cmdr R C Lewis, Lt Cmdr J G D Ouvry, A.Sqn Ldr K C Doran, Sgt Pilot W E Willits, FO A Macpherson, FO T M W Smith, FO J Barrett, Wg Cmdr P R Barwell, Sqn Ldr P Gifford, Sqn Ldr H Broadhurst, Sqn Ldr G C Pinkerton, FO R C Graveley. Photo of the Graf Spee with the signatures of 23 masters and officers of British merchantmen sunk by her, Temporary cross for A/Sgt C Thomas in a French cemetery killed in 1939 also a photo of a CWGC stone for 2nd Lt Pollock RAF in the same cemetery killed 1918, Corporal Thomas William Priday the first British soldier to be killed in France.

Vol 1 No 20 Jan 19 1940. We were torpedoed on Christmas day (Stanholme), Stalin's grip on the Baltic tightened. Photos: 9.2-in howitzers, Miss Fanni Luukkonen, Ark Royal, Iku-Turso Finnish sub, T G Phillips and wife first officer Stanholme, Passengers on the SS Fanad Head, Jean Francois Darlan.

Vol 2 No 21 26 Jan 1940. Death and destruction in a wilderness of snow, Where will the blow fall in the West, RAF's deepest yet into Nazidom, Sailing ships are the nursery of Germany's Navy, They machine gunned 32 out of 40 of us (Reculver), The men called me skipper (Malcom Morrison Arlington Court), Our great liner cracked in two (Dunbar castle). Photos: Carl Gustav Mannerheim in dress uniform with medals, Starfish, Capt H A Causton, Seaman J Macdonald, Steward C W Gitsham Dunbar Castle, Malcom Morrison, Captain W J Lees, the Reculver, Gorch Fock, Schleswig Holstein, Manchester police officer with illuminated helmet for traffic duty at night.

Vol1 No 22 Feb 2nd 1940. The last man to leave the sinking Grenville, Rumania looks to her moat, Last plane to land on the doomed Courageous, I carried gun cotton at Waltham Abbey, Though neutral the Nazis torpedoed us (Arendskerk). Photos: Sir Charles Morton Forbes, Joan Hughes Air Transport Auxiliary Services, Miss Pauline Gower, Mrs Winifred Crossley, Mrs Marion Wilberforce, Miss Mona Friedlander, the Hon Mrs Fairweather, Arendskerk, The Grenville, a stricking photo of the Grenville sinking with one man on the bow port hole, Captain G E Creasy, Survivors of the Grenville, HMS Exmouth, the Sinking Courageous incl one double page photo close to showing the ship partially sunk and the crew abandoning, AB S G Bromfield the last man off the Grenville.

Vol 2 No 23 Feb 9th 1940. Round the compass in the war of nerves, Religious persecution adds to Poland's calvary, I went through the flames of Helsinki (Mrs Sladin wife of the head of the Salvation Army in Finland), Our ships were sunk by the Graf Spee, Eight of my mates died on a raft (Stig Bergstrom of Foxen). Photos K Martii Wallenius, the Tautmila, East Dudgeon lightship, sinking Clement, torpedo from the Graf Spee hitting the Aslilea, Doric Star being shelled, Ice breaker at Teddington Lock, HMS Ajax in Plymouth, crew members of the Ajax, Photos of HMS Grenvill on it's last voyage, Captain M Grunov, crates of Bewster monoplanes being unloaded in Finland cases marked Dade Brothers.

Vol ? ? Insp MichaelMcHugh GM, PC Douglas Barr GM, PC J E Fletcher GM, Constable H P Odell GM, Constable William Turner, PC Edward G Walker, Captain John Epps, GM, Lt R E Moore GC, Gunner J H Clinton BEM, Able Seaman S J Tuckwell GC, Temp Lt H R Newgate GC, Chief Officer H Post MBE, Commander L Newman OBE, Captain V Power OBE, Lt Cdr Bramwell DSO, Cmdr E F Anderton OBE, Vice Admiral W Whitworth KCB, Vice Admiral H D Cunningham KCB, Maj H Barefoot GC, Lt Col Wiliam G Harriot OBE MC, Col C M Barber DSO, Corporal J P Scully GC, Maj Gen A E Percival CB DSO OBE MC (awarded the CB he surrendered Singapore), Lt J A Langley MBE, Mrs M E Bolton GM, Miss C M Heard BEM, Miss E M Smyth MBE, Miss W P Hollyer GM, Mrs Hayes MBE, Miss E Eke Women's Land Army awarded Sustained Courage Badge, C A Baines MBE, S C Farmer GM, District Warden S Woolfson GM, W H Willson GM, F E Marvell GM, C D Lindsey GM.

Vol ? No ? Auggust 2nd 1940 Pictures/illustrations HMAS Sydney, Capt J A Collins, Lance Corp Omar Robieh Somaliland Camel Corp, HMS Brazen. Vol ? No 208 June 8 1945 Mr Churchill retreads the path to Victory, In war skies with the RNZAF, Montgomery's own story of the great surrender, Keitel was furious as he signed in Berlin. Pictures/illustrations Two man German midget U Boat. Vol ? No 40 June 7 1940 Fourth Engineer J Challen, Radio Officer R C Ayling.

Vol 2 No 25 23 Feb 1940 The Westland Lysander, Spade and plough speed tomorrow's victory, Our officer raced to certain death (Lt Everitt Norfolk Regiment), Our shipmates went mad and died (Steamer Eleni Stathatos), We were helpless in rough seas (HMM Sphinx), Heart and Brains of London's vast ARP. Photos Robert Gordon Menzies, Lord Tweedsmuir, Seaman Pangos and Manolatos of the Eleni Stathatos, Sir Ernest Gowers and Admiral Sir Edward Evans, London ARP control room, Flt Lt M Robertson (with dog), Flt Lt R P R Powell, crew members of the Siroco, Captain Lapebie. Captain Le Floch of the Commandant Dubec, the Siroco, Sea cadets at a Nautical school in Berkshire.

Vol 2 No 26 1st March 1940 The Nazi slave ship feels the Nelson touch (Altmark), Exeter gives new light on the River Plate victory, How we boarded the Altmark in old style. Photos King Farouk, Commander S A Cooper, HMS Daring, Canary of HMS Exeter, John Mammant of the Tairoa, the Huntsman, Lt Cmd B T Turner with niece, crew abandoning the Altmark, Cmdr R T White, Mary Bull arms worker, HMS Cossack docking at Leith, Splinters ships cat HMS Exeter, First watch going ashore from HMS Repulse, HMS Intrepid, Altmark prisoners, Captain P L Vian, HMS Exeter cpoming into port.

Vol 2 no 27 8^th March 1940 This neutrality is a queer business, Home to mother for rest and refit (submarine depot ships), The Nazis didn't scare us fishermen (Leigh trawlers), The Nazis told me England was straving (Miss Joy Rogers), We sailed half our ship for three days (Imperial Transport). Decorations and citations for the Battle of the River Plate (Graf Spee). Photos Maj Gen B C Freyberg, Survivors of the Imperial Transport, Able Seaman William Edward Woodnut of the Darling with wife and children, Miss Ida Daniels, Mrs S Brown with sons Alexander & Richard, Miss Joy Rogers, Jimmy Logan, Alex Jamieson, William Steel, A Lincon, Bob Liston, R Louie, Jimmy McInry, Skipper Sandy Wood of the Star of the Isles, the Ratikpo, Captain F S Bell, Captain C H L Woodhouse, Lt Cmd D P Dreyer, Lt E D G Lewin, Lt N K Todd, Ldg Seaman L C Curd, Able Seaman W G Gwilliam, Act PO H V Chalk, Comm R B Jennings, Midshipman A Cameron, Midshipman R W D Don, Comm R R Graham., Altmark, Segeant Amerlinck of the Welsh Guards, Parade fo the Exeter and Ajex crews in London.

Vol 2 No 28 15 March 1940 Viipuri's agony in the front line battle, What is this vicious spiral of inflation, Dectives of the death mine, The Domala was ablaze from stem to stern, I told the Duke how we hit a Nazi bomber (Captain Craig of Arora), The bravest man I ever saw (wireless operator P G Windsor of the Sultan Star with photo). Photos Sir Thomas Blamey, Ted Draper of the Tartan with wife, Captain W J Bevan, Skipper Craig of Arora, Chief Officer W Brawn & Third Officer T A Taylor of the Domala, the Domala on fire, Honours-Sgt F H Gardiner, Ldng Aircraftman J J Copley, Cpl A Bickerstaff, Ldng Aircraftman R A Crumpton, P O W F Carey, Sqd Ldr R Kellett, Ldng Aircraftman A Gorring, Aircraftsman C R Driver, Wing Cmd W E Staton (awarded a DSO to go with his MC & DFC), P O H A Innes, FO F E Burton, Wing Cmd F L Pearce, F O J W Stephens, Act Flt Lt A L Wormersley, Sqd Leader H A Purvis, Flt Lt R V Jeff Lce Cpl E Howe, Capt F P Barclay, Lce Cpl H Davis, Capt J A Mackenzie, Lt R E Washbourn, Lt G G Cowburn, Lt A E Toase, Act P O H G R Maunder, P O S Slavell. HMS Achilles anchored in Callao near the liner Rhakotis, Lt Cdr J G D Ouvry, C P O Baldwin, Col Kermit Roosevelt, French quatermaster boarding the Rostock.

Vol 2 29 22 March 1940 Peace in Finland but at a terrible price, We made our ship race a U boat (the Mopan), Terror was rife in Poland when I left Miss Lucy Baker-Beall (with photo) an Englishe teacher in Poland for 32 years. Photos W L Mackenzie King, Sumner Welles, the Queen Elizabeth arriving in New York, Captain Hugh Roberts of the Mpoan OBE, British mounted cavalry with Nazareth in the background, HMS Achilles in Valparaiso harbour, burning tanker Greatfield, torpedoed steamer Imperial Transport, German plane phot of the attack on the Astros, Sgt Moldenhauer, Lt Gen H Ohqist, J K Paasikivi, Dr Risto Ryti, Pehr Evind Svinhufud, Sven Hedin, Band of the Royal Welch Fusiliers with mascot marching in France (very wet road).

Vol 2 No 30 29th March 1940 There's a real boom in British shipbuilding, King Carol raises the ban on the Iron Guard, We had a surprise from our friends (bombing of the Italian ship Amelia Lauro), How we landed in Germany by mistakes (see photo in another issue), We chased a U boat and destroyed it (the Northern Spray). Photos Maj Gen A G L McNaughton, George Leonard Westerden DSM, damage to the Amelia Lauro, Captain Massimiliano Lepaci, ARP Marines, Battle of the River Plate photos, Royal Irish Fusiliers, Gordon Highlanders cleaning Bren carriers.

Vol 2 No 31 5th April 1940 New Zealand welcome the Achilles home, We got 100 per cent success at Sylt, The magnetic mine is defeated. Photos Sir E R Ludlow-Hewitt, photograph of the Queen Mary leaving New York on 21 March a photo taken from the ill fated Lancastria, Sgt J L Fletcher DFM, Flt Lt J J Bennett, Crew of an Armstrong Whitworth which raided the Sylt with their dog, launcing of the Cromer lifeboat, J Johnson of the lifeboat Louis Stevens, Beaumont Derby, Captain Perry, Crew of the Achilles marching through Auckland, Vaino Tanner, President Kallio.

Vol 2 No 32 April 12th 1940 Finland's brave front in the aftermath of war, Beating the Nazis in the Balkans, New Zealnad's Cobber lead the field FO E J Kain, Our gunner hit the Heinkel (Charles Golding of the Rosedene), Our men rescued the Cre of the Arucas. Photos M Paul Reynaud, 8th Northern Ireland Clerical Section ATS, Miss H W Kennett NAAFI, Crew of an Armstron Whitworh Whitlet which landed accidently in Germany, Charles Golding, crew of a Lockhead Hudson which routed two Dorniers, One of the crew of the Dutch boat Protinus, HM Sub Unity, Crew of the Graf Spee disembarking from the Tacoma, Northumberland Fusiliers on motorcycle sidecars, FO E J Kain, East Yorkshire Regt, Captain J H Hudson & Fusilier J Worsley of the Lancashire Fusiliers being decorated by the French,.

Vol 2 No 33 Apr 19th 1940. Now it was Norway's turn for invasion, The Allies hit back, Famous Regiments at the fron The Royal Berkshire, Fighting the economic war in real earnest, Polish Submarines stil on active surface, My escape from the Barnhill inferno Captain Michael O'Neil. Photos: Haakon the Seventh, Czech troops, General Ingr, Dr benes, General Viest, Skipper Watkinson of a Scarborough drifter with his two sons, Captain Michael O'Neil, the Barnhill, Egypt Camel Corp, Dr Robert Ley, Salvaging of the Gipsy, Polish submarine Orzel, Lt John Grudzinski, the Wilk and some of her crew, the Orzel, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment, Emden, HMS Hunter, General von Falkenhorst, the Karlsruhe, the Bluecher, Maj Gen K Laake, Prof Halvdan Koht, R I Campbell, Sir Reginald Hoare, Sir H M Knatchbull-Hugessen, Sir Percy Loraine, Viscount Halifax, Sir William Seeds, Sir Michael Palairet, O St C O'Malley, G W Rendal.

Vol 2 No 34 April 26th 1940 British forces have landed in Norway, Not once but twice the Navy struck at Narvik, I saw Olso fall to the Germans (W F Hartin), Our Gunners fired with the decks awash (the Gurkha). Photos Sir Samuel Hoare, Cmdr A W Buzzard with wife, Eric Hagon, HMS Gurkha, Crew members on the Scharnhorst, Charles Howard Smith, Two survivors of the Hardy, Vice Admiral Whitworth, Captain B A W Warburton-Lee, HMS Hardy, HMS Glowworm, HMS Rodney, Main armament of HMS Warspite.

Vol 2 No 35 May 3 1940 very poor condition Considerable success for our arms in Norway, Flaming war in the land of the fjords, Debits and credits of the Scandinavian war, Auxiliary Military Pioneer Corps (AMPC), Swedan under the shadow of the Swastika, How we escaped from Narvik, We knew we had hit the Scheer. Pictures/iilustrations Vide Admiral Phillips, J H Forbes and the crew members of the Spearfish, Chief Petty Officer G Cock, Sgt Edwin Scrutt, Maj Gen L W Amps, the badge of the AMPC, Lt Cmdr Mansell (of the Hardy ), HM Sub Thistle, Cmd W F Haselfoot, Lt Cmdr W D King, Lt Cmdr B Bryant, crew members of the Snapper, Major Bertrand-Vigne, Sir Cecil Dormer, Captain Robert Losey with Mrs Harriman, Gen Nikolaus von Falkenhorst, Maj Gen A Carton de Wiart VC.

Vol 2 No 36 May 10th 1940. Critical days on the Norwegian battle front, Not a man was lost on the way to Norway, If Mussolini took the plunge into war, I saw the British land in Norway J E Thompson, German parachutists surrendered to us Major Arne Sunde, How Bergen was taken with 100 soldiers. Pictures: Maj Gen Carton de Wiart VC, crew members of the Steinstad, I Hysing Olsen, the Kosmos, Lt Commander Hutchinson, the Truant, the Sealion and crew, Arne Sunde, bomb damaged houses Clacton, the Conte de Cavour, Paymaster Lieutenant Stanning, the Hotspur, Lt Mansell and other Hardy crew members on the Ivanhoe, Leading Seaman F Woods at home in John Street Devonport with wife and daughter, NWEF Norweign expedionary troops on Polish troopship, French troops embarking fro Norway.

Vol 2 No 37 dated May 17 1940 Brig H de Rimer, Brig C G Phillips, Col Getz, French Alpine Chasseurs with their dogs in lifejackets on their way to Norway, Mag Gen B C T Paget, Gen Sir Edmund Ironside, Returning trops from Norway 49th (West Rising) Division on troopship, HMS Afridi. Vol ? No 40 June 7 1940 Fourth Engineer J Challen, Radio Officer R C Ayling.

Vol 3 No 46 July 19th 1940 Capt C S Holland, Aircraft carrier Commandant Teste, Lt Cmdr Dennis Sprague, Lt Cmdr R H Bristowe.

Vol 2 No 37 dated May 17 1940 Our ARP service did well at Clacton (details of the crash and explosion of a German mine laying plane), I was doctor on the bombed hospital ship (Prof Kreyberg of the Brand IV), Brig H de Rimer, Brig C G Phillips, Col Getz, French Alpine Chasseurs with their dogs in lifejackets on their way to Norway, Mag Gen B C T Paget, Gen Sir Edmund Ironside, Returning trops from Norway 49th (West Rising) Division on troopship, HMS Afridi. The destruction of Namsos, Brig H de Rimer Morgan, Brig C G Phillips.

Vol 2 No 38 May 24 1940 First day of total war on the Western Front, Gort's men speed to aid the Belgiums, Epic story of the Glosters on the frozen lake, Our Captain was the last off the Afridi. Photos Queen Wilhelmina, A V Alexander, Sir Archibald Sinclair, Herbet Morrison, the Bison, Survovors of the Afridi-Leading Signalman Scarlett, Seaman Clifford Harey, Signalman Newson, Miss Rona Riccardo, Flt Lt R S Mills, Sqd Ldr J W Donaldson.

Vol 2 No 39 May 31 1940 France's line pierced by the enemy thrust, British Army's great stand at Louvain, The Dutch did all that barve men could do, Our Navt to the rescue of Holland in distress, I saw horror and desolation in Louvain (Paul Bewshar), I was one of the last to leave Brussels (Paul Cox), We bluffed our way through the Nazis (PO Alexander McLeod LAC Cox), I filmed the British troops in Norway (Bonney M Powell). Photos King Leopald III (damaged), HMS Bittern in flames of the coast of Norway, PO Alexander McLeod, Mr Paul Henri Spaak, Dr E M Van Verduynen.

Vol 2 No 40 June7th 1940. How I escaped the German bombs in Belgium (Geoffrey Cox), Abbeville was a vast desolation of ruins (Alan Stuart Roger Red Cross). Photos General Maxime Weygand, J Challen & Radio Officer R C Ayling.

Vol 2 No 41 June 14 1940 Pictures/illustrations Various Dunkirk related pictures, General Blanchard.

Vol 2 No 42 June 21 1940 Pictures/illustrations FO Ronald Edward Garland & Sgt Thomas Gray VC, British AntiTank gun outside the Menin Gate, Admiral Abrial, HMS Keith, HMS Carintha, HMS Glorious.

Vol 2 No 43 June 28 1940 Pictures/illustrations Hitler with captors of the Liege Eben-Eymael forts, Gen Sir John Dill.

Vol 2 1940 Pictures/illustrations various Norway pics, Seaman F Woods, Paymaster-Lt Stanning, Damage from a crashed German Bomber in Clacton, Major Arne Sunde, Lt Comdr Hutchinson (Truant), Maj Gen Carton de Wiart VC. Vol 2 May 10 1940 Pictures/illustrations various Norway pics, Seaman F Woods, Paymaster-Lt Stanning, Damage from a crashed German Bomber in Clacton, Major Arne Sunde, Lt Comdr Hutchinson (Truant), Maj Gen Carton de Wiart VC.

Vol 2 No 41 June 14 1940 Pictures/illustrations Various Dunkirk related pictures, General Blanchard. Vol 3 No 70 January 3 1941 This is how they stormed Sidi Barrani, Australians on the way to meet the Italians, The War in Libya, Sollum and Fort Capuzzo fall to the British, Uneasy interlude in the war by night, No even in the Adriatic is Italy safe, This is what I saw in Nibeiwa camp, Two of my torpedoes hit a Nazi ship (Lt George Colvin the Sunfish). Pictures/illustrations carton by Chas Arab's farewell to his mirage, Bomb disposal units new badge, Ill Anti-Aircraft Battery, Lt Gen D P Dickinson & Col Dan Pienaar, War Council in Athens Maj Gen M D Gambler-Parry, Gen Metaxas, Air Vice Marshall J H D'Albiac, Air Commodore Collishaw, Maj Gen M O'Moore Creagh, Maj Gen R N O'Connor.

Vol 2 No 41 June 14^th 1940, Twenty days of fighting all the way BEF marched to Dunkirk, BEF lives on to fight another day, Calais said No Surrender, Under Tornado of fire they left Boulogne, France's Navy was superb at Dunkirk, It was a colossal military disaster Churchill's statement 4^th June, We were in the great retreat to Dunkirk, Our advetures with the Fishermen's armada, We waited on the Beaches at Dunkirk. Pictures: Gen Jean Blanchard, wounded nurse from the steamer Paris, British troops in Iceland, Dunkirk ships, Narvik pics, Dunkirk beach photos incl Hospital ship against the Mole, Gen Prioux, Admiral Abrial, Queen Victoria's Rifles the territorial bat of the KRRC motorcyclists, Lort Gort, HMS Basilisk.

Vol 2 No 42 June 21st 1940. Now was launched the battle for France, The RAF strike and strike again at Germany, The little BEF's stand on the Somme, Our fellows were firing as the ship sank (H J Dearing HMS Keith), How we blocked Zeebrugge once again, We kept our canteen going at Boulogne, We held off 400 Nazis fro 12 hours (at Rethel by Lt Gehin), 250 000 Soldiers walked the plank an account by Bertram Home Ramsey.. Photos: Vice Admiral Jean Abrial, HMS Carinthia, HMS Glorious, HMS Keith, FO Ronald Edward Garland & Sergeant Thomas Gray VC, Anti tank gun in front of the Menin Gate.

Vol 2 No 43 June 28 1940. After the fall of Paris Franc elost heart, On the City of Light falls the Night of Nazidom, The speech of Churchill June 18 to the House of Commons If the Empire lastsa thousand years...The Nazis show us how they took Eben-Eymael, Britain draws first blood in the Libyan desert, De Valera's Eire sees the red light, We left our lorries and marched 24 mile (to Dunkirk), I saw the Women's evacuation from Paris, How I escaped as a Belgium refugee. Pictures General Sir John Dill, HMS Calypso, Eben-Eymael, Maj Gen Daniel McKenna (Eire).

