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Cambridgeshire2025-01-02T10:10:56+00:00weekly0.6https://cambridgemilitaryhistory.com/2024/12/27/norman-cross-prisoner-art-from-the-napoleonic-wars/https://cambridgemilitaryhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/norman-cross-to-post-5.pngNorman Cross to Post 5https://cambridgemilitaryhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/norman-cross-to-post-7.pngNorman Cross to Post 7https://cambridgemilitaryhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/hms-victory-to-post-4-1.pngHMS Victory to post 4https://cambridgemilitaryhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/hms-victory-to-post-4.pngHMS Victory to post 4https://cambridgemilitaryhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/hms-victory-to-post-3.pngHMS Victory to post 3https://cambridgemilitaryhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/hms-victory-to-post-1-1.pngHMS Victory to post 1https://cambridgemilitaryhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/hms-victory-to-post-1.pngHMS Victory to post 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6https://cambridgemilitaryhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/trench-art-3-3.pngTrench Art 3https://cambridgemilitaryhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/trench-art-3-2.pngTrench Art 3https://cambridgemilitaryhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/trench-art-3-1.pngTrench Art 3https://cambridgemilitaryhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/trench-art-2-2.pngTrench Art 2https://cambridgemilitaryhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/trench-art-2-1.pngTrench Art 22024-12-15T10:01:54+00:00monthlyhttps://cambridgemilitaryhistory.com/frequently-asked-questions/https://cambridgemilitaryhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/10682337_10204649539774023_4709657858248302265_o-2.jpg10682337_10204649539774023_4709657858248302265_o (2)The photo of the temporary use of the land that would become the Cambridge American Cemetery. Probably 1944 or early 1945. Unknown photographer.2024-12-13T10:40:55+00:00weekly0.6https://cambridgemilitaryhistory.com/2016/01/02/aircraft-archeology-mosquito-crash-site-in-the-dutch-countryside/https://cambridgemilitaryhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/march-2015-021.jpgmarch 2015 021https://cambridgemilitaryhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/february-2015-incl-trip-to-holland-166.jpgFebruary 2015 incl trip to Holland 166https://cambridgemilitaryhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/february-2015-incl-trip-to-holland-154.jpgFebruary 2015 incl trip to Holland 154The Inside of the bunker. © Brandon Wilgus, 2016.https://cambridgemilitaryhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/february-2015-incl-trip-to-holland-150.jpgFebruary 2015 incl trip to Holland 150A Luftwaffe pillbox from the Second World War on Twente Vliegbases, © Brandon Wilgus 2016.https://cambridgemilitaryhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/february-2015-incl-trip-to-holland-164.jpgFebruary 2015 incl trip to Holland 164On the roof of one of the WWII era Luftwaffe pillboxes at Twente Vliegbases is an extremely well preserved anit-aircraft gun. I am unable to identify this weapon besides seeing that it is a light anti-aircraft gun on a rail mount system. © Brandon Wilgus, 2016.https://cambridgemilitaryhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/pinnell.jpgPinnellFlight Sergeant Pinnell's gravestone. Thanks to www.vliegtuigongevallen.nl. https://cambridgemilitaryhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/adey.jpgAdeyhttps://cambridgemilitaryhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/february-2015-incl-trip-to-holland-069.jpgFebruary 2015 incl trip to Holland 069Picture #4, the path into the Haagse Bos. © Brandon Wilgus, 2016.https://cambridgemilitaryhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/february-2015-incl-trip-to-holland-065.jpgFebruary 2015 incl trip to Holland 065Picture #3, the crash site. Due to the Mosquitos' almost all wood construction, little of the aircraft remains. © Brandon Wilgus, 2016.https://cambridgemilitaryhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/february-2015-incl-trip-to-holland-096.jpgFebruary 2015 incl trip to Holland 096Picture #1, looking north into the Haagse Bos, south of the crash site. © Brandon Wilgus, 2016.2024-12-13T10:37:32+00:00monthlyhttps://cambridgemilitaryhistory.com/2024/07/05/update-aircraft-archeology-mosquito-crash-site-in-the-dutch-countryside/https://cambridgemilitaryhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/to-post-5-1.pngTo Post 5https://cambridgemilitaryhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/to-post-5.pngTo Post 5https://cambridgemilitaryhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/to-post-4.pngTo Post 4https://cambridgemilitaryhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/to-post-3-2.pngTo Post 3https://cambridgemilitaryhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/to-post-2-1.pngTo Post 2https://cambridgemilitaryhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/to-post-3-1.pngTo Post 3https://cambridgemilitaryhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/to-post-3.pngTo Post 3https://cambridgemilitaryhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/to-post-1-1.pngTo Post 1https://cambridgemilitaryhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/to-post-2.pngTo Post 2https://cambridgemilitaryhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/to-post-1.pngTo Post 12024-12-24T14:27:08+00:00monthlyhttps://cambridgemilitaryhistory.com/2024/08/14/trench-art-hand-worked-shell-vase-from-1917/https://cambridgemilitaryhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/trench-art-photo-4.pngTrench Art Photo 4https://cambridgemilitaryhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/trench-art-photo-3.pngTrench Art Photo 3https://cambridgemilitaryhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/trench-art-photo-2.pngTrench Art Photo 2https://cambridgemilitaryhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/image2.jpegimage2https://cambridgemilitaryhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/trench-art-photo-1.pngTrench Art Photo 12024-12-13T10:27:42+00:00monthlyhttps://cambridgemilitaryhistory.com/2024/10/14/raf-little-staughton-home-of-the-pathfinders-of-no-109-and-no-582-squadrons/https://cambridgemilitaryhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/raf-little-staughton.pngRAF Little Staughtonhttps://cambridgemilitaryhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/0-power-sub-station.png0 Power Sub Stationhttps://cambridgemilitaryhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/0-old-armoury.png0 Old Armouryhttps://cambridgemilitaryhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/0-fuel-tanks.png0 Fuel Tankshttps://cambridgemilitaryhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/0-night-flying-equipment-storeroom.png0 Night Flying Equipment Storeroomhttps://cambridgemilitaryhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/0-control-tower.png0 Control Towerhttps://cambridgemilitaryhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/0-war-memorial-in-church-1.png0 War Memorial in Churchhttps://cambridgemilitaryhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/0-raf-memorial.png0 RAF Memorialhttps://cambridgemilitaryhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/0-war-memorial-in-church.png0 War Memorial in Churchhttps://cambridgemilitaryhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/0-runway.png0 Runway2024-10-15T08:14:17+00:00monthlyhttps://cambridgemilitaryhistory.com/2024/10/07/1648-the-battle-of-st-neots/https://cambridgemilitaryhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/the-bridge-over-the-ouse-at-st-neots-with-caption.pngThe Bridge over the Ouse at St Neots with Captionhttps://cambridgemilitaryhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/earl-of-holland-with-caption.pngEarl of Holland with Captionhttps://cambridgemilitaryhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/colonel-scrope-with-caption.pngColonel Scrope with Caption2024-10-11T09:36:48+00:00monthlyhttps://cambridgemilitaryhistory.com/2014/09/06/pax-brittania-the-earl-de-grey-as-first-lord-of-the-admiralty/https://cambridgemilitaryhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/royal-navy-in-the-first-opium-war.jpgRoyal Navy in the First Opium Warhttps://cambridgemilitaryhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/august-30-2014-029.jpgaugust 30 2014 029https://cambridgemilitaryhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/august-30-2014-004.jpgWrest Park2024-10-11T09:31:51+00:00monthlyhttps://cambridgemilitaryhistory.com/2014/09/07/oxburgh-hall-the-wars-of-religion-in-the-east-of-england/2024-10-11T09:25:08+00:00monthlyhttps://cambridgemilitaryhistory.com/2014/11/30/the-hedda-stone-and-peterborough-abbey/https://cambridgemilitaryhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/peterborough_cathedral_hedda_stone.jpgHedda StoneThe Hedda Stone, Peterborough Cathedral, Cambridgeshire, England. This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license.https://cambridgemilitaryhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/peterborough_cathedral_lady_chapel_cambridgeshire_uk_-_diliff.jpgPeterborough_Cathedral_Lady_Chapel,_Cambridgeshire,_UK_-_DiliffThe Lady Chapel of Peterborough Cathedral, photo by DAVID ILIFF. License: CC-BY-SA 3.02025-11-22T08:20:24+00:00monthlyhttps://cambridgemilitaryhistory.com/2015/01/09/the-palace-of-buckden-fortified-manor-house-and-jail-of-a-queen/https://cambridgemilitaryhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/howardcatherine02.jpgCatherine HowardMiniature of Catherine Howard as Queen of England by Hans Holbein the Younger. This image is in the public domain.https://cambridgemilitaryhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/brandos-phone-kimbolton-and-buckden-012.jpgBrando's Phone Kimbolton and Buckden 012The interior of the fortified gatehouse which was once the access point to the inner courtyard of Buckden Palace. © Brandon Wilgus, 2015.https://cambridgemilitaryhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/brandos-phone-kimbolton-and-buckden-025.jpgBrando's Phone Kimbolton and Buckden 025The bricked towers of the fortified manor, added n 1475 by the Bishop of Lincoln, © Brandon Wilgus, 2015.https://cambridgemilitaryhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/brandos-phone-kimbolton-and-buckden-010.jpgBrando's Phone Kimbolton and Buckden 010The gatehouse of Buckden Palace, © Brandon Wilgus, 