Vol 2 No 44 July 5^th 1940. France's might is humbled and broken, This is the French Navy that Hitler demanded, France betrayed by her Leaders, The new phase in our air war against Germany, American bombers under fire with the RAF, The French Empire refuses to haul down the flag, Their Anderson shelters saved lives, South Africa will stand with Britain to the end, One man saved the lucky batch at Dunkirk Lance Bomardier Brockerton (with photo) who saved 81 men traped in a cellar. Pictures: Charles de Gaulle, Mr & Mrs Beavis looking at their bombed home, HM Queen Elizabeth in Valetta, full double page photo of houses in Cambridge destroyed by Nazi bombs on June 18 1940, troops on the way from Dunkirk, Low cartoon Tribute, the return of the Naval demolition part from Brest.

Vol 3 No 45 July 12 1940 Pictures/illustrations Hitler in front of the Vimy Ridge memorial, Marshal Balbo, Mme Casimir-Perier, Miss D M Clarke . Vol 2 No 39 May 31 1940 M Paul-Henri Spaak, PO Alexander McLeod, HMS Bittern in flames off the coast of Norway,.

Vol 3 No 46 July 19th 1940 Capt C S Holland, Aircraft carrier Commandant Teste, Lt Cmdr Dennis Sprague, Lt Cmdr R H Bristowe. Vol 3 No 47 July 26 1940 Lt Col L E C Perowne RE, maj Gen A B Beauman, Dr Seyss Inquart, Mrs Cardwell, HM Whirlwind, Percy H Tibble, FO D R S Bader, HM Shark, Lt Commander P N Buckley,.

Vol ? No 51 August 23 1940 Pictures/illustrations Lt GenSir Philip Neame VC, Skipper Dick Amner, Officer of the Cold Coast regiment with colours, Drum Major of the Sierra Leone Battalion, FO D N Grice, Filed Marshall Lord Milne, The Scotstoun, Lance-Corp John Lee Warner,.

Vol 3 No 52 August 30 1940 Prestige was the chief casualty in Somaliland, Pictures/illustrations Lt R B Stannard VC, Fl Lt R A Learoyd VC, PO A W Dunn DFC, PO L W J Watt DFC, Sgt J M Dawson DFM, Sgt B L Savill DFM, PO L J drogo-Montagu DFC, Capt P Rowell MC, WO H E Atkins MBE, QM Sgt Burridge MBE, Lt Wallace Anderson MC, Col temp Brig C G Phillips DSO & Bar, Miss A Ralph RRC 1st class, Miss H McFeat RRC, Miss Catherine M Roy CBE, Miss A Murrie RRC, Matron L Phillips RRC, Capt G F Stevens-Guille DS O, Lt Willia m K ing DSO & Ba r, Rev A T A Naylor D SO, Capt George Creasy DSO, Lt Cmd Viscount Mandeville OBE, Sq Ldr John Ellis DFC, Sq Ldr C W Pearce DFC, Flt Sgt F G Berry DFM, Flt Sgt John Simpson DFC, FO Eustace Holden DFC, body of a German airman being removed from the roof of house in Eastbourne when his parachute did not open.

Vol 3 No 53 September 6 1940 Across the Channel whined the German Shells, Sixty shells dropped round my ship, I rescued an airman in my canoe (Miss Peggy Prince with photo), Pictures/illustrations Shepard cartoon New Game for Neptune, HMS Hostile, Ben Bryant & John Bromage of the Sealion, 2nd Lt R W Annand VC, CSM Gristock VC, Captain George Hunter, George Abernethy, Isaac Parkinson & Thomas Fraser DSC, Philadelphia dockyard with 130 laid up WWI destroyers, Alec McMallen, Signalman K Stone.

Vol 3 No 54 September 13 1940 The Grenadiers lived up to their reputation, We have more than held our own in the air, Air battle for London raged yet more fiercley, South-East bears the brunt of the Nazi attack, What the RAF did to Germany ion August, Two Nazis fell to the Artic Trapper's Guns, Transylvania latest victim o f power politics. Pictures/illustrations Partidge cartoon Delayed Action, AFS Girls ready to fight incediaries, Sub ganger George Keen, M Eboue Governor of Chad, Skipper William Hilldrith, crew members of the Arctic Trapper.

Vol 3 No 55 September 20 1940 When tank fought tank near Arras, German and British tanks in the Battel fo France, What we have learned in a year's ARP by Sir Alexander Rouse, Italy's water supplies are the things to hit, Italian Fighters and Bombers, London feels the full blast of Nazi fury, Rumania finds a scapegoat in King Carol, Third VC for the Navy Leading Seaman Jack Foreman (with photo), Pictures/illustrations Sailors Do Care cartoon from Punch by Partridge, Capt A G B Wainwright MC, Major J Murray Prain DSO, Maj R Graham OBE, Maj A E S Adair DSO MC, Lieut-Col Norman Coxwell-Rogers DSO, Col H F Grant-Suttie DSO MC CBE, Capt R Pilkington MP MC, Lieut D L Rome MC, Lance Sergt P Brown MM, Lieut Col (Act Brig) A L Kent Lemon CBE, Lieut Com J E H McBeath DSO, PO R M Taylor DFC, Able Seaman D Wilson DSM, Wing Com Lord Wiloughby de Broke AFC, Cat W Gifford OBE, Sq Ldr Selway DFC, Sq Ldr W M Churchill DSO DFC, P O D G Gribble DFC, PO J A M reid DFM, Act Fl Lieut P W Lynch-Biosse DFC, P O J A A Gibson DFC, Sgt Gamble DFM, PO J K U Blake McGrath DFC, PO P C F Stevenson DFC, FO T B Fitzgerald, King Michael of Rumania, Dr Julius Maniu, Gen Ion Antonescu, King Carol II, Maj Gen Romolo La Strucci.

Vol 3 No 56 September 27 1940 London was in the front line of the air battle, Barlin and the barges are bombed again, Ramsgate has the world's finest shelters, Let us honour the men who saved St Paul's (Lt Davies bomb disposal), Hope for France springs anew in Africa, We dug for eight hours to rescue a girl, Like soldiers my children stood on deck, Pictures/illustrations Blitz damage, Sotting down of the bomber that attacked Buckingham Palace, Bomb Disposal Squad with Lt R Davies at St Paul's. Yeomanry Regiments in Palestine, Lord Woolton, Rt H on Robert Spear Hudson, Rt Hon Ronald Hibbert Cross, Partridge cartoon Hundskrieg or The Raid on London.

Vol 3 No 57 October 4 1940 Pictures/illustrations Hats off to the men who kill the bombs, Alan Brooke with Maj Gen Percival & Lt Gen Sir Ronald Adam, Gen Georges Catroux, Czech pilots of the RAF, Dr Eduard Benes, Surviors of the Mohamed Ali El-Kebir, Gen Winkelman, Albert Bondfield, Female survivors of the City of Benares incl Mrs Lilian Towns , The Gloire French cruiser, When the RHA stood at Bay at Hondeghem, photograph of Mr & Mrs Grimmond amidst the rubble of their bombed home and a copy of letter from their young daughter one of five of their twelve children drowned while enroute to Canda, Survivors of the Mohamed Ali El-Kebir.

Vol 3 No 58 October 11 1940 Pictures/illustrations Zec Cartoon Saving France for Germany, Shepard cartoon Military Objectives, Capt A J Biggs, Lt R Davies GC, Wing Cmd F V Beamish AFC DSO, Sqd Ldr C E R Tait DFC, Sqd Ldr J R A Peel DFC, PO Whelan DFC, Sqd Ldr Charles Pearce DFC, Pilot Sgt H J L Hallowes DFM & Bar, Flt Lt J F Newman DFC, Act Sqd Ldr M N Crosley DSO DFC, Sub Lt R W Timbrell DSC, Sub Lt J W Golby DSC, Volunteer Gly Jones MM, Comm E R Conder DSO DFC, Comm H Shove DSC, Sqd Ldr Strange DFC, Fl Sgt J A Cohen DFC, Flt Lt J Sample DFC,Act Flt Lt E C Le Mesurier DFC, Sqd Ldr the Hon M Aitken DFC, Col Gordon Johnson OBE, Maj F Clarke OBE, Lt Col E J Medley DSO, Temp Lt (temp Lt Col) R O Watd OBE, Maj Henry Hopking OBE, Female ARP warden in Bond Street, Child survivors of the City of Benares, Miss Mary Cornish, Lt G D A Gregory DSO, Ships cook of the Sturgeon, Sgt John Hannah VC, PO C A Connor DFC.

Vol 3 No 59 198 Oct 1940. Cover photo Gen Sikorski decorates Polish hero of London's Battle showing him with a badly burned Polish airman,France is now robbed of food and freedom, What has fate in store for Portugal, An occupation might be Hitler's Achilles heel , polish airmen are fighting in Britain's war, London carries on in the People's war, Guns roar glorious defiance to Nazi bombers, London's defences are beating the night bomber, Women on active service in the Battle of Britain In Navy Army & Air Force they do men's jobs, London's War ambulances are always under fire, Through London's Battle the Railways carry on, They were the first to win the George Cross Fourteen men and women gained the first medals, I saw London Firemen on the Job, We found ourselves in a French Prison (Miss Bessie Myers & Miss Mary Darby who drove an ambulance in Frnace), Our Hudson tackled seven Messerschmitts, War personalities GOC's of Home Command. Pictures Cartoon The Lights o' London or Happy Dreams by E HG Shepard, Viscount Cranborne, Oliver Lyttelton, Lt Col Moore-Brabazon, Sir Andrew Duncan, Maj Gen D G Johnson VC, Lt Gen Sir R F Adam, Lt Gen Sir G C Williams, Gen Sir Gordon Finlayson, Lt Gen R H Carrington, Maj Gen C J E Auchinleck, Fuselage of a Gemran bomber on a London roof with a tram passing in the street below, Miss Bessie Myers, Lance Corporal Gilbert Donaldson with his mother (who escaped from France in four months), Second Officer Cyril Williams Arthur Brown GM, Mrs Bessie Jane Hepburn & Mrs Dorothy Clarke, Miss Sonia Straw, Mr Patrick King & Miss Hannah Wilson, Section Officer A E Campbell of Dover, Lieut Robert Davies, T H Alderson of Bridlington the first civilian to be awarded the Gerge Cross, Lance Corporal G C Wylie, Railway van boy in LMS truck, Femail ARP workers including the famous photo a lady holding a kitten which is pawing her nose, sleeper son the underground, Polish Aircrew, British Officers in Oflag IX incl A H Bishop RAOC & Capt P Scott-Martin MC, Dr Salazar, Damage to the House of Lords showing Richard the Lion Hart's statute with bent sword.

Vol 3 No 60 October 25 1940 Pictures/illustrations arshal Graziani, British armoured cars in Irak (more like open top tourers), Adm Harold R Stark, Adm T C Hart, Adm James Richardson, Bomb damage to the east end of St Pauls showing the destroyed High Alter, Max Millar ill of Supermarine Spitfire, Sqd Ldr W E G Taylor, Lt Act Capt Eric C T Wilson VC, PO Connor, Partidge cartoon An Inside Job.

Vol 3 No 61 November 1 1940 Pictures/illustrations Capt E D B McCarthy Mrs Mary Couchman ARP, Mr J P Hewett ARP, Badge of the Eagle Squadron, Col Charles Sweeny, Sqd Ldr W E G Taylor, Admiral J C Tovey, Rear-Admiral Sir henry Harwood, Capt Cornelius Arundell, Flt Lt Douglas Forsyth DFC, FO Thomas Murray DFC, Act Flt Lt J Jefferies DFC, FO Peter Bennett DFC, Sqd Ldr Donald England DFC, Capt Quirk OBE, Act Fl Lt P S Turner DFC, Fl Lt Peter Hanks DFC, Act Flt Lt J I Kilmartin DFC, Capt H M L Waller D SO , G A Howe GM , Fireman J Owen GM, G Sigsworth GM, Leading Fireman C Turner GM, G S Sewell GM, Sgt J E Mordin DCM, W J Jenkins ARP, Col (Act Maj Gen) J T Crocker CBE, Fl Lt W Blackwood DFC (strange photo as the picture seems to show a soldier wearing a Tank Corp hat), Sgt E R Weston MM, PO W Cunningham DFC, FO L A Haines DFC, Act Sqd Ldr Sir Archibald Hope DFC, Cadet Arthur Mitchell Cadet Corp Gallantry Medal, Act Sgt J Blair DFM. Illingworth carton Damming the Tide.

Vol 3 No 62 Nov 8 1940. Let us now count our victories, We have had bright days and brighter are to come, The bully of Rome strikes at little Greece, Victory in the air battle of Britain is assured, In the Indies Holland stands fast, The Police are in London's front line, I lived under Nazi rule in Jersey (Mr George Turner), Our bomber was struck by lightning, We were bombed on the Empress of Britain. Pictures The Empress of Britain, Miss Mary Sinclair a farme on the South Coast, Sergeant Speaston his wife and daughter Elizabeth survivors of the Empress of Britain, The Hart family incl 11 month ol d Neville survivors of the Empress of Britain, George Turner Jersey tomato grower, Joseph P Kennedy, Air Marshall A W Bishop, Gen Sir Hubert Gough, Maj Gen Sir Hugh Ellis, Jonkheer A W L Tjarda van Starkenborgh Governor-General Dutch east Indies, Holland House and the Middle Temple Hall bomb damage, Injured firemen, Jack Potter 55 year old Home Guard.

Vol 3 No 63 November 15 1940 D A Deasy, Ralph A Ingersol, Palestine Police Photos, Marshal Fevzi Chakmak, George the camel of London Zoo halling a trolley of bomb debris, the penguins waiting to be let into their air raid shelter, Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir Cyril Newall OM, Capt W H Dawson MBE, HMS Laurentic. We were bombed on a London tram, Animals in the zoo don't mind the raids, Marshal Fevzi Chakmak,

Vol 3 No 64 22 Nov 1940. Mussolini's men checked in the Mountain Battle, Who is this man Franklin Roosevelt, This is the Hurricane Hawkers build, Our AA guns shhot down 357 raiders, Flames drove us off the Empress (Empress of Britain), We serve jam puffs at 5.00 am, Democracy finds itself in London's tube stations. Pictures cartoon The Burglar's mate E H Shepherd, 2^nd Lt A D E Curtis MC, Col temp Brig A C L Stanley-Clarke CBE, Maj R L Willott DSO, Maj C H C Byrne, OBE, Lt Col J B Gartside DSO, PO W L McKnight DFC, Fl Lt J A Kent DFC, Aircraftsman Gordan N Patterson bar to DFM, FO H A C Bird-Wilson DFC, Acc Flt G E Ball DFC, Sgt Joan E Mortimer MM, Sgt Helen E Turner MM, Acc Asst Sec Officer E Candlish-Henderson MM, Lt T D Wilson MC, Act Sqd Leader A V R Johnstone DFC, Sqd Leader E A McNab DFC, Wing Cdr F V Beamish DFC, Lt D C Mirrieless MC, Patrol Officer M C Sadler OBE, Sgt E Smith GM, Fireman A V Thomas GM, Sgt W Philpott AFS GM, Sgt W Bryant GM, PDSA at work, Empress of Britainbeing towed but sinking, war artists pictures George Anderson & Lawrence Smith of SS Highlander by Muirhead Bone, Sgt G Holmes DFM by J Mansbridge, Able Seaman Pvey by Eric Kennington, Mr Sydney Camm chief designer Hawker Aircraft Ltd, column of smoke marking the end of the Artigliere sunk by HMS Ajex.

Vol 3 No 65 Nov 30 1940. Taranto was indeed a Glorious Episode, Jervis Bay's forlorn heroic action, On to Koritza pushed the Victoria Greeks, Biddy treds the path to safety, Nevil Chamberlain an appreciation by Lord Camrose, All were proud aboard the Jervis Bay. Pictures cartoon The Roman Invasion of 1940 Punch, Captain John Thomas of the Empress of Japan, Chinese quartermaster Hoakin of Empress of Japan, RAF pilots who bombed Munich on 8 Nov 1940, J Eggleston, Dan Bain & Sam Patience survivors of the Jervis Bay, Captain Olander & chief officer of the Swedish freighter.Biddy hourse rescued after being trapped for nine hours in a bombed London stable, Sergeant E F Sly AFM, Flight Lieutenant James Brindley VC, pics of Coventry after the bombing, Mr eden with the Transjordan Frontier Force, Captain E S Fogarty VC,Captain Bridge HMS Eagle, RearAdmr A L St G Lyster

Vol 2 No 66 December 6 1940 Pictures/illustrations Koritza falls long live Greece, Taranto recon photos after the attack, Air Com J H D'Albiac, Sgt John Merifield , Hussein Sirry Pasha, San Demetrio pics Second Officer Hawkins, Wrens in the Fleet Air Arm, Air Marshal Sir Arthur Barratt, Air Marshal Sir Richard Peirse, Air Marshal Sir Charles Portal, Air Marshal Sir Frederick Bowhill, Air Vice Marshal E L Gossage, Air Marshal W Sholto Douglas, Heavily be-medalled unidentified elderly Sikh Captain of the Indian Army, Brig C M Maltby, Captain Henry Barnett. I saw the fight from the Rangitiki's Bridge, Mrs B Lee, A Swift Purser & Miss W Taylor of the Rangitiki.Captain D E Wood of the old USA destroyer W C Wood.

Vol 3 No 67 Dec 13 1940. Still the Greeks drove on in triumph, Britain's railwaymen are fighting through, Chelsea pensioners in the wars again, Cagliari was a resounding British victory, To the rescue of our animal friends caught in the flaming fury of man made war, Under the Nazis Poland has forgotten laughter, Aden Britain's other and lesser Gibralter, We got the Sussex home to port, I flew with the bombers to Bari, Life saving speed of the RAF boats. Pictures Cartoon Haunted E H Shepard, HM Javelin, RAF high speed rescue boat, poor aerial photo a Captain Whitehead of Leeds the sole of a torpedoed ship on a capsized boat, HMS Ark Royal & Illustrious together at sea, Maj Gen T R Eastwood, Commander Lord Teynham, Sir Percy Bates,, Lt Gen H C B Wemyss, Sir Robert Haining, G W Dunkley, Dir W Venning, R J Sinclair, W B Chrimes, Capt Oliver Lyttelton, Crew members of the cargo ship Sussex survivor Capt P B Clarke, Frederick Trundley and a member of the gun crew, the Sussex, First contingent of airmen trained in Canada, 609 (West Riding) Squadron, Celebration at Cracow Meissner, Seldte, Huhnlein, Lutze, Dr Frank, Frick, Daluege and Stuckhart all seated in a row, Rev J N Sykes Stepney vicar with his shelter for bombed out cats, Boony an injured dog being operated on, Vice Admiral James Somerville, HMS Berwick, gun crew of HMS Londonderry with Commander J S Dalison, RAF men in Greece, H A Rattray a hundred year old Chelsea pensioner who was in the hospital when it was bombed, The People's Dispensary for Sick Animals Mobile Rescue Squad in Action.

Vol 3 No 68 December 20 1940 Marshal Pietro Badoglio, General John Metaxas, General Papagos, King George VI touring Southampton, Bomb damage to the Dutch House Bristol, Flt Lt J C Mungo DFC PO H M Stephens DFC, Monks pulling a fire pump at Buckfast Abbey, Major George W Gordon USAF, PO G L Cheshire DSO, Jack Reynolds, the Carnarvon Castle.

Vol 3 No 70 January 3^rd 1941 This is how they stormed Sidi Barrani, The war in Libya, Two of my torpedoes hit a Nazi ship (the Sunfish told by Lt George Colvin with a photo of the sub and crew members). Illustrations: The Arab's farewell to his mirage cartoon by Graves, London telephone exchange operators wearing helmets, Canadian airmen, Durazzo, Spahis cavalry, Sudan Defence Force troops, Lt Gen D P Dickinson, Col Dan Pienaar, Maj Gen M O'Moore Creagh, Maj Gen R N O'Connor, Air Commodore Collishaw, Marshal Graziani.

Vol 4 No 71 January 10 1941 In Bardia the Italians were surrounded, How the Indians triumphed in the desert war, Our Navy's contribution to Italy's defeat, The second great fire of London, I saw shells pumped into Valona, It was funny when we ducked Millicent Pennington AFS MBE with picture, We heard Captain Reid's ladt farewell (Western Prince). Illustrations/pictures E H Shepherd cartoon of Churchill The Dragon Slayer, Low cartoon An Egyptian Freeze, Mrs Dent survivor of the Western Star, Captain John Reid, Haworthill Catapulted into action from a ship, HMS Orion, Vice Admiral Pridham-Wippel.

Vol 4 No 72 January 17 1941 Bardia was another glorious victory, Solving the identity of the Nazi raiders, A winter's tale of war in the Balkans, Don't you British women ever cry (the Ragitane). Pictures/illustrations Maj Gen Iven G Mackay, Maj Gen Beresford-Peirse, Phrygia sinking, HMS Diomede, Idarwald, Count Felix Von Luckner, Maj Gen Dobbie, The Rangitane, four Polish airmen wearing the DFC, Sergt E Powell RAF, Ft Sgt G C Unwin DFM, Cpl J M G Robins WAAF MM, PO H M Stephen DSO, Sgt Gunner W H Sturdy DFM, Chief Eng A H Singleton DSM, Skipper W H Pollock DSC, Lt Cdr S H Norris DSO, Lt L J Tillie Bar to DSC, Capt E Small MBE, Skipper G Mitchell of Brighton a Shield of Honour for Dunkirk, Staff Officer R T Harris GC, Wolf Cub R NewmanBoy Scouts Silver Cross, Cpl K F Clements Boys Brigade Cross for Heroism, Deputy Chief Inspector T Breaks OBE, Act Capt W J S Fletcher MC, Capt D W Cunningham GM, Lt J M S Patton GC, Capt R T H Lonsdale MC, Lt Col F S Morgan CBE, Aux Fireman H B Neale GM, C E Burridge GM, Miss B Quin GM, F R Cox GM, Station Inspector Gahan OBE.

Vol 4 No 73 January 24 1941 On to Tobruk swept the Army of the Nile, At Bardia they counted the captives and the spoil, Americans are helping us here in Britain, The Terror lived up to her name off Libya, More Laurels for the amazing Greeks, My gunner set fire to a U-Boat, We made quite a mess of Mannheim. Pictures/illustrations Illingworth cartoon Twixt Reith and Wren, Chum Airedale awarded the Bravery Medal of Our Dumb Friends, Sqd Ldr A G Malan with dog, HMS Forth, Gunner James O'Neill, Lt Gen Si r F Pile, General Papagos, HMS Terror, General W H Hayes (US general in British uniform as a comander of an American mobile defence unit in Britian has a Home Guard insignia on his arm).

Vol 4 No 74 January 31 1941 Abyssina on the verge of revolt, One way or another our airmen keep warm, Where the Nazis hold our men in captivity map of POW camps in Germany, Norway's sons are fighting on our side, We saw the battle of the Sicilian Channel, Every gun in the Illustrious Roared. Pictures/illustrations E H Shepherd cartoon Trouble in Sicily, Harry Hopkins, Miss Verena Holms, Robert Leitch, J Gibson Jarvie, Air Marshal A G R Garrod, Air Com J A Chamier, Wing Comdr Lord Nigel Douglas Hamilton, J F Wolfended, Air Vice Marshal Keith Rodney Park, HMS Southampton, 1st Lieut J Stevens crew members of the submarine Thunderbolt (this was the renamed Thetis which sank in 1939 with the loss of 99 crew).

Vol 4 No 75 February 7 1941 Tobruk is yours, Haile Selassie is back in Abyssinia, Italian East Africa invaded, Australia's there all right, What are the Nazis up to in Sicily, Britain's new fighters in the night sky. Pictures/illustrations RAF Bomb Disposal Squads Badge, Cartoons I must have a screw loose somewhere Salt Lake Tribune, Diggers for Victory Illingworth, A little bit of heaven Moon of the Sunday Dispatch (interesting one on Irish neutrality, Say something so that my patience can be exhausted Zec Daily Mirror, Nazi refuge buoy, US Pacific Fleet on manoeuvres Ras Kassa.

Vol 4 No 76 February 14 1941 Derna another step in Wavell's victory march, Canada full out in the air, Rat Catching terriers on the U-Boat trail, Ar dead of night the Greeks charged to victory, We flew round Padua's spires and chimneys, Nineteen of my men died of exposure (R G Hammett OBE). Pictures/illustrations Illingworth cartoon Alarms and Excursions, Count Ciano, Wendall Willkie, General Metaxas, Miss C McGovern GM, Miss Evelyn Harmer OBE, Peter Derek Willeringhaus MID, William Pendle GM, Norman Tunna GC, Dr Andre Bathfield GM, Haworth ill How we fight the Stukas, Marshal Graziani.

Vol 4 No 77 February 21 1941 Benghazi crowning triumph of the Libyan war, Wavell's five front attack on Italian front, Tearing Italy's empire to shreds and tatters, The Sea efforts of the Empire's Navies, Eritrea key to Italian East Africa, We watched the air fight over Derna, Our Captain had to sink the Hyperion, Some Lesser-Knowns of the Luftwaffe. Pictures/illustrations HMS Manchester, Henschel HS 126, HMS Hyperion, Haile Selassie inspecting troops,

Vol 4 No 78 February 28 1941 Behind the scenes of the Abyssinian revolt, X.O.-6 Was the greatest battle of all, Darlan stands at Petain's right hand, The battle of nerves in the Balkans, Over Germany's aerodromes with a camera. Pictures/illustrations Illingworth cartoon The Battle-Flag, Admiral Vietina, Cartoons- Authentic Greek Masterpiece Fitzpatrick St Louis Post, Don't you recognize Me Duce The British Did Vicky Time and Tide, I Disagree Vicky News Chronicle, Crocodile Tears Armstrong Melbourne Argus & The Grip that must be broken Zec Daily Mirror. HMS Malaya, Zec cartoon Like a blooming Red Inidan EH.

Vol 4 No 79 March 7 1941 Badly torn and marked covers. Into Benghazi marched the Army of the Nile, In Jubaland they Hit Them and Hit Them Hard, War and threat of war in the Far East, A turn for the Better in the Shipping war, They were maronned in the South Seas (stranded by German raiders on Emirau), I was six months escaping from France (Sapper John Garbett with photo), In Poland the Nazi brute still rages. Pictures/illustrations S/Ldr G R McGregor DFC, F.Lt J Cunningham DFC, Mrs Mary Goodbody OBE, Warrant Officer J McDonald DCM, Gunner A E Bennett MM, A/Cpl Joan Hearn MM, AB F Houghton DSM, Able Seaman K F Boyne Royal Human Soc Testimonal, Haworth ill How aircraft are de-iced, Air Com Raymond Collishaw, Brig Dan Pienaar, Mayor Nicola Epifani & Bishop Vescovo surrender of Benghazi.

Vol 4 No 80 March 14th 1941 The Battle of the Western Approaches, Just how strong is the Japanes Navy, In Somaliland All over bar the shouting, How Hitler formed his parachutists, Here's my log when we were torpedoed (AB Sydney H Light GM with photo), Night flying is rather terrifying at first by D A Willans DFC. Pictures/illustrations Sq Leader Louis Strange DSO DFC, Lt Gen Alan G Cunningham, Admiral Lothar Arnauld de la Periere. Vol 4 No 81 March 21 1941. Covers and some pages marked in crayon Once again Bulgaria takes the wrong turning, In the Balkan ferment Turkey stands fast, The Navy knocks at Hitler's back door, Pages from a prison diary of a British Officer (Capt C A Hood RA), Pages of Glory written by men of Free France, How a filter beat the Libyan sands (Cecil Gordon Vokes filter with photo of him), Our Boys of the Grom behaved splendidly (Polish destroyer sunk off Norway). Pictures/illustrations E H Shephard cartoon Honest Joe, Destroyer Grom and some survivors, Miss M Wavell (sister of the General) serving in the YMCA, Lofoten raid prisoners, G W Rendall, Field-Marshall List.

Vol 4 No 81 dated 21 March 1941 In the Balkan ferment stands Turkey, Pages from the prison diaryof a British Officer (C A Hood RA). Photos General J C Smuts, WWI photo of Smuts with the Maharajah of Bikaner inspecting City of London Volunteers, Lord Milne, M Gutt, Polish destroyer Piorun, Polish destroyer Groom and survivors, Miss M Wavell YMCA (sister of the General), J G Winant, HMS George V, C G Vokes, Gen Catroux, Free French Colonial Infantry, Tittmoning Castle now Oflag VII C/Z, Stanley Adams, Lt Gen Sir J H Marshall-Cornwall, Air Vice Marshall Elmhirst in Turkey, Field Marshal List, G W Rendell,

Vol 4 No 82 March 28 What the lease and lend act means to us, Queen Wilhelmina has an Army in Britain. Pictures/illustrations HMS Leander, Pera Palace Hotel Istanbul, W J Vanderberg, Cartoons Opening the flood gates Illingworth Daily Mail, Flowers that bloom in the spring George Whitelaw Daily Herald, Germany's Invasion chances Het Bataviaasch Nienwsblad, All right you can push the next one Neb Daily Mail, History took us by the throat Vicky Time and Tide & Who's been eating my porridge Zec Daily Mirror, Mrs Elsa Dunbar WVS, Haworth ill Mountain warefare in Albanian Heights.

Vol 4 No 83 April 4 1941 Again the Greeks smashed the Italian hordes, Thirty is the Burma Squadron's bag so far, Well may Turkey be proud of her army, The Union Jack flies again over Berbera. Pictures/illustrations Horse wearing a gas mask, panaramic view of the bombed area around St Pauls's, Admiral Sir Percy Noble, Sqd Ldr R R Stanford Tuck DSO DFC, Gen Papagos, Lieut Gen Sir Henry Maitland Wilson.

Vol 4 No 84 l 1941 Ahough betrayed Yugoslavia was not lost, Dramatic reactions to the Pact with Hitler, Long live Greece, free and immortal, Yugolsavia's Army in the hour of crisis, Closing in on the Italians in Abyssinia, British Tanks are as tough as their crews,. Pictures/illustrations Mme Simone Mathieu inspecting Corp Feminin Francais, Miss M E White (with dog) BEM, Mrs Evelyn Leaver BEM, David Wileman awared RSPCA's bronze medal, Samuel Donner BEM, Scout Anthony Bone Scout Gilt Cross for gallantry, George W Paveley GM, Dr Fritz Todt, group of unidentified night fighter pilots with dog two wearing the new RAF battledress (one possibly being Peter Townsend?), Aid Comdre Patrick Huskinson, Mr W S Farren, G P Bulman, Ronald Campbell, Dragisha Tsvetkovitch.

Vol 4 No 85 8 1941 No 85 How the Yugoslav nation found its soul, Britain's nightfighters have Cats Eyes, They fight in the air above the Atlantic, Matapan was a great and glorious victory, How Cunningham smashed the Italian fleet, Good Nazis mustn't be kind to Polish slaves, Singapore is now strong beyond compare (hmm), The Battle for Keren is fought and won. Pictures/illustrations Cdr M G Rimmington DSO, HMS Parthian, Gnr D J E Roberts GM, L-Sergt E A Provins GM, RQMS David Borthwick MM, Major R J Williams MC,CQM S A J Mitchell DCM, Sgt David Lorimer DFM, Pilot Officer E S Lock DSO DFC, Assist Sect Officer F H Hanbury OBE, Sqn Ldr N G Mulholland DFC, Pilot-Sgt R N Stubbs DFM, Stoker J J Collins DSM, Second Hand P J Green DSM, Ldg Wren N Williams BEM, CPO Charles M Felcey DSM, Seaman U Peters DSM, Chief Constable Bolt OBE, Chief Inspector Stacy MBE, Chief Supt P Chatfield MBE, Stn Sergt W E Douglas GM PC J P James GM, Disptach Rider S E G Bradford GM, Miss G Tanner AFS GM, AFS Driver W Eustace OBE, Sect Officer S A Wright GM.

Vol 4 No 86 April 25 1941 How Hitler struck at Greece and Yugoslavia, Salonika fell after three days of war, South Africans won the race to Addis Ababa. Pictures/illustrations M Laszlo de Bardossy, Count Tellleki, Cartoons Strube Cunningham & Cunningham, Zec Friendship can go no further, Clive Upton The Voice of the people, Zec Lend a hand friend, Stube Tourist Matsuoka, Adm A riccardi, Capt C E Morgan, Rear Ad D Boyd, Capt A Bissett, Capt D B Fisher, HMS Ajex, Capt H A Rowley (Young pic as a lieut), Haworth ill Victors of Cape Matapan, HMS Greyhound.

Vol 4 No 87 2 May 1941. When Greek met German in Macedonia, I was nearly caught in Salonika. Photos: Churchill in Swansea, Temp Lt T W Sherrin of the Lorna Doone, the Lorna Doone, Able Seaman G Bee, mobile library of the Kent Education Committee, Otto Kretschmer coming ashore as a POW, U Boat pows, HMS Hasty, HMS Gloucester, Sir H Maitland-Wilson, ARP workers in London with lady MO.

Vol 4 No 88 May 9 1941 How Britons and Anzacs fought in Greece, Now the Germans swept on to Egypt, Yugolsavia crushed in 12 days. Pictures/illustrations Dr H Noehring, Captain Schepke, sig E R Savidge DSM, Lieut H West Bar to DSC, Skipper Lieut Grace DSC, Cmdr J Bull DSM DSC, Capt N Rice OBE, AB N Stringer DSM, CSM Davies DCM, Mr T H Newton BEM, Pte Goodwin MM, CSM Shaw DCM, Lieut J M Muir DSO, Troop Sgt Maj Shelton DCM, Sgt A Halfpenny DFM, Sqd Ldr J N Dowland GC, Sgt E Barker Bar to DFM, Fl Sgt E Thorn Bar to DFM, Sgt D McKay DFM, PO R P Ste vens DFC, Miss D M White GM, Mrs M Farr OBE, Miss Meikle RRC, Miss Wilson RRC, Sister I Jones ARRC, Miss M F Thomas GM, Aux Fireman C A Reeves GM, Commdr A N G Firebrace CBE, Chief Officer W Woods GM, Maj F Jackson MBE, Dist Officer R W Greene MBE, Fireman B Evans OBE, G Williams OBE, H F Shimmings GM, G W Whitehurst GM, A Harrison GM, Air Cadet H R Smith CGM, Miss M B Haldane MBE.

Vol 4 No 90 May 23 1941 At Tobruk Britain stands at Bay, How the Navy got our men away from Greece, First blood in the fight for Iraq's oil fields, I alone of British Journalists escaped from Belgrade, They call us Ancient and Tattered airmen (ATA pilots). Pictures/illustrations FO J J Meikle, Flt Lt J G Fleming, ATA Pilots Mrs Gabrielle Patterson & Mrs Grace Brown, F J Leathers, the Rajputana sinking, Lt Col J T C Moore-Brabazon, HMS Diamond & Wryneck, Gen L J Morshead, Sub Lt R E Scammell DSM, Able Seaman W Cooper DCM, Capt R McClean DSC, Cap t Hughes DSC, Ldg Stoker D T Banks DSM, Lt Bill DSO, Lieut QM E Goodrich DSO, Trp William G Hunt MM, Maj Robinson MC, Capt T V Somerville DSO, Cpl B Wareham MM, Lt Patrick K Mayhew MM, Sqd Ldr Hugh Maxwell DSO, Sqd Ldr M F Anderson DFC, Ass Sec Officer E C Henderson MM, Sgt Pilot E E F Hewett DFM, Sgt C R Frost DFM, Fl Sgt C F Currant Bar to DFC, Matron G C Ball RRC, Sister K B Davies RRC, Sister Tomlinson RRC, Miss Jessie Jackson RRC, Miss K H Jones RRC, Miss Wane RRC, John William Booth OBE, Vol W E Whybrow MBE, Mrs Hila McGreevy OBE, Mrs Freda Dykins OBE, Sec Ldr S W Anthony MBE, Patrol Ldr G Collins Scots Silver Cross, Patrol Officer F C Revelle GM, Patrol Officer M C Day GM, Miss R Gassman BEM, Mrs B M Plimmer BEM, Fireman B C E Arkell GM, Fireman L J Watts GM.

Vol 4 No 91 May 30 1941 The Strange Case of Rudolf Hess, What a task was the RAF's in Greece, Britain's sky-soldiers learn their job, Poland's naval cadets in Britain, I captured a Nazi parachutist-It was Hess, My diary of eleven days in the Libyan desert. Pictures/illustrationsHMS Cornwall, Dr Marchant Kelsey, David McLean and his mother, Haworth ill Hitler's Juggernaut, Rudolf Hess.

Vol 4 No 92 June 6 1941 Which of the Arabs are our friends, The Home Guard's first birthday. Pictures/illustrations Lord Bridgeman, The Bells of St Clement's (as the nursey rhyme, the church being destroyed in an air raid), Major J B Glubb, Paymaster Captain P S Stuckland CBE, Lieut Valling DSC, Capt Fraser OBE, Chief Eng J W Coulthard DSC, Skipper Lieut Inglis MBE, Petty Officer Flattery DCM, Sqd Ldr Barrie Heath DFC, Fl Lt J C Dundas DFC & Bar, Fl Lt R M B Duke-Wolley DFC, Fl Sgt Eric Smith, Fl Lt W W Campbell DFC, FO WD Brown DFC, Nurse Ruby Rosser, Miss Sharnaud DBE, Lady Reading DBE, Miss Fenno DBE, Senr Asst Nurse Aileen Turner GM, Staff Nurse Mary Fleming GM, David Lazarus GM, Albert Bailey GM, Miss P Baxter MBE, Miss H Taylor MBE, Miss M Whitcher MBE, D Moseley MBE, Ambulance Driver B Matthewman GM, Ernest Biggs OBE, E C Channing MBE, Mrs Gwendolyn Park MBE, John Thomas Cain GM, Attendant G Goshwark GM, Lt Com Jan Van Olm OBE, Sergt Ligoticky Czech War Cross and Medal, Officer Air Gunner Morian Hansen DFC (famous Danish speedway rider), Count Czernin DFC, Sgt Krat Czech War Cross, Flt Lt G Jankiewicz Polish Military Cross.

Vol 4 No 93 June 13 1941 For 1750 miles they chased the bismark, The war in Abyssinia in retrospect, RAOC, Mine were the last RAF men to leave (Greece). Pictures/illustrations Lt Gen Sir Walter Venning QMG, Robert Cross RNLI.

Vol 4 No 94 June 20 1941 This is how they got away from Crete, After Crete will it be Cyprus, Britain's friends return to power in Baghdad, How our Catalina shadowed the Bismark, Our guns wreaked a German armada off Crete. Pictures/illustrations Air Marshall A W Tedder, Midhsipman William Dundas & Able Seaman R Tilburn (survivors of the Hood), H J Savage GM, Edward E Hayes GM, W T Whitlock GM, P Whitting GM, C J Ditch GM, A Webb GM, F Harlow Tritt GM, James Wood GM, T Higgins BEM, A E Page GM MM, Sister G Seeley RRC , MissJ Westerby MBE, Mrs Ja ne Hepburn GM, Mrs Dorothy Clarke GM, Nurse Violet E Reid GM, Nurse P Marmion GM, Sub Officer G Nicholls OBE, Chief Fire Officer Collier GM, Miss Ethel Martin OBE, Miss Margaret Hay OBE, Patrol Officer G H Wright GM, Leading Fireman G C Lidstone GM, Actg Sqd Ldr A H Smythe DFC, Sergt Pilot K Newton DFM, Sergt G R Ross DFM, Sergt Pilot K I Street DFM, Pilot Officer L P Massey DFC, Wing Cdr L Sinclair GC, Wing Cdr T G Pike, Sergt A/G T L Mumby DFM, Sqd Ldr A Hibberd Sqd Ldr P B B Ogilvie DSO.Beauty wired haired terror wearing the badge of the People's Dispensary for Sick Animals (awarded a medal for finding people buried under debris), Lt Gen Sir J H Marshall-Cornwall.

Vol 4 No 95 June 27 1941 New methods for fighting Britain's fires, Inquest on Crete the Commons debate, My adventures after I was shot down over Crete. Pictures/ilustrations General Catroux, Flt Lieut D S G Honor DFC Croix de Guerre, The torpedo crew of HMS Dorsetshire, Grp Capt G R Beamish, CDR A Firebrace, C H Wilkinson MBE, Haworth ill Ocean going U-Boat, Fred Mitchell a shepherd of Abbots Leigh Somerset awarded BEM for saving his flock when fires spread in the lambing pens.

Vol 4 No 96 July 4 1941 Malta is an Island of heroes, Where Cretans fought for hearth and home, Battle of Sollum, Stiff resistance fails to save Damascus, The War's best kept secret (about Radar), Mr Churchill on the invasion of Russia, Hitler takes the road to Moscow, Scots Guards, Pictures/illustrations Sir P B Joubert De La Ferte, L-Cpl Neill, Jonathan Mills. Allied powers meeting June 12 at St james Palace photo-R A Butler, Archibald Sinclair, Viscount Cranborne, Winston Vhurchill, M Michiels, M Simopoulos, S M Bruce, W J Jordan, M Dupong, M Soubbotitch, M Nygaardsvold, M Zaleski, Anthony Eden, S F Waterson, M Gerbrandy, M Lie, M Pierlot, GVI, M Bech, M Masaryk, M Sramek, Gen Sikorski, M Spaak, M Dejean, M Cassin, Baron Cartier de Marchienne, E Bridges, Brendan Bracken. R W Watson Watt, Ivan Maisky, Miss V A Drummond the only women ships engineer and a godchild of Queen Victoria.

Vol 4 No 97 July 11 1941 What the Anzac Brigadier Said About Crete, Vichy troops hard pressed in Syria, Learning to win the war in the workshops, We saved 45 people from bombs and floods PC James Brown and Air Raid Warden Harry Bird BEM with photos. Pictures/illustrations SS St Patrick, Lt Gen Pavel Vasilievich, Adm N Kuznetsov, Marshal S Budenny, Nrig L M Inglis, King's Badge for the invalid out of the services. Capt D E Rees OBE, Capt W W Watson OBE, PO Michael Payton MBE, 3 Engr W Walker MBE, Flt Lt J E McFall DFC, ACdr L H Slater CB OBE DSO, FO C H Upton DFC, FO G K Larney DFC, FO A F Weller DFC, Sgt Obs P Hudson DFM, FO J Cook DFC, PO O E Wiltshear DFC, PO C R Brown DFC, FO W D B Ruth DFC, FO M H Young DFC, FO G E Weston DFC, Dr M Manson GM, Nurse M E Perkins GM, Nurse M S J Newman GM, Nurse V Howell BEM, F D Murphy OBE, Dr M Kamil GM, H Sweetland GM, Alfred Hobdell BEM, Henry Hobdell BEM (father and son), Arthur Paxton BEM, J reynolds BEM, S Stillwell MBE, Lt H R B Janvrin DSC, Fred Rusby DSM, Capt W H Dawson MBE, Lt H B Gordon MBE.

Vol 4 No 98 July 18 1941 O those dull uninspiring communiques (an interesting article on the comparsion between the British/German/Russian ones), Our air offensive is only beginingI warned the man who sank the Robin Moor, Our bomber was in flames over Wilhelmshaven. Pictures/illustrations Gen Sir Claude Auchinlkeck, Edward W Myers (master of the Robin Moors), Gen C KJ Zhukov, Lt Gen F N Mason-Macfarlane, Anastas Ivanovich Mikoyan, Mr Laurence J Cadbury, Jacqueline Cochran (first woman pilot too fly an American bomber to the UK), John McKeller holding the cased DSO and DFC's awarded to his only son Sqd Ldr A A McKleear (tear in the page goes through the description under this photo). Fl Lt J L Kilmartin, D R S Bader, Flt Lt J H Mungo-Park, Fl Lt H M Stephens, FO Newell Orton, R R Stanford-Tuck, Wing Cmd A G Malan.

Vol 4 No 99 July 25 1941 Still the Atlantic is one vast battlefield, America joins Britain in Iceland's defence, There was no sea-bourne invasion of Crete, My men of the Ladybird said Carry On Sir, The raider picked us up from the Zamzam. Pictures/illustrations American survivors of the Zamzam, Gen Sir Robert Haining, HMS ladybird, Haworth ill Assualt from the air, M Maisky, Gen Golikov & Rear Adm Kharlamov, K T girl attached to the ATS and the K T (Kine-Theodolite) section flash badge.

Vol 4 No 99 July 25 1941 Still the Atlantic is one vast battlefield, America joins Britain in Iceland's defence, There was no sea-bourne invasion of Crete, My men of the Ladybird said Carry On Sir (with photo of the Ladybird), The raider picked us up from the Zamzam. Pictures/illustrations American survivors of the Zamzam, Gen Sir Robert Haining, HMS ladybird, Haworth ill Assualt from the air, M Maisky, Gen Golikov & Rear Adm Kharlamov, K T girl attached to the ATS and the K T (Kine-Theodolite) section flash badge.

Vol 4 No 100 August 1 1941 Russia's tank corps is the world's largest, Peace in Syria after five weeks of war, We cheered like mad for the British Navy (Chief Steward W G Johnson (prisoner on the Alstertor). Pictures/illustrations Alstertor sinking, Asst Dist Officer W Mosedale GC, Ch Insp R C Wainwright BEM, P C Pritlove King's Police Medal, Fireman W C Skillern GM, Warden W G Smith BEM, A J Sambridge GM, Postman F G Gurr BEM, J L Pelham MBE, W J Holtham GM, N Jaeger Bar to the BEM, Prob Nurse V A Clancy BEM , Dr H Billig GM, Dr A J McNairn GM, Sergt M H Willans BEM, Miss C Bick GM, Matron G E M Clubb RRC, PO the Hon B D Grimston DFC, Group Capt G M Lawson OBE MC, Air Comm S E Goodwin OBE, Ar Vice Marshal F J Linnell CB, Sqd Ldr J R Gordon-Finlayson DFC, Flt Lieut A L Taylor second bar to DFC, Flt Lieut W F Blackadder DSO, P O K J Holmes DFC, Flt Lieut R P R Powell DFC, Sergt D F Allen GM, Actg Flt Lieut S Smith DFC, Flying Officer J A Hemmingway DFC, Sqd Ldr E L Magrath MBE, Sgt B E Dye Bar to DFM, P O A J Hodgkinson DFC, Lieut Kershaw DSO, Capt Frost DFC, Sqd Ldr J C Willis DFC,Second Lieut P S Bhagat VC, HMS Waterhen, Mrs Jean Knox Controller ATS.

Vol 5 102 August 13 1941 Japan still treads the aggressor's path, American Liberators fly in freedom's cause, Indo-China is now protected by Japan, Pictures/illustrations Sir H R M Brooke-Popham, Admiral Jean Decoux, Assistance Board Mobile Office, Haworth ill Attack by Blenheims, HMS Fearless, Wing Cmdr Edwards VC DFC. Vol 5 No 101 August 8 1941 Moscow calling Russia strikes the Human note in propaganda, Russia's Canals in their background strategy, With the Royal Navy in the Syrian campaign, We went in a Motor-Boat from Crete to Africa, How I plodded 200 miles across Libyan sands. Pictures/illustrations Brendan Bracken, Fairey Albacores, Trooper Ronald Moore, Pte Alfred Tighe, A Lozovsky.

Vol 5 No 103 Aug 22 1941 The tragic irony of India at war, America's new army in the making, Now was launched the third German offensive, RASC, I saw how Moscow took her first air raid, We flew from Belgium in an ancient plane, We were 8 and a half days in our rubber dinghy. Pictures/illustrations Mr Harry Hpokins, Sgt James Allen Ward VC, Group Captain Carnegie, Gen Daufresne De La Chevalerie, Duke of Kent, Sir Louis Greig, Gen Jenneken, Air Comm Brown, British Bren gun carrier going through the arches of Palmyra, HMS Nels on.

Vol 5 No 104 Aug 29 1941 Thailand may soon become a battlefield, Russia Ridicles the Nazi claims, The Marines fought magnificently in Crete. Pictures/illustrations Blenheim crew members who bombed Quadrath and Knapsack, Mr Toraboola and Mr Abdul Lotiff Indian merchant seamen awarded the BEM.

Vol 5 No 105 Sept 10 1941 Russians at Bay, How Yugoslavia upset Hitler's timetable, Britain and Russia take action against Iran, Churchill-Roosevelt meeting with various photographs), The why and how of the Syrian campaign, We met Mr Churchill in the Atlantic, I flew between the chimneys at Knapsack. Pictures/illustrations Michail I Kalinin, M Ninchitch, Europe's Eastern War Zone Map drawn by D Dalton, Mrs Ida Hacker BEM, Miss Biddy Harris BEM, Mrs Mary Fitzgerald GM, Miss Joan Hobson BEM, PO K W Mackenzie DFC, Flt Lt R E Hunter DFC, Air Vice Marshal F H M Maynard CB AFC, Flt Lt J E H Marshall DFC, Rev S W Harrison GM, Flt Sgt G P Jones DFM, Flt Lt P H M Richey DFC, Ldg Aircraftsman C L Wheatley GM, FO A Watson DFC, A/Wing Cmdr P F Webster DSO DFC & Bar, Sgt Bowen DFM, A/CI K E W Clifton DFM, Harold Dingle GM, James Ward GM, Oliver Clarke BEM, E V Hignett BEM, S J Ffitch BEM, Stanley Pembertny GM, Edward Hackler BEM, Brian Vaughan BEM, Maj A W Richards OBE, F H Brookes BEM, A H Lambert OBE, E W Clarke GM, Col Hedley White DSO, Capt E A W Williams MC, Capt F H Lawder MC, Lt Hugh Campbell MBE, Maj Lorne Campbell DSO, Sgt L E Waters MM.

Vol 5 No 106 Sept 20 1941 How the Nazi snake was scotched in Iran, There's another Russia beyond the Urals, How we German parachutists captured Maleme. Pictures/illustrations V Dolgin, Mongolian cavalry, Fire Guard armlet patch, Haworth ill Soviet Striking PowerGen Koniev, Paddy Coleman, Martha Ferris.

Vol 5 No 107 Sept 30 1941 In capturing a U-Boat the Hudson made history, The Spitzbergen Raid, We sank a German ship on Hitler's doorstep, I was on the bomber Steel Seafarer. Pictures/illustrations Voroshilov, Sailors abourd Le Jour de Gloire, Steel Seafarer, Haworth ill Fighters with a sting (Lockhead Lightning), New Civil Defence Uniform, Hudson crew which captured a U-Boat Sqd Ldr J Thompson, FO W J O Coleman.

Vol 5 No 108 Oct 10 1941 Armoured trains help to defend Leningrad, Maybe there will be battles in the Black Sea, Kiev Falls, Exit Riza Sha a new chapter in Persia, What caught my eye in besieged Odessa, We did a tour of Europe as Vicy prisoners, How we spent the last days on Spitzbergen, Pictures/illustrations Averell Harriman, Vidkun Quisling, Mohammed Riza Pahlevi, Wing Cmd H N G Ramsbottom-Isherwood, Coxswain Blogg RNLI Gold Medal winner three times BEM, A M Nabarro GM, L Stephens BEM, Stn Off R A Pullinge r G M, Stn Off G E Switzer Silver Medal of National Horse Association (for saving 39 horses during a London raid), Miss M F Weston White Cross of St Giles (for saving over 500 animals from buildings destroyed by bombs), Miss M I Stepnall MBE, Warden Janet Evans BEM, Mrs H Broadberry BEM, Mi Vol 5 No 109 October 20 1941 Need the Nazi worry about oil, Soviet war posters show the will to win, Filling the gaps in Britain's labour front, The Moscow Conference, Strange the Czechs don't like Nazi protection, What the soldier eats and how he gets it, There were 82 of us in an open boat and 44 died, How we escaped from internment at Dakar. Pictures/illustrations Marshal S M Budenny (what a moustache!), Survivors of the liner Britannia, Mascots Wilfred the duck, Percy the tortoise (RAF), Venus bulldog, Fo x, Private Whisky a monkey SA Medical Corps. HMS Liverpool, Gen Alois Elias, Nebe Hueber Himmler & Mueller, Soviet battleship Marat, Gruman Martlet in RAF colours in the Western Desert.

Vol 5 No 110 Oct 30 1941 Persia our gateway to Russia, Gas may yet be used in this war, Shall we ever be picked up (survivors of the Sessa), Our life as Czech labourers. Pictures/illustrations Marshal Timoshenko (picture marked), Sessa, Henrik Bjerregaard, Mitya Afonin, Bombs burstin gclose to HMS Malay, Lt Cmdr A H Callaway DSO, Leading Stoker Owen Wood DSM with wife and baby, Crew of the Seawolf, ATS Private Mary Churchill (daughter of Winston), Haworth ill Soviet Bombers, Flt Lt Brendan Finucane (when he had 21 to his name at the age of 21), Sterling bomber being loaded. Vol 5 No 112 Nov 20 1941 Maybe we can learn from Hitler's army, Just what damage have we done to Germany, Now the Crimea is caught in the Nazi net, We sang as the Germans shelled us at Calais, Pictures/illustrations 1908 drawing of Churchill, Major Williams Major Dennis Talbot, Rifleman David Hosington DCM & Lce Cpl Richard Illingworth members of the Calais rearguard. LCC Ambulance, Queen Victoria Riles POW's Lt Courtenay, Capt J A Brown, Lt Col J A M Ellison-Macartney, Capt P J E Monico, Capt A N L Munby, Lt S J Saunders, Oflag VI.B Warburg PO W's C W Davis,K J Brydson, A Cross, H K Wright, M Fox, N C Baker, A Johnstone, A H Berrisford, F Nurse, A L Gosling. 2nd Lt Charles Upham VC (who was to be awarded a second!), Sergt Alfred Hulme VC, Tanks for Russia, Haworth ill What they bomb at Bremen, Von Reichenau, Von Bock, Von Rudstedt, Von Kluge, Ritter Von Leeb, General Strauss, Wilhelm List, General Hoth, Heinz Guderian, Karl Kesselring, Otto Sperrle, Dr Getulio Vargus. Cover photo of the Queen Elizabeth at dock in Singapore.

Vol 5 No 113 Nov 29 1941 Burma's coming to the front of the picture, Flying the Atlantic is Ferry Command's job, This fertile island is now a food factory, My life as a Boy in much bombed Malta, Pictures/illustrations General Anders, Victor Strobridge, Saidi Ali, Lt Commander W F Hussey (old photo), Capt W G Agnew, HMS Penelope, HMS Malaya off New York Harbour with the skyscrappers in the background. Vol 5 No 114 Dec 10 1941 If we have to fight in the Caucasus, The Battle of Libya first phase, How they made ready for the offensive (Western Desert), One night we made a bolt from Benghazi (Trooper Oldham, Ldg Bombadier Hasier & Gunner Cocker with photo), Berlin is burning and we Poles have done it, Our Lady Shirley sent a U-Boat down, Pictures/illustrations Lt Gen Sir Alan Cunningham, Lt Cmdr A H Callaway RANVR and crew members of the Lady Shirley, Gen Sir Claude Auchinleck, Air Vice Marshal Arthur Coningha m, Sir And rew Cunningham, HMS Victor ious and King George V at sea together, Haworth ill Catapult Plane v Kurier, Sir Roger Keyes, Sir John Dill, Sir Alan Brooke, Sir Henry Pownall, A E Nye, B C T Paget, Lt Gen B L Montgomery GOC-inC South Eastern Command, Lt Comdr Hodgekinson DSO, P/O O Yea Vol 5 No 116 Dec 30 1941 For good or ill it is Auchinleck's battle, First round to Japan in the New World War, Now Finland is numbered among our enemies, Gondar Falls, At last very Briton will be mobilized, Rommel asked me Aren't you glad (Sgt E Weallens RAOC captured and escaped in Libya), From Berlin we flew home in flames (Wellington crew ditched in the sea for 57 hours with photo of crew). Pictures/illustrations Mrs Mary Connors , Petty Officer A E Sephton VC. Vol 5 No 117 Jan 10th 1942 Four hundred million Chinese alies, Rommel in retreat through Cyrenaica, I saw the Repulse and Prince of Wales go down. Pictures/illlustrations J C Leach RN, Admiral Sir Tom Phillips, Capt W G Tennant, Maj Gen Neil Methuen Ritchie, SS Lehigh sinking, Manuel L Quezon with Douglas MacArthur, Sir Thomas Shenton Thomas, Badge of the Ministry of Health Hospital Service (for domestic staff), Lt Commander M D Wanklyn VC DSO, Oscar the cat rescued from the Bismark then went to the Ark Royal where he was again sunk and rescued from the sea, Haworth ill British tanks and planes in Libya, Capt Jean Morlaix Cross of Liberation, Adolphgus Gibson DSM, Capt Pierre Lusyne OBE Belgium Croix de Guerre, Captain Rene Lusyne OBE Belgium Croix de Guerre, Lt Cmdr E Dudley Chandler DSC & Bar, Vol 5 No 118 Jan 20 1942 Churchill speaks for Britain in America, The ordeal in the Philippines and Malaya, Hong Kong's fight to the bitter end, We went to Vaagso with the Commando Men. Pictures/illustrations Gen Sir H R Pownall, Brig J C Haydon DSO, Rear Admiral H M Burrough, Jhr A W L Tjarda van Starkenborgh, Lt Gen T J Hutton, Eden in Moscow.

Vol 5 No 119 Jan 30 1942 Strengthening the defence of Britain's airfields, The yellow tidal wave in the Far East, I got right in the middle of eleven Messerschmitts, One French family kept me for seven months, We are learning to fly in the USA. Pictures/illustrations M Raczkiewicz, Major Laptev, Captain Andruskin, Maj Gen G H Brett, Maj Gen C F Liardet & Air Cdre A P M Sanders, Churchill in Canada.

Vol 5 No 120 Feb 10 1942 Poor condition. Mojaisk falls the great retreat goes on, Bitter battles for Malaya and Burma, Russia has tank busters where are ours, Chinese guerillas helped us escape from Shanghai. Pictures/illustrations Maj Gen H Gordon Bennett, Lt Gen G Le Quesne Martel, Shooting down of a Nazi plane by the Russian pilot named Muller, Haworth ill Fighting amid the Snow, Gen Von Reichenau, Gen Sikorski inspecting Polish Women's Auxiliary.

Vol 5 No 121 Feb 20 1942 The battle of Singapore has started, Mr Churchill and the critics, With unbelievable suddeness the Barham sank, How we fought on the beach at Kota Bharu. Pictures/illustrations HMS Barham Lieut Commander J F van Dulm captain of a Dtuch submarine of Queen Wilhelmina's navy, Commander H F Bone DSO DSC on the coning tower of the Tigris, HMS Thanet.

Vol 5 No 122 Feb 28th 1942 Poor condition. Some reflections in a dark hour, The Strange Case of Mr De Valera's Ireland, The tragic story of Singapore's fall, Are we pulling our weight in production, I saw the Poles go over the top at Gazala. Pictures/illustrations Haworth ill Repairing Rommel's battle tanks, Vice Admiral Sir Ralph Leatham, Brig J C Campbell VC, Dr Fritz Todt, Eamon De Valera, A pilot of the American Volunteer Group wearing the national Chinese emblem on his flying jacket, Vice Adm C E L Helfrich.

Vol 5 No 123 Mar 10 1942, Badly marked covers, From Brest Hitler's ships got safe home, From Rangoon to Darwin one long battle, In Russia the Cossack ride again, Singapore was burning as i packed my bag (C Yates McDaniel). Pictures/illustrations Lt Gen Hein Ter Poorten, Lt Gen Tomoyuki Yamashita, Sub Lieut E Lee, Lieut Commadner E Esmonds DSO, Captain C T M Pizey, Lieut M B Collings, Lieut A E Fanning. Vol 5 No 124 March 20 1943. RAF Hurricanes within the Arctic Circle, They fought like wild cats in Java, Stalin greets the glorious Red Army, Eighteen young airmen and every one a hero, Inside ten minutes the Beach was ours (Bruneval raid). Pictures/illustrations Lt Evan Charteris, Major J D Frost, Wing Com Pickard DSO DFC, Bren carriers being assembled in Australia, Lieut-Commander Eugene Esmonde VC DSO, Sub Lieut E Lee, Maj Gen H D W Sitwell.

Vol 5 No 125 April 2 1942. Hongkong & Nanking a tale of horror, Too few too late the tragedy of Rangoon, The inevitable tragedy of Java's fall, Australia stripped for war and fighting mad, They speak for the Indians in a fateful hour, Fierce and bloody battle in the Java Sea, French papers published at the risk of death, Short shrift for Black Market traitors, How we scorched the Oil Wells at Palembang. Pictures/illustrations Illingworth cartoon on the Black Market, Gandhi, Sir Stafford Cripps & M A Jinnah, Marquess of Linlithgow, Jawaharial Nehru, Gen Sir A Wavell, Pandit M M Malaviya, Mrs Vijayalakshmi Pandit, Rt Hon V S Srinivasa Sastri, Sir Tej Bahadur Sapru, Mrs Sarojini Naidu, Moulana Abul Kalam Azad, Dr R B Ambedkar, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, Subhas Chandra Bose, Flg Off Kenneth Campbell VC RAFVR, Haworth Ill Nazi Strength at Sea. Vol 5 No 126 April 17 1942 War's monsoons threaten the Indian Ocean, MacArthur and his Yanks arrive down under, St Nazaire Most daring raid since Zeebrugge, Stalin has another Army in the Far East, Thoose magnificent men in the Red Duster, David fights Goliath in the Mediterranean, I saw terrible things happen in HongKong by Miss Phyllis Harrop. Pictures/illustrations Miss P Harrop, Admiral Chan Chak, Hugh Montague RN, Mr MacDougall, HMS Curacoa, Rear Adm Philip Vian, Haworth ill Transport Ship, crew HMS Talisma n, Marshal V Bluecher, Commander R E D Ryder VC, MacArthur & Wainwright.

Vol 5 No 127 May 1942 covers detached. Colombo Where the air defences were ready, Russia's Murmansk door must be kept open, What Free French Africa means to us, At Bataan they fought to the last cartridge, Malta So small in size so great in spirit, Ever nearer to India stride the Japanese, Critical indeed will be 1942's harvets, We went with the raiders to St Nazaire. Pictures/illustrations Vice Adm Sir Geoffrey Layton, Lt Cmdr Beattie, Gordon Holman, Lieut Col A C Newman, Yugoslava airmen in the Middle East, HMS Dorsetshire, HMS Hermes, HMS Cornwall, HMS Trinidad, Lt Gen Sir H R Pownall, Air Vice Marshall J H D'Albiac, Maj Gen D M W Beak VC DSO MC, Air Vice Marshall H P Lloyd, Sir E St John Jackson. Vol 5 No 128 May 15 1942 Lavel the triumph of treason, Retreat through Burma fighting all the way, Bombs on the Japanese America Hits Back, Augsburg This memorable feat of Arms, War on wheels making the Army mobile, It's a new China that fights beside us, Bloody was the battle of New Britain, We raided Boulogne beach in gym shoes.Our trek southwards from bombed Darwin, We ran the Gauntlet through the Skagerrak. Pictures/illustrations Sgt Lyle Marshal, Pte Nora Caveney (first of Britain's A.A. girls to be killed in action) , Air Vice Marshall D F Stevenson, Sgt Pilot T Beable, Sgt Pilot W Christenson, Col Claire Chennault, 2nd Lt G W Gunn VC MC, Rifleman John Beeley KRRC, Flt Lt R R Sandford, Sqn Ldr J D Nettleton VC, Sqn Ldr J S Sherwood DFC & Bar, Miss Phyllis Piper (first railway Policewoman), Haworth ill Flying FortressPierre Laval.

Vol 5 No 129 May 29 1942 Baedeker Raids are no reply to Rostock, Not bravery alone could save Burma, Britain's High Command how war is planned, Corregidor epic of grim gaunt and ghastly men, I worked along side the Russians for six months. Pictures/illustrations Maj Gen Charles H Bonesteel, Haworth ill German Strong Point, Rev H B Brewer christens Janice King in the fire gutted church of St Giles, Cripplegate, York's Guildhall on fire in the Baedeker raids. Vol 5 No 130 June 12 1942 Poor covers. Has the Prinz Eugen lived to fight another day? Madagascar teh atking of Diego Suarez, We've built the Persia Road into Russia, Kerch and Kharkov a two-way offensive, All Australia is mobilized for war, Alexander's fighting retreat through Burma, Home Guard is two years old. Pictures/illustrations Petty Officer H Fright & Able Seaman James Shanahan, crew of the submarine Thunderbolt (originally Thetis), Lieut J S Wraith DSO DSC, F/L Kuttelwascher, F/Lt Pett DFC, Sqdn-Ldr J Dinsdale, Lt W Sanderson & 2nd Lt F Ward MC Royal Northumberland Fusiliers colour bearers. Vol 5 DEC 20 1941 Retreat from Rostov Hitler's first defeat, War in the Pacific Japan takes the plunge, Battle of Parallelogram, YMCA, Your Bren gun carrier shot up my car (capture of von Ravenstein), We realized the Ark Royal was finished, I was torpedoed twice in one morning (three time in a month Radio Officer Ian A Phillips with photo), I met Captain Cortez. Pictures/illustrations Various photos of the sinking Ark Royal, Gen von Ravenstein pic as a young soldier, Captain L E H Maund, Commander F hallows RN retd YMC American uniform, Wing Commander R G Yaxley DSO DFC MC, HMAS Sydney, Air Vice Marshall Coningham with Air Marshall Tedder, Matilda tank.

Vol 6 No 131 June 26 1942 Well Done, Horses (and Dogs) of the Red Army, Battle school the real thing in training, Here and there in the India that isn't British, Now Mexico is added to our company, We trekked to India through a Burmese Zoo. Pictures/illustrations R E D Ryder VC, S H Beattie VC, Able-Seaman W H savage, F E McMurtie, HMS Penelope at Malta, Haworth ill House to House fighting in a Soviet Town, Dean Rev Rev Hewlett Johnson.

Vol 6 No 132 July 10 1942 The Fighting French at Bay at Bir Hacheim, Tobruk was taken by storm at last, Dutch Harbour war at the top of the world. Pictures/illustrations Sqdn-Lder J A F MacLachlan DFC, Mrs Edith Foster, Mrs Alice Watts,

Vol 6 No 133 July 24 1942 very poor condition, Egypt between the desert and the ditch, Do we know why we lost Tobruk, Sevastopol's epic of imperishable glory, Our ship was shelled by tanks at Tobruk. Pictures/illustrations Lt Gen R G W H Stone DSO MC, Mr Richard Harris (army aircraft employee) Mr Fred Shapley (Midlands Royal Ordnance) Lieut Russell F Mann of Iowa driving GVI, ZEC carton Libyan Debate, Capt W J Larson.

Vol 6 No 135 August 21 1942 When it was Sitzkrieg for the Nazis in Libya, U.S. Commanders on the war front, Rommel the man and the myth, Women's war work and how it's paid, I saw the Indians go into action in Libya, Our convoy went through 6 days of bombing, We picked up forty four unhappy Italians. Pictures/illustrations King Haakon, Merchant navy men Frank Robinson, F Gibson, W Williams, J Rogan, F Briggs, Seaman Williams, HMS Skate, Gilbert Mitchell GM, Mrs Kathleen Mitchell & Miss Grace Harris on BEM, HMS Forester, HMS Edinburgh, Marshal Timoshenko, Haworth ill Nazi War Methods

Vol 6 No 136 September 4 1942 We trained for the RAF in America, Those three fateful years by Paul Tabori, With the RAF I dropped foos over Burma, We were the RAF's rearguard in Libya. Pictures/illustrations Admiral Sir Charles Kennedy Purvis, Brig Gen Ira C Eaker, Capt L D Mackintosh, Wing Comdr J M Fulton DFC AFC.

Vol 6 No 137 September 18 1942 How Britain's Commandos attacked Dieppe, Women's work and wages a wartime tribute, The sea poured relentlessly into the Eagle, I went round the world to join the Czechs. Pictures/illustrations Patricia Traunton, SS Avila Star, Survivors in the water from HMS Eagle, First all American raid on Nazi Europe, Lt Col Lord Lovat, Maj J Begg.

Vol 6 No 138 October 2 1942 This is the Ruhr we bomb so often, We will stick it in Malta, Were English sailors in Free France's Navy. Pictures/illustrations William Beck, R T Fryer & J A T Woods serving abourd La Moqueuse, H A Barker MBE, Captain David R MacFarlane DSO, Captain Richard Wren DSO, Captain D W Mason GC, HMS Shropshire, Maj Gen G A Clowes, Admiral Oktyabrsky tear in cover runs through this picture.

Vol 6 No 139 October 16 1942 Detached covers 55 men (and one women) to fly a Stirling, New links in the chain of Panama's defence, Liddell Hart on this expanding war, From Zulu I saw the Sikh's last fight, We nurses were in the front line (Malaya), On the 13th day I killed and ate a seagull. Pictures/illustrations Air Marshall W A Bishop VC DSO & Bar, Cmdr R T White DSO, HMS Sikh, Adm Sir William James, Private A H Wakenshaw VC, Sergt Q G M Smythe VC, group photo of Battle of Britain pilots Bartley, Sheen, Gleed, Aitken, Malan, Deere, (Sir Hugh Dowding), Flt Offr Elspeth Henderson MM, R H Hilary, Kent, Kingcome, Watkins, Gretton. Lews Casson in van, 1st Officer W France awarded The War for teh Fatherland (1st degree), Haworth ill Light Coastal craft, Fleet Air Arm Badge, Liddle Hart, Sqd Ldr D A G Parry DSO & Bar, I P Kurkin 64 year old Cossack wearing the Order of the Red Banner. Vol 6 No 14? Dated March ? (1943) badly torn top edge to first few pages. Airborne troops in modern warfare, Stalingrad symbol of unconquerable Russia, My escape from Germany by Gen Giraud. Pictures/illustrations Group Capt A G Malan DSO & Bar DFC & Bar, Actg F/L W V Crawford-Compton DFC & Bar, Actg S/L H J L Hallowes DFM & Bar DFC, F/L E E Coate DFC, Actg F/L A D Frecker DFC, P/O C H Harris-St John DFC, F/O A H Burr DFC, Actg S/L R P Beamont DFC & Bar, Stalingrad Medal, cover photo Churchill in RAF uniform returning from Casablanca.

Vol 6 No 140 October 30 1942 They covered themselves with glory at Dieppe, Through New Guinea runs Australia's front line, Mr Kaiser's the man to beat the U-Boats. Pictures/illustrations B J Coffey (awarded Order of the Red Star), Chief Steward P Grey GM, Rear Adm R L Burnett, Miss C McGeachy, Sgt Keith Elliott VC (spelt with two T's as opposed to a phot inanother issue where it is one), Maharajah Jam Saheb of Nawanagar, Capt E M Egan, H J Kaiser, Alexander Seversky, Lt Comdr C E Bridgeman, Italian sub Cobalto with a hole in its conning tower shortly before sinking, Lt Col Charles cecil Ingersoll Merritt VC, Capt temp Maj Patrick Anthony Porteous VC, Brig Sherwood Lett DSO MC, Brig Clarence Churchill Mann DSO, Lt Col Dollard Menard DSO, Wing Cdr W E Surplice DSO DFC, Maj Douglas Gordon Cunningham DSO, Maj Arthur Hayward Fraser, Maj Andrew Thompson Law, Maj James Earl McRae, Temp Maj Peter Young MC, Capt William Denis Whitaker, A/Wing Cdr F D S Scott-Malden awarded Norwegian Cross DFC, Group Capt H Broadhurst awarded Bar to DFC, L/Sgt George Alfred Hickson DCM, Pte James Maier DCM, Cpl Franklin M Koons US Army awarded MM. Trooper K Andrews MM, Trooper A J Mansell MM, Wing Cdr G R Howie DSO, Lt A T Almond MC.

Vol 6 No 141 November 13 1942 Setting the stage for action in West Africa, The story of a British Boy's grave in Malta, America's Burma Road finished in six months, I slaved for the Nazis in the Channel Islands. Pictures/illustrations Capt B Lamb of the Bulysses, 3rd Officer Pamela Grace MBE, Hy Morgenthau, Maj G Lloyd George, American nurses attached to a US Hospital in Britain weearing flashes American Hospital Britain. Vol 6 No 142 November 27 1942 covers detached. How the correspondents saw Rommel crack, Anson and Howe out two newest battleships, Churchill reveals secrets of the battle of Egypt, Across Africa the allies have a highway, We knocked out 37 Axis tanks, I'm priest of a Church at Hell Fire Corner. Pictures/illustrations Maj Gen H Lmsden DSO MC, Miss G Harrison BEM, Sergt Charles Calliston MM, John Grix aged 14 1/2 GM, J Latham London Busman and Pte J D Haldane, Lady MacRobert whose three sons were killed in the RAF, Mr Churchill and Gen Smuts at a mining industry conference, What the Lancasters did to Le Creusot, Wing Cmdr L C Slee, Adm W S Sims with Roosevelt, Haworth ill of Corvettes, HMS Lightning, Ralph N Walling, Richard McMillan, William Forrest, William Mun, Edwin Tetlow & F G H Salus, Lt Gen S F Rowell.

Vol 6 No 143 December 11 1942 Off Algeria we fought waves of Nazi bombers, We blitzed the Nazi convoys from 10 feet up, I watched the General decorate our heroes. Pictures/illustrations Gen Sir B L Montgomery presenting the VC ribbon to Sgt K Elliot, F/O L T Manser VC, Wing Commander B R O'B. Hoare with dog Tadzee, Air Marshall Sir W Welsh, Air Vice Marshall Douglas Colyer, Rear Ad D J Callaghan, Air Chief Marshall Sir A Tedder with Wing Comdr Bragg.

Vol 6 No 144 December 26 1942 Bizerta's significance in tomorrow's strategy, pictures/illustrations Adm Sir Max K Horton KCB DSO, Maj T/Lt Col V B Turner VC, Sir Wm Beveridge, Lord Chatfield, Lt Gen Kenneth Arthur Noel Anderson, Capt W G Agnew CB, Lt Cmdr A P H Noble DSC, Adm De Laborde.

Vol 6 No 145 January 8 1943 Why the Solomons Battle is so important, Japan's fanatical belief that she can win, Britain after three years at war, They were jammed like sardines in Naples harbour, We rammed Oran's boom to land our troops, I spent three days in a German U-Boat. Pictures/illustrations Mrs Blanche Allen, Lt V A Hickson, Eng Lt R Bilborough, drawing Wing Cmdr D R S Bader (damaged), Haworth ill Blohm & Voss B.V.222 Patrol flying boat & transport.

Vol 6 No 146 January 22 1943. Bad tear to the side of this issue. Illustration of Wing Cmdr B Paddy Finucane DSO DFC, Cover photo General Giraud reviewing US troops.

Vol 6 No 147 February 5 1943 Epic exploit of the New France in Fezzan, Nazis scour the continent for factory slaves. Pictures/illustrations Capt R St V Sherbrooke VC DSO, Sqd Ldr Bulloch DSO DFC, Haworth ill Handley Page Halifax, Flt Sergt R H Middleton, cover photo Sergt R Sumner with captured gun.

Vol 6 No 148 February 19 1943 Into Tripoli Montgomery marched in Triumph, History in the making at Casablanca, Mines were laid in Enemy waters, Alamein to Tripoli 1,400 miles in 80 days. Pictures/illustrations Cpl J A French VC, Wing Cmdr C M Wight-Boycott, F/O A M Sanders, Lt Gen Sir W G Lindsell, Capt C R Mill OBE, E E Hayes BEM, F Fothergill BEM, C R B Goodman MBE, Capt W Harrison CBE, J L Williams MBE, Capt H Pinkney DSO MBE Chief Eng L Bentley DSC 2nd Officer R Bettess DSC, Rear Adm D W Boyd, Gen Sir Thomas Blamey.

Vol 6 No 150 March 19 1943 This is the Red army we salute today, book review of General Sikorski on Modern Warfare, What sort of a land is Tunisia, How an invading army pays its way (referes to coins/banknotes). Pictures/illustrations Albert Hall pageant for the 25th anniversary of the Red Army, F/L K Kuttelwascher DFC & Bar, H J Coates (I had a live shell in my leg and did'nt know it), Dame Katherine Jones DBE RRC, Lt N A L Jewell, Mrs Beatrice Harrison (LMS van driver with horse), T Beasley (England's oldest sword maker ), Sir Stafford Cripps, Sir Herbert Meade Featherstonhaugh, C J Barton, Capt G D Begg MC, Sgt W H Kibby VC, Pte Bruce Kingsbury VC, Capt Rev C W K Potts MC, Lt Smith Dorrien receiving the DSO from Montgomery, Sgt E J Gray DCM MM, Lt C G Rob MC, Maj R G Loder-Symonds DSO & Bar MC, Col Frost DSO MC, Lt Gen Rokossovsky, Marshal Voronov, Lt Gen Tolbukin, Lt Gen Gromadin, cover photo Sunday Divisions of HMS Illustrious.

Vol 6 No 151 April 2 1943 Newspapers the men of the 8th Army read, Air Sea Rescue Service, Bomber Command's hammer blows on Germany, An Englishman's life in Petain's France, I was in the Achates when she fought ot the end Seaman Ted Cutler. Pictures/illustrations Wing Cdr R R S Tuck DSO DFC & 2 bars, Albacores over Malta, Haworth ill Russian armoured train in action, Cdr J M Hodges DSO, Lt Cdr H Haggard DSO DSC, Lt D Copperwheat GC, Lt H S Mackenzie DSO & Bar, Art R E Merritt DSM & Bar, Lt W Tomli ns on DSC, CP /O Savage DSM & Bar, Boy Roy De Mouilpied DSM, Lt R H Marrion DSC Lt R H Pratt DSC Crew of HM Submarine Umbra.

Vol 6 No 152 April 16 1943 Carrier pigeons are saving our men's lives, Knocked out Tanks have nine lives, At Hegra we Norwegians held the Nazis at bay. Pictures/illustrations Rear cover photo troops abandoning the sinking troopship President Coolidge, Air Vice Marshall A H Orlebar AFC, Cmmdr C L Keighley-Peach, cover photo Montgomery with staff. Vol 6 No 153 April 30 1943 How Montgomery captured the Mareth Line, Clerks of the Weather now go by air (Metrological flights), Our sub destroyed a Nazi plane in Mid-air Lt S L C Maydon DSO. Pictures/illustrations Lt Maydon, Haworth ill Helicopters. Millicent I Richardson BEM ATS, Margaret Johnson BEM ATS, Doris Adams WLA award the Silver Medal of Our Dumb Friends, Mrs Marion Patterson GM, Sergt Doris Blans MID WAAF, Cpl Dyson & ACW P M Beeson WAAF, Cpl Julia Sandford MID WAAF, Act Matron Effie Townend QAIMNS RRC, Lady June Hobson MBE, Margaret M Cangley BEM.

Vol 6 No 154 May 14 1943. Has a bad tear running through the whole edition. Articles: Montgomery's Masterstroke at Wadi Akarit, How the Northumbrians Scaled the Wadi Walls, General Montgomery The Man as I know Him by Maj-Gen Sir Charles Gwynn, Military Camouflage by Alexander Dilke, Stalins, Airmen Smite hard at Nazi Konigsberg. In Denmark they wear Britannia brooches by Mrs Isobel Coffey, Torpedoed by U-Boat twice in twenty minutes by Maria Elizabeth Ferguson BEM (Avila Star) End of an E-boat Lieut D G Bradford RNR. Photos /illustrations incl Miss E M Ferguson, Mrs Coffey Cmdr W L M Brown DSC, F/L E S Lock DSO, DFC deceased. Mounted patrol in Tunisa, HMS Indomitable with Albacore torpedo bombers, Brig Gen Benjamin O Davis USA, Air Chief Marshal Sir A W Tedder.

Vol 6 No 155 May 28 1943 The truth about Britain's Tank-Busters, Gentlemen a toast The Chairwomen of the seas (Minesweepers), Women make good as aircraft surgeons, This strike was a gamble with men's lives (US miners strike), How we flunbg the Nazis off longstop Hill by Alan Moorehead. Pictures/illustrations Acct F/Lt R Rankin DFC, L/AC J A Skingsley DFM, F/Sgt Keen DFM CGM, Sgt Air Gunner D Smith DFM, Sgt L Parish GC, Sgt D Nabarro DCM, Maj Gen J Le Mesurier DFC, Act W/Cdr G Gibson DSO DFC & Bar (this relates to the award of the bar to the DFC for 172 sorties), F/O D Greaves & 2nd W/O F Robbins DFC, F/Lt J Le Roux DFC & Bar, Act F/Lt E H Glazebrook DFC, F/O E L Musgrave DFC, F/O D Ibbotson DFC, Cpl Pearson EGM, E Chapman & K Donovan WAAF, Lt J S Stevens DSO, Cmdr J W Linton DSO DSC. Vol 7 No 156 June 11 1943 Italy trembles at the thunder of the Guns, Where they plot the war against the Uboats. What are these Hairpin Squads of the RAF, Lancasters breach Ruhr dams by moonlight. Pictures/illustrations Dambusters photos of the dams, Job Masego MM. Vol 7 No 157 June 25 1943. In North Africa Now: A Correspondent's Picture, How many Germans rest in unmarked graves by J V Guerter, Jungle Commando The Story of the Chindits, Under the Sea I gave the order to file Arthur Pitt of HM Taki, Off Tunis our prison ship was riddled by Maj T Braithwaite, In Crete's bomb alley we fought terrfic odds by Ableseaman J F Kelleher. Pictures/illustrations, A B Kelleher, Officers of the Taki Commissioned Eng J Stevens DSC, Lt P Murray-Jones, Lt Arthur J Pitt, Lt H R Murray, Sub Lt R G Carr, Lt P A C Day. Gallantry receipients Cap temp Maj H W E Patourel VC, Capt G W L Street MC, Maj temp Lt Col D A Seagrim VC, Rev H Parry MC, Maj Gen H Lumsden bar to DSO, Rev P Wansey MC, Capt temp Maj C A J Martin GC MC, Spr R W Izzard BEM, Rfm G Donno MM, Sgt T J J McDonnell DCM. Wing-Comdr C D Tomalin, Orde Wingate, Cover photo King George VI with Wing-Cmdr Gibson VC DSO & bar DFC & bar.

Vol 7 No 158 July 9 1943 Why the white flag went up on Pantelleria, The Glorious 155th Battery fought to the end, Proudly we Danes serve under the Red Ensign, Flying ambulances, Now they call me The King of Lampedusa Sgt Piolet Sydney Cohen, They gave me the United States Air Cross Lieut Brian Aikens. Pictures/illustrations AA guner on a Royal Netherlands Naval torpedo boat, Vice Adm Sir John H D Cunningham, Lieut Brian Aikens, Sydney Cohen, Air Vice Marshall J H D'Albiac CB DSO, Churchill in North Africa, Maj J S Raworth, Lt Philip King, Lt Ronald Gosling L/Bdr E G Coote, Gnr J G Bryce Gnr F L Harrison. Vol 7 No 160 August 6 1943 Infantry officer in the Phoney war, Cyprus a thorn in the Axis side, He flew from Shangri-La to bomb Tokyo. Pictures/illustrations Lt Gen J L Devers USAF, Haworth ill ME109F, Gen Guzzoni.

Vol 7 No 161 August 20 1943 They've been our Commandos for 300 years, We have taken new life and hop into Sicily by Donald Cowie. Pictures/illustrations Low cartoon of Musolini, Capt Colin Morris, Rev Capt R T Watkins, Lieut Arthur Guiliani, General Guy Simonds wading through the surf as the Frist Canadian Division lands in Sicily, cover photo Italian pow's in Sicily. Vol 7 No 162 September 3 1943 From Fortress Europe to Citadel germany, I saw the Americans storm Munda Field by Walter Farr, From a Prison camp we tramped 1000 miles Lieut Roel Hordyk Royal Netherlands Navy with pic escaped from Hong Kong and went overland through China to Burma. Pictures/illustrations General Konstantin Rokossovsky, Lieut-Col C S Hough of Michigan, Squadron Leader George C Barwell DFC, Capt A J Baker Cresswell DSO, cover photo Commander of the 51st Highland Division Maj Gen Douglas Wimberley DSO MC.

Vol 7 No 163 September 17 1943 Coastguard service by John Allen Graydon, Railways are vital in our invasion schemes by Donald Cowie, I fly with a Middle East Bomber Squadron by F/O P Flyte (suitable name!). Pictures/illustrations Refugees return to Bronte, Squadron-Leader W H Bowen Officer Commanding RAF High Speed Launch Base Dover, Merchant Navy Honours Capt R E Hopkins OBE, Capt James Kennedy OBE, Capt W H Grinshaw OBE, Apprentice D O Clarke GC, Chief Officer R V Burns GM, Apprentice Colin Fookes GM, Chief Steward G H Anson BEM, Chief Steward R Thompson BEM, Apprentice A V Watt BEM. Haworth illustration The Luftwaffe In Russia, Capt Marion Ross first women commissioned in to the Canadian Army, cover photo Air Marshall Sir Arthur Conningham.

Vol 7 No 164 October 1 1943 Unconditional surrender Italy pays the price, How air power contributed to Italy's fall, Nazis' Balkan cornerstone Bulgaria Is loose, Movie-Cameramen in the front line of battle by Charles Gretton & Jim Le Brun, I led the British Commandos Into Italy Lieut John Nixon told to Alan Moorehead, I was in Copenhagen when the Germans Came by a witness. Pictures/illustrations include: Sergeant John Patrick Keneally being decorated with the VC by Gen Alexander, Lieut (Temp Capt) L ord Lyell (ph oto of him a nd the grave where he fell he was awarded the VC), Lieut John Nixon,HMS Shropshire, Generals Montgomery & Eisenhower at Messina, cover photo of a Russian Anit-Aircraft battery.

Vol 7 No 165 French air squadron fights on the Russian front, Theirs the job to keep the cables mended Capt Frank H Shaw tells of keeping the wireless submarine cables working, Meet the Blizt Buggy the Quack and Penguin (the Jeep), We recored a bombing raid on Berlin W Vaughan Thomas, Pictures/illusrations Tigers tanks through the Brenner Pass, DFC winners- W/Cdr H R Coventry, F/O A T Wickham, F/O P D Wood, Actg F/Lieut D F King, Actg Sq/Ldr R H Harries DFC, P/O L Singer & P/O A M Singer, F/O P C Co bley, Lieu t J A L ith gow S AAF, F/O H W Chambers RNZAF, P/O W J Loud RAFVR, W/Cdr W M Penman AFC. Gen Henry H Arnold, Flt Lieut K H F Letford, Haworth illutration Red Army Tanks IN Massed Attck, landing craft at Salerno.

Vol 7 No 166 October 23 1943. Articles: In Napels the Nazi reign of terror ends, Motor Torpedo boats These Little Ships, Air Disaster threatens as Foggia Falls, Army carrier pigeons have parachutes now, We drove along the awesome road of Death by A B Austin refers to the Naples plain the author was killed shortly afterwards, I saw a shell kill three war reporter friends by Basil Gingell, From England I went East to Join Paiforce (troop ship to the Persia and Iraq Force by L/Cpl Lewis Hulls. Pictures /Illustrations L/ Cpl Lewis Hulls, Mj-Gen H B Klopper, William Munday & A B Austin, Lt-Cmdr P M Scott MBE DSC, Lt Cmdr R P Hichens DSO DSC, Lieut P Dickens DSO MBE DSC, Lt Henty-Creer RNVR, Lt D Cameron RNR, Lt G Place DSC, Lt-Gen Sir Edmund Herring CBE DSO MC, Churchill with Gen Smuts.

Vol 7 No 167 November 12 1943. Torn rear cover. Air transport is rivalling wartime shipping, I swam for 22 hours to escape from Cos. Pictures/illustrations Cpl Eadie Hatfield BEM, Miss Celia Jenkins BEM, Dr M Thomson MBE, Mrs Dorothy Hide BEM, Sister Muriel Myers, Nurse M Ferro RRC, Miss Doreen Ferrington, Pte Sonia Straw GM, 1st Off M R Rathborne MBE, Pte M D Stannard Royal Humane Society CertificateF/O William Furneaux, Major A M Stuart, Major E B Williams, Pte William Reilly, Capt W S May, Capt J T Percy, Capt L Messenger.

Vol 7 No 168 November 26 1943. Game as terriers are the Navy's destroyers, Hitler plans to prevent a German Badoglio, How France raised a secret desert army, No Hitler Youth is the Army Cadet Force. Pictures/illustrations Actg Maj Gen R E Laycock, Pte J O Chaddock, Ref George Grundy, Senior Chaplin Rev A Drummond Duff, Splinters (cat of HMS Kelvin sitting on the bell).

Vol 7 No 169 December 10 1943 How Hitler's canals help the Nazi war effort, Dashing D.R.'s (dispatch riders) of the Royal Corp of Signals, I saw Nazi paratroops attack in Leors battle, I crashed and was lost in the New Guinea jungle, I took the first Churchill tanks into action. Pictures/illustrations Fedor Gusev, W-Cmdr Clive R Caldwell, Sgt G Powell MM, Maj Gen Lodygin (poor pic), Multi purpose Reindeer in Red Army Service (the four footed type!), Maxim Petrovitch, Ivan Sheherbina, Telehraphis P J Murray DSM, P/O' s Tom Jennings & R S Pert DSM , Ldg Signaller J Smith DSM, Chief P/O S Kay DSM, Lieut A Mars DSO DSC (the aurthor and journalist famously court martialled after the war), Ldg Telegraphist G Cryer DSM. Vol 7 No 170 December 24 1943. Brains behind our big ships roaring guns, Tough Recces race ahead as we invade, Fronteirs of the future More Balkan problems, Specialist flyers dare death for the RAF (test pilots), I left my pots and pans and downed a bomber. Pictures/illustrations Air Commodore D C T Bennett CBE DSO, Pte Eric Anderson VC, F/O L R Trigg VC DFC, F/Lieut W E Newton VC, Acting F/Sgt A L Aaron VC DFM, P/O Cook J H Hubbard DSM, Capt Geoffry De Havilland, Capt Valentine Baker AFC, Philip C Lucas GM. Vol 7 No 171 January 7 1944 Our Monitors help the land fighting in Italy, Praise for the men who pass the ammunition, I baled out over bomb battered Pantelleria. Photos/illustrations M Numan Menemencioglu, Flt Lt R H Fry, C E Turner Ill Motor Torpedo Boats on patrol, Chiang Kai-shek & wife in Cairo, HMS Roberts, cover photo Churchill in Malta.

Vol 7 No 172 January 21 1944 Tear running right through the magazine at the bottom for about one inch. Air battles higher than man has yet fought, Just who is fighting whom in Yugolslavia, Non-belligerent Turkey in the Allied camp, At Hell-Fire Corner Britain's front-line twon (Dover). Photos/illustrations Mount Camino before the 5th Army, Adm Sir Bruce Austin Fraser, Gunner Whiteside BEM, Haworth ill Submarine Depot Ships, Capt J Hughes Hallett & M D C Meyrick, Haworth ill of the Scharnhorst.

Vol 7 No 173 February 4 1944, He sails with 10,000 lives dependent on him (big troop transports), Maps for Battles to come prepared at top speed (Army cartographers). Pictures/illustrations Air Chief Marshall Sir Arthur William Tedder, Canadian Pte George Cunningham, Lieut T W Dowing GM, Capt E M Ketley OBE, Pte R Kelliher VC, Sapper R Southall MM, Fusilier T Moore MM, Major F G Delforce DSO, Sgt J Stewart MM, HMS Duke of York in dry dock. Vol 7 No 174 February 18 1944, Australia's Allied Works Council in swift action, Bessarabia has its problems for the Allies, Pacific stronghold bases Japan must defend. They used glider bombs against our convoy Fl/Lieut Hugh Sutherland RAFVR. Photos/illustrations Green Howards advancing in Italy, Lt Gen Sir Harold E Franklyn, cover photo Lord Louis Mountbatten & Air Chief Marshall Sr R Pierse.

Vol 7 No 175 March 3 1944 Our underwater Commandos strike hard inland, These vital days before the great assault, Lenningrad a memory of Imperial St Petersburg, The Nazis bombed and sank our Hospital ship (St David by Sec Lieut Ruth Hindman), Pictures/illustrations Actg S/Ldr P J E Ritchie DFC (tear in pic), Actg W-Cmdr L Cohen DSO DFC MC RAFVR (awarded the DFC aged 68), P/O J E F Wright DFC (awarded the DFC as a film cameraman), Flt Sgt F E Mathers CGM, P/O R C Dunstan DSO (awarded a DSO as an air gunner having previously lost a leg at Tobruk), Actg S/Ldr A W Barr DFC & Bar., St David, Lt Gen Sir Thomas HuntonLieut Cmdr L W A Bennington DSO DSC.

Vol 7 No 176 March 17 1944 Northern Island's place in the Allied Ranks, Cloak of invisibility gives life or death, Will rail transport in Germany stand the strain, They posted me missing when Sahib was sunk, Along Ledo road to the Northern Burma front. Photos/illustrations W J Slim CBE DSO MC, Haworth ill Skip-Bombers, American M.25 tank recovery vehicle, Chief P/O F R Flack DSM, Lieut B C G Place VC, Lieut D Cameron VC.

Vol 7 No 177 March 31 1944 Fisherman of Britain fight to bring us food, What exactly is happening in Rumania now, How we speed the training of a £5000 pilot, We Recce men raided the Nazis at Anzio, I rammed a German plane and walked home, First British link with Tito in Yugoslavia. Pictures/illustrations Air Marshall Sr R M Hill, Lieut Col F W D Deakin DSO, Lt Cmdr Armitage GC GM (Bronze Sculpt), Ldg Seaman F Banner DSM, P/O G E Shepherd DSM, Chief Stoker J R Carter DSM, Ldg Seaman L Sorrell DSM, Lt M Krishnan DSC Royal Indian Navy, Able Seaman H J Yeats DSM, Srgn Lt P Evans GM RNVR, Lance Sgt Harding, Crew of H M Trawler Imperialist CO Lieut Cmdr B H Criag Rodgers, An LCM on a lorry passing a tram in Manchester.

Vol 7 No 178 April 14 1944 Fleet oiler waits on our fighting ships, Mighty Sky-Freighters sway the fortunes of War, Workshop for Germany Switzerland's dilemma, This Soviet plane turned Nazi jeers to fears (Yu.2), How we cracked the Pill Boxes at Kwajalein, Four times our submarine bumpoed the sea bed (HMS Stubborn). Pictures/illustrations Lieut Gen Sir Thomas Ralph Eastwood, Lt A A Duff DSC, HMS Stubborn, Capt Richard Allen, Wing Cmdr Lance Wade, Lieut Gen H D G Cerar CB DSO, Sgt T C Derrick VC DCM hoisting the flag over Sattelberg (poor pic).

Vol 7 No 179 April 28 1944 Little rescue tugs are winning big victories, Honoured rest at last for the fallen, How do we stand in the Burmese War Zone, How 40,000 civilian sky watchers aid the RAF, Last voyage of the armed merchantman BreconshireOn a mine-laying raid with a Polish Squadron. Pictures/illustrations wounded US 5th Army soliders at Anzio port, Maj Gen Order Charles Wingate, HMS Breconshire, Flt Lt W Reid VC, Acting Major P Triquet VC, Lt A G Horwood VC, Havildar Gaje Ghale VC, Sgt Thomas C Derrick V C, Actg Major W P Sidney VC, Air-Commodore Finlay Crerar CBE, Sqd Leader Mehar Singh, HM Tug Growler. Vol 7 No 180 May 12 1944 Human torpedoes add to the Royal Navy's triumphs, What happens when the enemy is in the bag, Watch Himmler Wiliest of Nazi Gangsters, Highways to speed the day of allied victory. Pictures/illustrations Home Guard activities, WAAF photographic section, Haworth ill Minesweeping trawler, Lieut R T G Greenland DSO RNVR, Ldg Signalman A Ferrier CGM, Sub-Lieut R G Dove DSO RNVR, Ldg Seaman J Freel CGM, Maj Gen F W Messervy CB DSO, Gen Nikolai Vatutin.

Vol 8 No 181 May 26 1944 Blackade running now a desperate Axis gamble, Hounds of war now go to training school (war dogs), We jnew our sister ship would sail no more (account of the Canadian Navy HMCS Athabaskan by a correspondent on the Haida), Bulldozing with the 5th Army at Anzio. Pictures/illustrations Flying Fortress in formation (16), L/Bombardier W Regan RA being present the US Soldier's Medal by Lt Gen Mark Clark, Ldg Aircraftwoman I G Leask being present with the Legion of Merit Medal by Gen Spaatz, W /Cm dr W Drake DSO DFC United States DFC (shown wearing it), Capt M Richmond & Capt R G Onslow wearing the Order of the Red Banner presented by M Maisky, Sgt J Dearden bwing presented with the American Air Medal, CSM Reginald Allen receiving the Amercian DSC from Gen Eisenhower, Wing Commander J E Johnson DSO DFC (credited with twenty eight kills at the time of this photo) HMCS Athabaskan, war dogs, Major Tom Bridges DSO, Gunners fusing shells on HMS Grenville, front cover temporary memorial Stalingrad.

Vol 8 No 182 June 9 1944 Ships and men of the Convoy Rescure Service, Indomitable spirit of the Red Air Force, Ulster makes dress-lengths for our planes. Pictures/illustrations Mitchell B.25's in formation, Gen Alphonse Juin, Durham Light Infantry training, Snr Lt Alexei Khlobystov, Capt Rev L Davies, Royal Indian Navy. Vol 8 No 183 June 23 1944 They plucked a German General out of Crete (this the event made into a film) Background of the Fleet Air Arm's Success, This is how we mobilized for total war. Pictures/illustrations Beaufighters rockets, a Sommerfeld track, HMS Inconstant, Vice Admiral R B Davies VC CB, Commander P Bramwell DSO DSC, HMS Pretoria Castle, Gen Heinrich Kreipe, Gen Sir Harold Alexander.

Vol 8 No 184 July 7 1944 With the Suicide Squads who cleared the way (for the invasion beaches), Miracles of planning behind the Great Invasion, I went with the first glider troops, Storming ashore with the 50th Division, We of the Warspite shelled the French coast, We carried Canadian troops to the beaches. Pictures/illustrations Air Vice Marshal H Broadhurst, HMS Rodney, Normandy, . Vol 8 No 185 July 21 1944 For the lack of a drink a battle may be lost, Streets as battlefields and Towns as Forts, Men of the Maquis are stricking for France, Pictures/illustrations Lieut Gen Sir Miles Dempsey, Flying Bombs, 2nd army troops marching through Bayeaux June 8 1944, cover photo De Gaulle entering Bayeux.

Vol 8 No 186 August 4 1944 In praise of the Heroes of the Stokehole, Bailey Bridge that triumphs over demolitions, Bulldozing to Victory on all fighting fronts, Anti-Aircraft Command's detectives at work Wonder drug penicillin saves limbs and lives. Pictures/illustrations Maj Gen Sir Francis Wilfred De Guingand KBE DSO, Prof Alexander Fleming, Gen Sir Frederick A Pile KCB DSO MC, D C Bailey OBE.

Vol 8 No 187 August 18 1944 They tend the front line sick and wounded, Red Duster flies again in Swedish Ports, Catapults give RAF pilots a flying start, How we ran the blockade in the Gay Corsair, I dodged the Germans for five weeks in Caen, In a burning plane I crashed in Yugoslavia (this is related by Philip Jordan but another passanger on the plane was Major Randolph Churchill). Pictures/Illustrations HMS Arethusa, Capt Robert Tanton OBE, Squadron Leader E Sprawson DFC, James Conway (motor mechanic of the Gay Corsair), Temp Lt Col H R B Foo te VC DSO, Major C F Hoey VC MC, Actg Naik Nand Singh VC, Pilot Officer C J Barton VC, Temp Capt R Wakeford VC, Major J K Mahony VC, Fusilier F A Jefferson VC, Beaufighters attacking ships, Mrs L J Wilkinson OBE RRC QAIMNS, cover photo Lieut Gen Sir Miles Dempsey & Lieut Gen Sir Richard Nugent O'Connor.

Vol 8 No 188 September 1 1944 Our Hospital ships on the Cross-Channel run, Legion of the Lost fought on in New Guinea, Under the Japanese Hell in Shanghai today, Will the Nazi war machine run dry and carash, They bake 1000 loaves a day for the invasion craft. Pictures/illustrations Lt Gen F E Morgan CB, Group Capt J D Arcy Baker-Carr AFC, Wing Cmdr C Green DSO DFC, Adm Yonai, Gen Koiso, H M Hospital Ship Newfoundland. Vol 8 No 189 September 15 1944 Craft that land our men on enemy beaches, Magic carpets help keep our forces moving (Sommerfield track), The story behind Britan's vast radio blitz. Pictures/illustrations Royal Engineers at Thury Harcourt on the River Orne, Lt Gen L H Brereton, Colonel Von Auloch, G H Davis ill German Armoured Vehicles.

Vol 8 No 190 September 29 1944 Young Surgeons in action with the Royal Navy, How we blasted the Hunds wqith flame in France, An end to this world curse of German minorities, Royal Air Force Regiment in overseas action. Pictures/illustrations British armour passing the basilica of St Therese Lisieux, Gen Jacques Philippe Leclerc, Sgt Instructor D B Henderson, Brig L E C M Perowne, Surgeon Lieut Maurice J Hood DSC.

Vol 8 No 191 October 13 1944 British Second Army's epic dash to Brussels, The rise and fall of Hitler's flying bombs, Desert battle to save the world's food supplies (Anti Locust Research Centre), Exploits of Our Special Air Service. Pictures/illustrations rear cover pic Montgomery at the Canadian Memorial Vimy Ridge, Admiral Sir W H Cowan KCB MVO (awarded a bar to his DSO for action under fire as Commando Liaison Officer Mt Ornito aged 73), Col D Stirling SASSqdn Ldr J Berry DFC.

Vol 8 no 192 October 27 1944 Battle trained postmen handle front line mail, Immortal story of the airborne men of Arnham, I watched a German parachute mine explode L D Macgregor. Pictures/illustrations Lieut-Gen William H Simpson US Army, F/O J A Cruickshank VC, Seargeant M W Rogers VC, Lance Corp J P Harman VC, Company Sgt-Maj S E Hollis VC, Sepoy Kamal Ram VC, Private G A Mitchell VC, Flt Lieut D E Hornell VC, Cpl (Act Sergt) H V Turner VC, F/O J D Johnston DFC, W/O A Toft DFM.

Vol 8 No 193 November 10 1944. Badly torn cover. Lifeline to Russia task without parallel, Commandos with a hose our soldier firemen, Now the Arab states move towards federation, How and why of Jet-Propelled aircraft, We do our soldiering at the bottom of the sea (sappers) Pictures/illustrations Muraglione pass, Lieut Gen R M Scobie MC, Lt Greag RN.

Vol 8 No 194 November 24 1944 Harbours made in Britain sailed to France Hungary last of Hitler's allies in Europe. Pictures/illustrations Sir C Bruce-Gardner, F/O R W G Vaughan DFC, Ferencz Szalasy, Jack W Gibson.

Vol 8 No 195 December 8 1944 With a Red Coastal battery in the Far North, The story behind a Polish armoured brigade, Catafighters of the Atlantic suicide squad, Germany's V2 terror weapon hits England, British Women's services are busy overseas. Pictures/illustrations Surgeon-Captain Douglas Miller DSC, Capt David Jamieson VC, Major Robert Cain VC, Lieut Gerard Norton VC MM, CSM Peter Wright, Major Frank Blaker VC MC, Subadar Netrabahadur Thapa VC, Rifleman Genju Lama VC, Miss Jessie Frith WRNS, Flight-Lieut A H Burr DFC.

Vol 8 No 196 December 22 1944. Canada's mighty war time seafaring expansion, Boredom is banished in time off from battle (ENSA), How Mosquitoes released doomed men from Gaol (Amiens Prison), How we saved the precious chocolate machine. Pictures/illustrations RAF Thunderbolts in Burma, Emile Declercq, Tank Carrying Hamilcar, Group Capt Pickard DSO 2 bars DFC, Flt Lt Broadley DSO DFC DFM. Stainless Stephen (variety star).

Vol 8 No 197 January 5 1945 How they built up RAF Transport Command, Scientists battle for precious lives in the Far East, A simplified guide to the Burma campaigns, Behind ELAS lines in dissension-Torn Athens by James Earl Roper, My amazing escape from an Exploding bomb dump by Jack Gordon (Burton-on-Trent 27 Nov 44). Pictures/illustrations Lieut-Gen Frederick Browning, Home front civilians honoured Thomas Knight BEM (diver), Benjamin Gilbert GC (engine driver hero of the Soham munitions train), Anthony Smith GC (chimney sweep), Dr E Boyton MB E, Seageant B E Woods BEM, Dr J Beeston GM, Dr H Sparling MBE. Royal Welch Fusiliers crossing the Nankye Chaung, Capt R Allen Capt C W A Scott & Capt G R Buxton BOAC pilots, cover photo Arnham Red Devils at the Buckingham Palace investure 6 Dec 44.

Vol 8 No 198 Jan 19 1945 Troopships that never fail the battle-lines, Miracle of South East Asia Air Command, Backstage story of Iraqi Revolt, How the Army's amazing Bailey Bridge is built, Our submarine's fight with nine Japanese ships Lieut Commander E P Young. Pictures/illustrations Lieut Gen Courtney H Hodges, Churchill in Athens Christmas Day 1944, Lt Commander E P Young DSO, Haworth illustration of a caterpillar tractor, Capt Somerset De Chair MP.

Vol 8 No 199 February 2 1945 Proud record of the Royal Australian Navy, The price Norway is paying for her liberation, I helped the 14th Army in Burma to laugh, The story of the little bronze cross for valour and seven men who have lately won it. Pictures/illustrations Lieut Gen Sir Montague Stopford, Alec Forbes craftsman making a Victoria Cross, Cpl Sefanaia Sukanaivalu VC, Cpl Sidney Bates VC, Wing Cmdr G L Cheshire VC DSO 2 bars DFC, Naik Yeshwant Ghadge VC, Capt Michael Allman VC, Coy Havildar-Major Chhelu Ram VC, Major David Vivian Currie VC, George Medals for factory heroes H E Davies GM, F A Lewis GM, Frederick J Tyler GM, James Winter Little GM, St Vincent De Lisle Carey GM. Commodore H B Farncomb DSO RAN.

Vol 8 No 200 February 16 1945. How master bombers control the aerial fleets, Channel Islanders look for deliverance. Pictures/illustrations Harold C Emmerson, Dr James Hall Group Captain J Searby DSO DFC cover photo Askari warrior of the Sudan Defence Force.

Vol 8 No 201 March 2 1945 How India's prod new Navy came into being, They wear as badge the Burma Peacock (Burma Rifles from a broadcast by Brig Bernard Fergusson). Pictures/illustrations Naik Agansing Rai VC, Rifleman T Pun VC, Sgt George H Eardley VC, Private R H Burton VC, Private E Alvia Smith VC, Capt J N Randle VC, L/Sgt J D Baskeyfield VC, Lieut Tasker-Watkins VC, Vice Adm Sir Herbert Fitzherbert, Commd J W Jefford, Survivors in the water from H M S Clayoquot. Vol 8 No 202 March 16 1945. U-Boats with funnels are prowling the seas, Has Tito the key to the Macedonian problem, Fruits of Allied control of Burma skies, Australia's task in the South West Pacific, I watched Koniev's tankmen cross the Oder. Pictures/illustrations Rear Admiral R H Portal DSC, Captain Philip Sidney VC presents Bob cross bred collie with the Dickin Medal, Terrier Beauty Dickin Medal winner, Jet Alsatian & Winkie pigeon Dickin medal winners, Gen H D G Crerar CB DSO.

Vol 8 No 203 March 29 1945 Secrets behind the names that sail the seas, Turkey is our ally, Turkey is our friend, In praise of the Home Guard, How we surged in to the outskirts of Cologne, The lifeboat came down from the skies,. Pictures/illustrations Col Balwant Singh 1st Rajindra Sikhs, Sole surviving building on the corner of Boswell Street and Theobald's Road WC2, Cmdr J C Hibberd DSC RCN, Corp Smith Argyll Home Guard, Sgt Hamps Home Guard, Co Sgt Maj Waters Lancs Home Guard, Corp Robertson City of Edinburgh Home Guard, Mr Jon Brophy, Muirhead Bone ill section of a Mulberry PortCapt Norman Macmillan MC AFC.

Vol 8 No 204 April 13 1945 Might mechanical brain helps the War Office, Burmese Post war problems are looming large, War graves of British Commonwealth of Nations, Mandalay battle was fought with burning oil, I'm running a railway in battered France. Pictures/illustrations Maj Gen F W Messervy, B Neville Wallis, Maj Gen T W Rees, Second Lieut Karl Timmermann and the Remagan bridge.

Vol 8 No 205 April 27 1945 What speedy liberation means to the Dutch, Feats of the Royal Artillery Regiment. Pictures/illustrations Poontoon Bridge over the Rhine, Maj Gen T G Rennie CB DSO MBE, Volkssturm RSM, Cpl G E Tandy, Col G J S Chatterton, Air Vice Marshall Scarlett-Steatfeild, Churchill in an armoured car going through Xanten. Vol 9 No 206 May 11 1945 Australian Pathfinders in New Guinea Waters, Roosevelt a tribute by James Lansdale Hodson, High adventure in the Desert War (LRDG), The Germans cringed to us in captured Hanover, I saw World's biggest armament plant in ruins, How I helped clear Messina's depth charges. Pictures/illustrations Lieut John Bridge GC GM & Bar RNVR, Cpl J W Harper VC, Capt J H C Brunt VC MC, Sqd Ldr R A M Palmer VC DFC, L/Cpl H E Harden VC, Sepoy Bhandari Ram VC, Capt L E Queripel VC, Fus Dennis Donnini VC, Flight Sgt G Thompson VC, Lieut J H Grayburn VC, HMS Franklin, HMAS Moresby, Lieut Gen B G Horrocks CB DSO, W K Laidler Commando Brig. Vol 9 No 207 May 25 1945 My visit to wartime Holland, Fleet Air Arm service under the Red Ensign, How East and West met at Torgau on the Elbe, I went with the Green Berets to Osnabruck. Pictures/illustrations Sikorsky R4B Helecopter in RAF colours, MAC Ancylus, Gen Kurt Dittmar.

Vol 9 No 209 June 22 1945 The problem of Trieste port of contention, How the POW problem is being solved, Operation Pluto. Pictures/illustrations Lieut Cmdr A R Hezlet DSO MC, A C Hartley, Capt J F Hutchings CBE DSO, Capt George Millar DSO MC. Vol 9 No 210 July 6 1945 Along the terrible trail that led to Wewak, Men of destiny who govern occupied Germany, Eisenhower the man behind the name, Facts behind the Syria and Lebanon dispute. Pictures/illustrations Mine clearance at Great Yarmouth, Brigadier J G Smyth VC MC (and review of his book Defence is our business), HMS King George V with the damaged bow when it cut in half HMS Punjabi.

Vol 9 No 211 July 20 1945 How two sea-queens ran the gauntlet of war (QE & Queen Mary), GHQ Liaison Regiment, Secret Service agents helped to win the war, What the Wavell plan means to India. Pictures/illustrations Maj Gen Alan J K Piggott, Lieut Col Augustus Newman VC, Sergeant Tom Durrant VC, Lieut Basil Place VC DSC, Lieut Cmdr Stephen Beattie VC, L-Cpl Harry Nicholls, Lieut Donald Cameron, Major Frederick Tilston VC, Section Officer Sonia Butt, Flight Officer Maureen O'Sullivan. Vol 9 No 212 August 3 1945 How we won the battle of the sea mines, New Zealand's fighting ships and men at war, Non-fighting heroes at the China Front (Friends Ambulance Unit). Pictures/illustrations Capt Horation Nelson Lay OBE, Lieut Cmdr G B Roope VC, Havildar Umrao Singh VC, Lieut G A Knowland VC, Capt Edwin Swales VC DFC, Pte James Stokes, Sepoy Namdeo Jadhao, Lieut I O Liddell, Rifleman Thoman Gurung, Corp Willie Simm with the Drum of the 5th Bt Gordon Highlanders.

Vol 9 No 213 August 17 1945 The Royal Navy;s big debt to the Wavy Navy (bad tear across this page), Last glorious fight of the Glowworm, We ferried invasion trains to France. Pictures/illustrations HMS Glowworm under fire picture taken from the Admiral Hipper, Capt Thomas J Lacey OBE, Chief Officer John Allerton MBE, Second Officer G R Hughes MBE, Harry M Fortune BEM.

Vol 9 No 214 August 31 1945 Thoughts on the Peace of Potsdam, How Royal Marines hacked a base from Jungle (Port T Addu Atoll), San Francisco background to world wide peace, Atomic bomb world's most terrifying weapon. Pictures/illustrations Guards armoured division marching through Brussells, Air Chief Marshall Sir W Sholto Douglas, Brigadier G J S Chatterton DSO, Photo of a gun turret complete with turntable and trun leading to the magazine on a crane having just been lifted from HMS Argonaut. Vol 9 No 215 September 14 1945, Radar helped the Army gunners to beat the Blitz, How the Navy's phantom fleet hoaxed the Hun, Problem of Sudeten Germans in Czechoslovakia, We helped the Dutch with their harvesting. Photos/illustrations, Radar towers, Mr Wedell-Heinen unveiling a memorial i the Netherlands recording the help of the Danish Freedom Movement to UK airmen, cover photo GVI Queen Elizabeth and the two Princesess entering St Pauls.

Vol 9 No 216 September 28 1943 Tracing millions of Europe's lost families, Crowning efforts of the Australians in Borneo, Writhings of Japan in the last days of defeat, Concealed compasses for RAF crews. Photos/illustrations Lt-Gen Takazo Numata and Admiral Chudo Japanese surrender delegation at Rangoon, In cold blood they triumphed over Nazi mines Lt Cmdr B H W Fenwick GM & Bar RNVR, Lt Cmdr E O Gidden GC OBE GM RNVR & Maj P J Barbary MBE GM. Lt Gen V A H Sturdee CBE DSO, Rear Adl C H J Harcourt, Rear Adl C S Holland, Vice Adl H T C Walker, cover photo Lord Louis Mountbatten & Douglas MacArthur.

Vol 9 No 220 November 23 1945. With Montgomery from D Day to V Day, What of the Merchant Navy's future, Laurels for Dover Chief of the Cinque Ports, Epic story of Arnhem, Navy's little ships fought 780 actions, whalers that the Nazis could not catch, We brought Dido and her precious gold to Egypt. Pictures/ilustrations Group Captain H J Wilson AFC, Air Commodore C P Brown CBE DFC & Bar, Lt Cmdr Peter Scott, Cmdr H G Dickinson, Capt H W U McCall DSO, Naik Gian Singh VC, Jemadar Parkash Singh VC, Rfm Bhanbhagta Gurung VC, Major Anders Lassen VC, Lt William B Weston VC, Sqd Ldr I W Bazalgette VC DFC, Sergeant Aubrey Cosens VC, W/O Norman C Jackson VC, Col J F Rock RE, Capt Tom Woods, Capt H L Payne OBE, Capt G Johnson DSC, Brig A W S Mallaby CIE OBE (killed in Indonesia Oct 1945). Vol 9 No 221 December 7 1945 Why do we need dollars, When sea mines come ashore, How four footed warriors helped us win the war, If epidemics cross the Channel this winter, RAF week end pilots go back to peace. Pictures/illustrations Miss Marjorie Tomlinson, Miss Anne Bennett-Evans, Miss Ruth Walton medal winning nurses of the Middlesex Hospital, Cmdr F Ashe Lincoln RNVR.

Vol 9 No 222 December 21 1945 Grasping the Palestine nettle, British brains and pluck against German cunning, Palestine police are the bravest men I know. Pictures/illustrations Hauling down of the flag Air Transport Auxillary Nov 30 45, Lieut M H Shean DSOLt Cmdr Peter Scott MBE DSC (also review of his book History of the Light Coastal Forces), J B P Miller GC, S J Tuckwell GC, Hess and Goring at Nyuremberg.

Vol 9 No 223 January 4 1945 New Zealanders with a fine war record, Hunting a U Boat to death, Operation Deadlight sinking the U boat fleet, Ceramic's three year mystery cleared up Sapper Eric Alfred Munday the sole survivor of the sinking of the liner with 656 people on board, Our mighty switch from tanks to peacetime cars, How much has UNRRA actually achieved. Pictures/illustrations Japanese atom-splitting device, First jet plane to land on an aircraftcarrier Piolet Eric M Brown MBE, Dr C W Hodgson, Dr H Wood, Nuremberg trial pics. Vol 9 No 224 January 18 1945 What is happening in Jarva, There is no peace for Britains Lifeboats, Teapot revolution maintained the troops morale (NAAFI, YMCA). Pictures/illustrations Lt Ian E Fraser VC, Leading Seaman James J Magennis VC, Lifeboat men Robert Cross GM, H G Bloggs GC BEM, Lt W H Dennison CGM, J B McLean, W J Gammon, P Murphy, J Boyle. Lt Jean Henri Coleman, Where the war dogs await their demobilization.

Vol 9 No 225 February 1 1945. D-Day rehearsal at Cambridge University, How HMS Exeter fought her last battle, Roger Keyes the passing of a great sailor, Allied front line planes that flew unarmed. Pictures/illustrations Mary Margaret Moore, Roger Keyes, Haworth ill BAOR to Civvy Street, Capt Edward Griffiths, Unveiling of a bronze boar at Nienburg the insigina of 30th Corp.

Vol 9 No 226 February 15 1946 Great deeds of the Army Commandos, Last moments at Singapore by Sir Charles Gwynn, How the Royal Oak was sunk, V Force acted as the Fourteenth Army's eyes, Jap praise for the gallant Stronghold, Grand work of allied officers in Siam, Secrets of the Navy's parachute lifeboat, How will the ministry of Labour find me a job, Our greta break out from Stalag Luft III by Ley Kenyon. Pictures/illustrations Fl Lt Ley Kenyon DFC & four ill by him of the tunnels, Haworth ill services to a civillan job, HMS Sronghold, Tinsel being dropped, Burmees scout U Aung.

Vol 9 No 228 March 15 1945 Australia's heroic Gull Force, How we beat the German bid to block Suez, Fleet Air Arm officers on loan to the RAF, Victims of the Inhuman doctors of Dachau, Last Moments of the Prince Of Wales. Pictures/illustrations Miss M S Guthrie Haworth ill Tudor II, Surgeon Lt Cmdr E D Caldwell, Kohima Memorial Mounted Military Police on German horses Austria, cover photo Mlle Andree De Jongh GM.

Vol 9 No 229 March 29 1946 Fine record of our Colonial troops from Africa, Turkey's wartime aid to the allies, Limbless Ex Servicemen , How radar helped our Field Artillery, Carrier War book review, Lawrence at Nuremberg a great Judge in action (Lord Justice Lawrence), I fought with the Grenadier Guards at Furnes A A Shuttleworth with photo, I died at Buchenwald on Friday the 13th Acting Wing Commander F F E Yeo-Thomas GC MC RFVR with photo. Pictures/ill Durham miners, Lord Justice Lawrence, Tommy Dicken medal winner Pigeon, C E Turnrill Homecoming of HMS Formidable.

Vol 9 No 230 April 12 1945 Strange story of HMS Habbakuk, Unarmed army that went valiantly to War (The Salvation Army), How London River's salvage men beat the Blitz, How we of the Naval CS handled the Convoys. Pictures/illustrations Pont De La Vendee spanning the Loire being tested with Steam locomotives, Lieut-Commander J W M Thompson RNVR, Haworth ill salvaging wreaks in the port of London, Brigadier James Hargest CBE DSO MZ MP, RAF Regiment in Java.

Vol 10 No 231 April 26 1946 Dunkirk was a planned miracle by A D Divine DSM, The Grenadier Guards by Col R B R Colvin DSO, Budapest 1946, Field Marshal Alexander, I was with the 51st Divsion at St Valery, Our fight threough Artic seas to Russia by Horace Carswell DSM, MM BEM Lloyds War Medal with photo wearing medals, My Commando beach party at Madagascar by A H Ballard DSC & Bar RNR with photo. Pictures/illustrations HMS Vanguard at Clydebank, Pte Peter Maisey, Haworth ill How the Bananas come to us, Life near Death in a Hongkong Prison Camp by A V Skvorzov, Harley V Usill, HMS Warspite full page pic. Vol 10 No 232 May 10 1946 The last stand at Calais, Truth about the submarine Seal revealed at last, The Royal Marines, I was chief engineer on a floating volcano, With Dagger Division's guns to the Chindwin, Tank verses submarine on the way to Tobruk, We Battled with Exeter's unexploded bombs (City not Ship). Pictures/illustrations Lieut Ronald G Walker GM, Lieut Gilbert Smith, Maj Gen T Wynford Rees, Captain R R G Blackmore, Capt W G Busk-Wood OBE, Chief Engineer Ernest E Vick OBE, Alan Pryce-Jo nes, Gen Sir Thomas Hunton, Lieut Commander R P Lonsdale, Lieut Trevor Agar Beet, Clifford Lever CF.

Vol 10 No 233 May 24 1946 What happened at St Nazaire, The Royal Air Force by Squadron Leader M H D Cockayne, I saw the Normandy Break Through, In Singapore when the Japs pounced, In the Tower of London under Fire by Chief Warder A H Cook DCM MM BEM with photo. Pictures/illustrations Roll of Honour entires Pte E Baker, Cpl A T Barnett, L/Cpl B Beercroft, Pte D G Bracher, L/Sgt H Bullard, B J Butterworth, Sgt P V Cook, Flt Sgt E P Hawkes, Pte E Henry, Pte T W Hollick, Pte J J R Hood, Rfn W H Neate, O/S W J Odell, Stoker C Osborn, L/Cpl J Owen, F usilier D Peacock, Gnr D H Pilbeam, A/B C Plant, A Rigglesford, Driver M Roberts, Pte W Roberts, L/Cpl A Salmon, L/Cpl E E Scott, A/B A S Sewell, Stkr D J Sutton, Gnr T Swindell, Sapper T N Taylor, Pte G Thompson, Pte W Thompson, Gnr Underwood, M W Walker, Pte A Wayman, Cpl H Wait, Pte K C Wilson, Sergt Winterburn, Sgt J Woodgate, Pte A L Youngs, A/B E Broughton. Haworth ill Briatin's food, Maj Gen Sir Claude Liardet, HMS Hotspur, HMS Thrasher.

Vol 10 No 234 June 7 1946 The secrets of the Italian armistice, The Reconnaissance Corp, 18 Days adrift on an invasion barge, Our last weeks in jap held Manila, Devil's workshop under the Harz, Winning the first George Medals (AFS). Pictures/illustrations Sec Ldr A Campbell, Chief Officer R Harmer Dep Chief C Brown GM, HMS Sandhurst & Codrington, Major A Forrest, Mrs Ethel Wholey, H Heinson BEM, Mrs Harry Heinson, Captain R G A Beale MC Gen Sir Bernard C T Paget, Lieut Albert Chowne VC, Pte T Starcevich VC, Pte F J Partridge VC, Flt Lieut D S A Lord VC DFC, Cpl J B Mackey VC, Lieut Hon C Furness VC, Pte Edward Kenna VC, Roll of Honour: Flt/Sgt J H Aspden, L/A B Barker, Trooper J H Barker, P/O F Batty, Flt/Sgt W Brand, Gdn G F Brickwood, Flt Sgt C Bronham, Sgt A/G B S G Bugg, Pte H J Clark, Pte W J Cousins, Sgt D Dart, Tele F H Elkes, Tpr R A O Fuller, Pte G Harnby, A/B H Hart, Pte N Hazelhurts, Sgt W Healey, Pte W Hudson, Sgt A/G T S James, O/S E Jenks, Cpl O C Jones, L/Cpl J F Kitchener, Fusilier A Lane, Flt/Sgt H Lawley, V G Lawrence, Gnr H A McCart, Rfn N McFarland, Pte F G Mason, Pte H W Morris, Flt/Sgt R Oswald, L/Cpl L Ottewell, W Pankhurst, Fus F W J Sexton, Flt Sgt R Smith, Pte F C Stephenson, Pte W Walker, Gdn L Wimbridge, Pte E W Woosnam.

Vol 10 No 235 June 21 1946 Why Scharnhorst and Gneisenau escaped, The East Lancashire Regiment, The Battle of Britain by Group Captain Douglas Bader DSO DFC, We of the Signals helped at Dunkirk, I sailed with the Carrier Illustrious. Pictures/illustrations Ldg/Wtr M C Hyde, Col T B Gravely, Douglas Bader, Haworth ill How we get our margarine, Dr P S Gerbrandy, A havildar-major of the Indian army wearing the ribbons of the DCM MM & Bar Haworth ill HMS Worcester, Havildar Umaro Singh VC. Roll of Honour Dvr A Anderson, Stwd N A Brown, Gnr A C Baxter, Cpl C J Beer, Pte R Bell, Sgt L Barraclough, Pte G Buckingham, Sgt M Cohen, Tpr S Cook, Pte D A Crump, Sgt J A Daragon Pte N J Dodman, Sgt R Douch, Sgt T J Evans, L/Sgt W Freeman, L/Cpl D Gascoyne, Sgt J Haley, Pte W S Hansford, Pte W Harland, Pte T Hoggard, Sgt D Hopkins, Flt/Sgt R J Hudson, Cpl A G Land, Flt Sgt S mason, Pte H Parkinson, Sgt N R Pike, Flt Sgt H J A Rogers, Pte P R Rumming, Sgt J Ryan, L/Smn B Sullivan, L/Cpl H Swindall, Pte S Thomas, Sapper G F Turner, Flt Sgt K H Turner, Sgt K V Turner, Pte G F Webb, A/Cpl E S White, Pte R L Williams.

Vol 10 No 236 July 5 1946 Victory Parade edition articles and photos of the day and night. Pictures/illustrations DUKW's on the Hackney Road, ATS on Constitution Hill, Churchill and Attlee, Alexander, Montgomery, Mountbatten, Slim, Dempsey, Layton, Tedder, Alanbrooke, Portal, Koenig, Adm Hewitt, Gen McNarney, Gen F A Hart, HM George VI, Queen Elizabeth, Queen Mary. Roll of Honour: O/S E E L Allwood, Tpr H A Ambrose, Fus W F Barron, Gnr J W Baldwin, L/Cpl A Berry, Sgt J A Bowen, A/B P D Bransden, L /S ig J A Bur net t, C pl J C ro udy, Pte G Fowkes, Gd smn W Gollidge, Pte A Hahner, Stoker L Head, A/B R W Kellett, Gnr J H Lane, Cpl C W McAssey, Sgt K M McGregor, L/Sgt J McTighe, Sgt J C Mays, Sgt R Mansbridge, Pte R F Mill, Pte R Moody, Sgt W Morgan, A.B J P Reid, LAC R Richards, Driver J A Rowett, Pte R Seabright, Sgt S B Shaw, Sgt C E Smith, Sgt A/G J C Smith, Driver H Sowter, Stoker W G Stokes, Pte A E Teasdale, Pte G Walker, Flt Sgt A J Wallis, Pte E A Wilgrove, Flt Sgt J H Aspden, Sgt A/G B S G Bugg.

Vol 10 No 237 July 19 1946 How Australia was saved from the Japs, The Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry, My charmed life in HM Submarines by H F piggott (with photo), We navigated the African bush. Pictures/illustrations Clifford Maw, HMS Medway sinking and the crew abandoning ship, Lieut J L Taylor, Haworth ill Production of whale oil, Gen Sir Walter K Venning GCB CMG MC. Roll of honour Cpl R Ainsworth, Sgt F V G Alloway, L/Cpl A R Ashton, Cpl R Bickerton, Cpl T E Birch, Stkr W A Bowden, Pte W Branson, Pte W Brown, Sgt F W Burton, StkrJ E Butt ery, L/Bdr V H cattle, Pte T J Coles, Ord Sig J Cookson, L/S R Cowtan, Pte T Cross, Pte R J Dallow, Pte R P Darvill, Cpl W R Day, L/Sgt F Dent, S/Sgt B. Drurey, Sgt J G Durham, Pte J F Eason, Sgt F J Edwards, L/Cpl E Finch, Pte G A Fraser, Pte R Gooch, Spr A H Gregg, Pte G H Griffiths, Sgt A/G W J Jarvis, Sgt J H Jefferies, L/Cpl D Jones, Tpr S Lucas, Sgt A A Middleton, Sgt R Morley, Seaman D Penman, J J Rimmer, Pte A Young, Pte A G Young.

Vol 10 No 238 August 2 1946 The Black Watch by Lieut Col A V Holt DSO OBE, First battles of the West Africans, A week in the twin knobs (experiences while holding a hill in the Mayu Ridge J R C Crossle, We stormed the Walcheren Batteries W R Sendall, We ran the gauntlet of bardia Bill. Pictures/illustrations A/B C Lawrence, Major W R Sendall, Major J R C Crossle, Haworth ill Production of Tea, Roll of Honour L/Sgt R Boynton, L/Cpl B Bushen, Pte W Cartwright Sgt G Challinor L/Cpl L H Chubb, Gdsm L Davies, Gnr W J R Dudley, F /Sgt F H Erdwin, Pte H N Griffiths, W G Hamblin, Pte J V Hawkes, Gnr H L Higlett, Pte W C Hill Sgt A/G E Hobbs, A/B J T Howell A/B I E Jones Flt/Sgt J Liddle, Pte R MacPherson, Cpl H T Melhuish, Sgt L Oxley, Rfm D R Plumb, W/O C G Polkey, Sgt G J Powell, Sgt T Price, S/Sgt G A L Reeves (Glider Pilot Regt), L/Cpl R Reilly, Gnr F Richards, Flt/Sgt E B Riley, Pte J Roberts, Tpr J Ryan, Sgt D B Sach, Tpr K ? Sayell, Gnr J Semaine, Tel L J Shevills, Pte F Slinger, Pte A Smith (SLI) Tpr J S Smith, Flt/Sgt R Q Stevens.

Vol 10 No 239 August 16 1946 hy the cease fire sounded at Singapore, The Gloucestershire Regiment, Eight Hundred drowned this night (Royal Oak), My escape bid in a German uniform (Stalag 383). Pictures/illustrations L/Sgt H V Suggit & Sgt Beeson in German uniform before their escape, Fl Lt S Moorhouse, Lt Col R A Biddle being given the DSO by Montgomery, Roll of Honour: Cpl L R Allan, Air Mech E C Alton, Sig R Brown, Sig G Cartledge, L Cpl D H Creasey, Pte W J Fraser, Pte G T Garman, L/Cpl W Gourley, Sgt R C Hall, Coder A Jackson, Pte C J John , L/Cpl J Johnson, Sgt W Killin, Pte L S Knight, L/Cpl L Lang, Pte E W Langford, Pte R McCallum, Sgt Plt B J McGinn, Gnr D Mackenzie, A/B G P McKinlay, Marine C H Niblett, Bdr L J Nunn, Sgt/Obs J T Park, A/B J A Pritchard, L/Sgt E W Pye, Pte A Robinson, Gunner D Rosie, Guardsman A Rule, Pte P Runcieman, Private J Ryan, Tpr G A Sampson, Pte J Shanks, L/Cpl P Sinfield, Sto P O W Street, L/Sig Sutherland, Pte J H Tilson, Sgt J Wade, SP/O G Webb.

Vol 10 No 240 August 30 1946 The tragedy of HMS Glorious. The Household Cavalry, I crash landed on Burma's Broadway, The hounds of Okegem betrayed us (German spy dogs). Pictures/illustrations HMS Anson arriving at Portsmouth, Squadron Leader Leonard Hart, Haworth ill Britain's food, The bombed King David Hotel. Roll of Honour Sgt R Addis, Flt/Sgt H Addis, Stkr F C Ansell, Cpl J Amos, Pte J Naker, Dvr S Beighton, Pte F Billinghurst, L/Cpl K Bramley, Pte W Brown, Pte L carpenter, Pte J Chisham, Sgt T A Clarke, Cook E Collins, Cpl C Cunnington, Cpl A Davies, Pte W I Dennis, Pte L A Dobson, L/Cpl G Downing, Flt/Sgt A E Edwards, Cpl E E Edwards, Sgt A/G G Filleul, Pte F Fennell, Flt/Sgt Fishbourne, Flt/Sgt R Franklin, Pte C B Gooch, Gnr H Griffiths, Pte A T Harris, Gnr A M Harvell, LAC E G Hills, Cpl Holdsworth, Mne F W Hubbard, Cpl S G Lee, Fl/Sgt A W G Meech, Pte J F Millington, Tpr L Payne, Sgt H G Royston, Fus J B Veitch, Sgt W Windebank.

Vol 10 No 241 Sept 1946 Airbourne crossing of the Rhine, The Royal Signals, I was slave on the Japanese Railway, How I said goodbye to Bonaventure. Pictures/illustrations HMS Bonaventure, Musician H T Thompson RM, Mine detecting on a beach, Naval Telegraphist J A M'Call, Plastic coin 1/2 penny British Occupation money. Roll of Honour Fus T Alford, Sgt T H Baxter, Cpl H Beeching, Cpl S W Bull, Sgt E W Cox, Spr E Darwent, Rfn W Edge, Gdn R B Edwards, Pte S ferdinando, Gr W Fairbrother, Pte T D Ferry, Pte A Gamb le, Chf PO J H Green, A/B W. Gaskell , Spr J E Gudger, Gnr H Hardstaff, Pte A Heal, O/S H D Henwood, Bmdr L Hurrell, Sgt A/G S Jarvis, Tpr A Kent, L/Cpl F Maplestone, L/Bmdr J Martin, L/AC J F Morgan, Sto C Mort, Y/Sig A G Nicholls, L/S J Robertson, Pte H G Prevett, Sgt/Plt W Raine, Lg/Str A Richards, Flt/Sgt E Rigby, A/B R Sharp, Sgt/Plt L G Smith, Gnr T R Sowerby, Gnr R Taylor, Dvr A H Strong, Flt/Sgt A Tompson, Cpl K W Tompkins. The cover photo of this issue is of Churchill in naval uniform, as Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports this is a curious photo as although he is wearing one row of mounted medals there is a large gap after his first 6 British medals and the next grouping of 8 or 9 foreign awards, rather as though there is the ribbons only for 3 or 4 medals.

Vol 10 No 242 September 27 1946 The Truth about Lidice,The Irish Guards, We travelled to Malta by submarine, I was rounded up by Gestapo Gunmen (Mrs Odette Sansom with photo). Pictures/illustrations Gen Eisenbeck, Adm Brauning & Gen Von Boltenstern, S D Harper, Major W W Thom, Alderman F J Cornford, Lieut Commander L W Napier DSC, George Arkell, Haworth ill Securing our vital milk supply, The Earl of Cavan, Dr Karl Hermann Frank. Roll of Honour Pte F Adams, Pte J A Alexander, A/B R E Allen, A/B P Bailey, Sgt A F Davis, Cpl H N Davis, ACI F Dixon, P/O Eng J B Ellis, Marine J P Fargher, Pte H Founders, Pte J E Fenner, Pte S Gilbey, Mus E Goymer, Spr I W Green, Pte T J Green, Pte J R Guntrip, Flt/Sgt E A Hawes, Pte C Hutchison, Sgt J W Hyde, L/Cpl F Ireland, L/Cpl E R N Kenny, Pte R D Jones, A A/B W Lax, Prp W Macdonald, Pte T Odell, Spr D Oldham, Gdsmn A Scott, Dvr F H Rushton, Pte G Sainsbury, A/B W Seddon, Pte R C Standing, Pte P H Taylor, Cpl J H A Wheeler, Pte W J Wheeldon, Tpr A W Waight, Pte A White, Sgt J C Woodcock, Cpl J Wilson.

Vol 10 No 243 October 11 1946 badly creased. Australian Commando raid on Singapore, The Honourable Artillery Company, Dowding's Air defence of Britain, At action stations of Salerno, Captured by the Admiral Graf Spee. Pictures/illustrations Lady Blane OBE, J Keating, SS Tairoa, Reg Sgt Major John Clayton, Co Sgt Maj G J Roberts, Roll of Honour: Pte D J Adams, Cpl F G Averall, Cpl A L Block, Gnr H Bonfield, SBA H J Colley, Sgt/Plt R Curnow, Sgt/Nav S Cracknell, Chf/Yeo Constant, Sgt C H Curtis, Pte G Dodds, Fl t/S gt A Do bso n, Sgt K W Edwards, Dvr R E Hatherly, Sgt Flt/Eng Jefferies, Rfn W Johnson, Sgt/Gnr C C Kinvig, Sgt R Lewis, Rfn C Linsey, Sgt G S Love, Sgt R Norman, CSM S Oakley, Tpr C C Olding, Sgt/Plt G F Peck, Marine M F Pinn, Pte T E C Pick, Flt/Sgt C Platt, L/Smn W Popham, Pte F Restell, L/Sgt J Smith, Pte D Steele, L/Cpl A J Steggles, Flt/Sgt J Thompson, Sgt C Taylor, Sgt H Truscott, Spr L Walker, Elec Artif J Watkin, L/Cpl S S Woodley, Pte W R Yates.

Vol 10 No 244 October 25 1946 Amazing facts about Pearl Harbour, Tribute to warrior birds who gave their lives, The Durham Light Infantry, Judgement at Nuremberg, In Burma with the 19th Indian Division, They snatched us from a hell-ship (Altmark), I was a guest of the Japs in Tokyo, . Pictures/illustrations shirehorses Jill & Judy with plowman Jack Uzzell winners a the Chertsey Agircultural show, H W Berry, Lt Gen Sir M E Franklyn KCB DSO MC, Memorial to carier pigeons, Roll of Honour Pte G Allwood, Sgt D Appleyard, Gnr H J Archer, Sgt J L Arthur, Sgt H Berry, Gnr A E Blunden, Sgt J Booker, O/S L Bowers, ACI A C Brogan, Marine W J Canham, Sgt H Charlton, L/Cpl E W G Cockle, Sgt H W Collins, A/B R K Collins, Sgt N P Cook, W/T Op W G Cooper, A/B D Doggett, Stkr P Eames, Cpl G A Elliott, Dvr G Fry, L/Cpl T Game, Cpl F W Gibbins, Pte A Groome, Offs Std T Haines, Pte R Hall, Gnr H Kyle, Stkr J McCoy, Sgt A D Pennycord, Cpl O J Pound, Flt/Sgt H C Rattray, A/B R J Smith, Sgt D H Stevenson, Tpr S E Thorne, CP/O C Wilkinson, Pte S E Woollsey, Tpr R Wright, L/Cpl G A Yaxley, Cpl H W Yaxley.

Vol 10 No 245 November 8 1946 The Bismark has been sunk, Savernake explosion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. Pictures/illustrations Sgt Charles Sadgrove, Sir Philip Vian at his desk as Fifth Sea Lord, Sqn Leader L H Trent VC, Jem Ram Sarup Singh VC, R H Gray VC DSC, CSM J R Osborn VC, Sqn Leader A S K Scarf VC, Major J W Foote VC, P/O C Mynarski VC, Guardsman E C Charlton VC, Roll of Honour: Sgt/Obv J Barton, Pte A Barnes, L/Sgt A E Bayliss, Gdsmn R Blackburn, L/Cpl A K Broad, Cpl J H Burdon, Sgt G C harleswort h, Pte J C row th er, Sgt W A Didluck, Gdsmn J J Gee, Cpl W Hanaway L/Cpl N Hardy, L/Sgt B Henderson, L/Sgt G Howarth,Cpl B S E Huddle, L/Cpl E Howells, Pte D L Hughes, Gnr T Ingham, Gdsmn J Jardine, L/Cpl W J Jones, Sgt R M Johnson, O/S J G Kitching, L/Cpl W Laurie, Sgt N Lees, Gnr J Mabbutt, Stkr W J Payne, Dvr H Purkis, Pte J G Reynolds, Cpl A Richmond, Pte R Robinson, Tpr J Ryan, CP/O C V Short, Tpr A M Smith, Sgt/Nav A Thomson, ASP/O Thornton, A/B J Vurley, LAC B D Wickham, Pte C E Wiles.

Vol 10 No 246 November 22 1946 Cassino Ypres of the Second Great War, The Long Drawn Battle of the Atlantic, The Duke of Wellington's Regiment, Wise Pootung Pete of Shanghai Camp In charge of the health work in civilian internment camps run by the Japanese R Kenneth McAll MB CB a medical missionary of the London Missionary Society narrates how by means of drawings and posters...he helped maintain morale, On the trail of the opium runners, Battle of Britain from Underground. Pictures illustrations A J Wilson, Cap B T Ridgway, Capt L E Stone, R K McAll, Haworth ill From Drifter to table, Roll of Honour Sgt N W S Abbott, Dvr H E S Alcock, LAC H Allen, Sgt C J Allwright, Pte B Arliss, L/Cpl F Ashworth, Ldg/Smn E Charman, Pte L Chapman, Pte C C Claridge AC2 A Coleman, Sgt A Dennis, Sgt D W Francis, L/Cpl A Fallowfield, Pte W Fallowfield (Both of these are listed as South End on Sea and died in the Far East), Ldg/Stkr R Giltrow, Gdsmn L C F Gleen, Cpl G E Goldsmith, Gnr J W Harley, Sgt W F Harrison, Flt/Sgt D Harrison, Tpr A Howlett, Fus J Hughes, Pte S Jenkins, Seaman F O Munday, Sgt D Normington, Marine H Ogden, Sgt D S Phillips Pte D Y Poignard Dvr A Pollard Pte W F Reid E/RA F Sandford Pte W Shand, L/Cpl T R Shaw Sgt/Plt R F Shirley Pte J W West Dvr W White L/Cpl J S Williams 1st Cl Boy R Williams.

Vol 10 No 247 December 6 1946, Daring raid on Rommel's HQ, New badges for the Army & Royal Air Force, The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles), We found Himmler's buired secrets, Through fire and flood in Walcheren. Pictures/illustrations Mrs HavermanLieut J L Wells RNVR, Lieut-Col Geoffrey Keyes VC MC, Rol of Honour: D/R V Baker, Pte E Barnes, L/Sea D Booth, L/Sea L J Clayfield, A/B C Coe, Sgt A J Courtman, O/Sig F Cranage, Sgt H Collin, L/Cpl R Docherty, Gnr J Donaldson, Gnr G O Donoghue, O/S F Easton, A/B R Eldridge, Tpr E K Gillvray, Pte R Goatley, Stkr J J Grainger, Spr J R Green, O/S S Haigh, Rfmn J W Harris, L Cpl A Hudson, L/Sgt G Jones, L/Sig R W Lamont, A/B J Lynch, L/Cpl S E Maddison, Sgt A J Matthews, Pte J Pentelow, Cpl J W P)eters, Ldg Stkr R A Pratt, Sgt/Plt I Price, Stkr P R Smith, Tpr M P Stone, Pte W J Silvester, Pte J I Twiss, P/O E J Thornhill, Pte H Tongue, Pte G A G Wilson, ACI W Wilson, Pte C Whitefield.

Vol 10 No 248 December 20 1946 The first attack by British parachutists (Monte Vulture), The Buffs, We of the Army served in the D.E.M.S., When France fell my luck went with it (Eileen Desmond who remained in France in 1940 because she did not want her dog to go into quarantine). Pictures/Illustrations Hans Langsdorff, Roy The Terrier, Eileen Desmond, Lieut J Herbert RNVR, John Kerr, Captain Clemens, Fortunato Picchi, F/O A Warburton DSO DFC & Bar, Roll of Honour: Stkr D Ansell, L/Bdr L G Barnes, Stk r R Beecham, Sgt F Butterfield, A/B J Bird, Sg t A T Carter, Smn/Gr L Cresswell, Sgt F C Dare, Sgt E W Dickman, Pte T Doig, Sgt W J Edgeley, O/S J F Edwards, A/B H R Greenall, Sgt B Escott, Sgt C Heyworth, Gdsmn W M Haill, Flt/Sgt H Harwood, Pte C lamb, Marine H Laycock, Pte R leyland, Tpr E R C Mallett, Pte L Marshall, Pte H A Minns, Sgt G Osborne, Flt/Sgt J W Pearce, A/B H L Porrett, Gdsmn M Prentice, Tele J R Rooke, Spr D A Sherlock, Tpr T Smith, Pte H Speakman, Fus H H Spicer, Sgt W Tinkler, Flt/Sgt E Stevenson, Fus G W Webb, Pte R D Willard, Spr W J Willard, Sgt L E Wright.

Vol 10 No 249 January 3 1947 Was the defence of Crete a turning point, 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards, General Giffard's claim to fame, We covered the landings in Sicily, Our badge was the venomous scorpion (LRDG). Pictures/illustrations Naik Kamal Ram VC, T C Skeats, G P O'Sullivan, Cpl A Biddle, P/O C E Curtis, Roll of Honour: Gnr G H Baker, Pte W Bamber, Pte S J Baldwin, O/S W Barlas, Pte I Barson, Gnr S J Bines, Sgt A/G F Boyle, L/Cpl K Branston, Sgt T F Burn, Pte R Brewin, Tele F J Burford, Cpl F Burkinsaw, Sgt E J Clark, Gnr G Butler, L/Cpl S W Clark, Sgt/Obs A Colling, O/S R H Cox, Fus R H Crouchley, Fus S W Dawson, Flt/Sgt E F Dean Gnr S J Densham, Dvr M F T Dexter, Cook C E Dowland, A/B R I Grabham, Pte F Graham, A/B A T Gulless, Tpr A Greenaway, Fus J Hall, Sgt/Nav A Handley.

Vol 10 No 250 January 17 1947 Blade Forces's gallant failure was invaluable, Straights of Corfu incident, The Green Howards, I sawm for life through black oil (J R Richardson of the tanker Tricula), First to meet the Japanese in Malaya(H W Berry 5th Field Regiment RA), Chased by a radio controlled bomb. Pictures/illustrations Tania Szabo, Sinking HMS Egret, Landings at Kora Bharu, J R Richardson, Roger Messent, Lieutenant Thomas Wilkinson VC RNR, Madame Violette Szabo GC (photo with her husband who was killed at Alamein), HMS Saumarez with it's bow blown off, Roll of Honour: Shpwt C Badrock, Pte F Bullen, L/Sgt D J Baitup, L/Bdr Chatterton, Flt/Sgt H Clarke, L/Cpl F J Coe, Flt/Sgt S Cowley, Pte J L Collett, Dvr Crudgington, Pte T Cunningham, A/B E Day, L/Cpl H G Dearden, Pte J A Dearden, A/B H Dewhirst, Torp F T French (HMS Exeter KIA 13.12.39 at the Battle of the River Plate), Boy E Freshwater, Sgt D O Henn, Cpl R Jackson, Pte C M Kent, BQMS C Lahra, Pte G Le Maitre, Sgt P McGinn, Pte R Miller, LAC D G Moppett, AC J M Morton, Sgt H Oliver, Cpl R W Padfield, Pte J Renshaw, A/B A Rollin, Cpl A E Shand, Sto S F Smith, Flt/Sgt A Taylor, L/Sgt G Thurley, L/Cpl R J Toms, Gnr H Turpin, A/B L J Walker, L/Sto E H Watts, Dvr A C Youngs.

Vol 10 No 251 January 31 1947 How the Marines went to Sicily, Secrets of our motorized submersible canoes, The Highland Light Infantry, New light on Hitler's dark career, A frigate in search of the Tirpitz, We sang the Marseillaise in prison, In Ghent with the RASC troop carriers, They made me wield a pick in Germany. Pictures/illustrations HMS Li Wo, S W Sharp, POW's at Kloein Bartelsee, P H martin, HMS Bickerton, Major L L Bearman, J Bentham, S Bell, Capt A Patterson DSO & G Smith of the Royal Daffodil, Roll of Honour: . Pt e G Aisbitt, Pte D H Archibald, L/Cpl T H Allen, Dvr C W Bailey, Sgt A E Barnett, P/O R J G Barritt, F/Eng J E Beaumont, Marine J Berry, Sto J H Blackwell, A/B W Bindle, Sig C Broster, Mne A Bremner, Pte R Butler, Sapper S Cowen, Pte J Davage, Pte C Dunn, LAC J T Dyson, O/S A

Vol 10 No 252 February 14 1947 very poor condition The dramatic liberation of Amsterdam, The Worcestershire Regiment, I was liaison officer with Lord Gort, Frenzied Italians rushed our boats (the Laconia). Pictures/illustrations the barque Pamir under full sail, Claude James, Laconia, Flight Lieut Duke, Peter Tewson, Pte Foreman, Maj F G Burrell receiving the MC, Lieut Col J Parkes MC DCM, HMS Warspite in Portsmouth partially scrapped, The Impacable lowering her colours for the last time formerly the Duguay-Trouin she was captured from the French on Nov 4 1805. Roll of Honour: A/B W H E Brown, Pte J Adams, Spr W J Bull, Cpl C Batcheler, L/Cpl G Beaumont, Dvr C Bowling, Rfn G W Barker, Gdn A Carpenter, A/B D Claridge, Pte A Cherry, Spr F Cohoon, Sgt C Colbourn, Gdn R G Crowe, Sgt F Daniels, Pte E R Dainton, Pte A L Dewberry, Pte R Dovey, Pte T H Eccles, A/B A Gilmour, Cpl W E Green, Pte J T Green, Pte D A L Hall, C/Rad/O O Humphreys, Mne R J Keough, Pte G W Layton, Pte A Lightfoot, Mne F D Little, L/Bdr G McDonald, Pte G Mott, Cpl E Osbourne, L/Cpl D Quinn, Pte H Robinson, Tpr F Sharpe, Tpr K Russell, Pte W H Slater, A/B J J Stevens, L/Cpl B Stokes, Pte W J Turner.

Vol 10 No 253 March 14 1947 How the Australians took Sattelberg, The Royal Engineers, Sir Arthur (Bomber)Harris hits out, Up the Micks at Djebel Bou Aoukaz, Night Fighter verses flying bombs, I lent a hand with Mighty Mulberry (Miss Gwen Croft with photo), We were guests of the Sea-Wolves. Picutes/illustrations L F Thompson, The Balaena, HMS Lively, HMS Arethusa, Cement mixing plant in the Western Desert,Sqd Ldr H Dinwoodie VC OBE MC, Roll of Honour: LAC R Arnell, Pte D Brenchley, LS F Bailey, Sgt A Bayliss, Pte W Borrow, L/S J H Bryant, Rfmn M Bryce, A/B Brackenridge, L/Cpl R T Burt, Fus D Casey, Pte A W Clark, Pte S Collins, ACI J Clarkson, Pte T J S Cooper, LS V Crocker, L/Sto B Cross, Pte J Curran, Pte T Davison, Pte N Dewis, Sgt D J Douglas, A/B T Duncalf, Sgt J A G Firth, Rfn A Fullerton

Vol 10 No 254 March 28 1947 How Germany came to grief at sea, Welsh Guards, We hundted bandits on Ledo Road, Berlins black market as I knew it, Wartime life in the lonely Falklands. Pictures/illustrations D M Elias, K J Buckley, Murray Griffin plus paintings, HMIS Bengal, Lt Col T T Macartney Filgate, Roll of Honour: Spr F Austin, O/S S bates, L/Cpl W Bennett, Pte W J Bowl, W/O R Bryant, Pte G Carhart, LAC W Chamberlin, Sto Cawthra DSM, Cpl C T Cook, Pte A Clare, Pte W A Cooper, Sgt R Cozens, Pte A E Dalbock, Pte C E Dixon, LAC P Dyer, Pte F C E Ellis, F/Sgt W A Fowler, Pte R Hodges, Sgt G W Holford, Sgt D Johnson, F/Sgt I James, Pte J H Keane, L/Cpl A Lams, L/Cpl A E Lee, Sgt D McAssey, F/Sgt E Newman, Pte F Nottle, F/Sgt A Parratt, L/Cpl N Perkins, Sto I Pickles, W/O R E Ralph, Cpl J F Rippin, Dvr W Roberts, Spr A Smith, F/Sgt R Smith, A/SM G Stanley, Sgt J Starsmore, O/Tel L Turrell.

Vol ? ?FINAL issing the covers, badly creased with the Family Roll of Honour page. The Suffolk Regiment, Flying mercy missions over Sumatra, Brisk Battle of Wits in Stalag XXB. Pictures/illustrations Sgt C J Sadgrove with other POW's Stalag XXB Marienburg, Gdsmn J K Alvey, AP/O B Appleby, L/Bdr M Baigent, Pte L Barker, Pte J Bennett, A/B R Bonsir, W/O C E Bowden, Fus A Broadhead, Sgt C A Bryant, Gdsmn R Catterall, Tpr T Collett, Pte G J Cope, AC2 M Davidson, Mne C Dewberry, Gdsmn B Dearden, Pte J El lis, AC2 A H Fellows, Gnr D H Field, Gnr P Fletcher, Sgt A J E Frost, A/B/ J O Griffiths, Sgt H F Gullery, Pte D Harbone, Pte W Harbone, Sgt W Harris, Sgt F Haslemore, Pte W Hatch, Sto J Henderson, Sgt D M Herbert, L/Cpl W Hill, G E Huggins, Pte C Humphreys, L/ACW Hutchison (WAAF), Bugler J Ingall, S. .

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