20152024-10-11T09:23:42+00:00monthlyhttps://cambridgemilitaryhistory.com/2015/03/31/hardknott-roman-fort-the-borders-of-empire/https://cambridgemilitaryhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/lake-district-april-2015-037.jpglake district april 2015 037Looking down on Hardknott Fort from the area of the parade grounds. © Brandon Wilgus, 2015.https://cambridgemilitaryhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/lake-district-april-2015-0301.jpglake district april 2015 030Hardknott Roman Fort, the Lake District, Cumbria. Hardknott peak is visible in the distance, and the Praetorium foundations are visible in the forground. © Brandon Wilgus, 2015.https://cambridgemilitaryhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/lake-district-april-2015-030.jpglake district april 2015 030https://cambridgemilitaryhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/lake-district-april-2015-023.jpglake district april 2015 023https://cambridgemilitaryhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/lake-district-april-2015-004.jpglake district april 2015 004Hardknott Pass, the Lake District, Cumbria. The single-track B-road which crosses from the Eskdale Valley to Windermere is the access point to the Roman ruins. © Brandon Wilgus, 2015.https://cambridgemilitaryhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/hardknott-hero.jpgHardknott Roman FortAn overhead view of the fort, thanks to English Heritage for the photograph. © English Heritage, 2015.2024-10-11T09:23:18+00:00monthlyhttps://cambridgemilitaryhistory.com/2015/04/30/ruins-of-a-roman-bath-and-the-foundations-of-a-castle-ravenglass-and-muncaster/https://cambridgemilitaryhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/lake-district-trip-april-2015-152.jpgLake District trip April 2015 152Muncaster Castle, a mile east of the Ravenglass Roman Bath House. The foundations of Muncaster were built upon Roman Ruins 800 years ago. © Brandon Wilgus, 2015.https://cambridgemilitaryhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/lake-district-april-2015-096.jpglake district april 2015 096Column and archway of the Ravenglass Bath House. This area connects the into the room where the Hypocaust was discovered (the underfloor plumbing system that provided heating). © Brandon Wilgus, 2015.https://cambridgemilitaryhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/lake-district-april-2015-099.jpglake district april 2015 099Part of the Ravenglass Bath House. The two doorways pictured lead from the area archeologists have identified as the changing area to the bathing rooms. © Brandon Wilgus, 2015.2024-10-11T09:22:57+00:00monthlyhttps://cambridgemilitaryhistory.com/2020/04/14/ypres-the-menin-gate/2024-10-11T09:22:26+00:00monthlyhttps://cambridgemilitaryhistory.com/2014/10/26/lt-colonel-leon-vance-and-the-cambridge-american-cemetery/https://cambridgemilitaryhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/sharon-vance-receiving-the-medal-of-honor.jpgSharon Vance Receiving the medal of honor5-year-old Sharon Vance is presented with her father's Medal of Honor in 1946. US Army Photograph.https://cambridgemilitaryhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/leon-vance.jpgLTC Leon "Bob" Vance, USAAFA photo of LTC Bob Vance, courtesy of the US Army. The photo is in the public domain.https://cambridgemilitaryhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/ceiling-of-chapel.jpgCeiling of the MemorialFrancis Scott Bradford designed the glorious mosaic that covers the ceiling of the Cambridge American Cemetery Chapel. Ghostly aircraft and mournful angels cover the ceiling in his moving tribute to the 3,811 buried and 5,126 missing who are memorialized at the Cemetery.2024-12-25T02:35:55+00:00monthlyhttps://cambridgemilitaryhistory.com/2014/12/23/raf-molesworth-and-the-303rd-bombardment-group-heavy/https://cambridgemilitaryhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/800px-raf-molesworth-25jan1989.jpgGAMA Facility, RAF Molesworth1989: the GAMA (GLCM Alert and Maintenance Area) at RAF Molesworth is completed for the housing of short-range nuclear weapons.https://cambridgemilitaryhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/582rsg-molesworth.jpg582rsg-molesworth25 October 1955: HU-16 Albatross of the 582nd Air Resupply Group at RAF Molesworth. This image or file is a work of a U.S. Air Force Airman or employee, taken or made as part of that person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, the image or file is in the public domain. https://cambridgemilitaryhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/pp-flak.jpgB-17s in FlakB-17s from the 303rd flying through intense anti-aircraft fire. Photo by Joseph Sassone with caption: "Flak so thick you could almost taxi around it." https://cambridgemilitaryhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/pp-kiel-22may44.jpg303rd Bomb Group B-17s22 May 1944: 303rd B-17s on a bombing mission to Kiel, Germany taken at 25,000 feet. Photo from the Peter M. Curry Collection.https://cambridgemilitaryhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/a-20-havoc.jpgRAF Douglas A-20C HAVOC/BOSTON III Serial AL672This Douglas A-20C HAVOC/BOSTON III, serial number AL672, was flown on the 4 July 1942 low-level attack against Luftwaffe positions in the Netherlands at the time part of the 15th Bombardment Squadron (light). This photograph was taken later in the war when AL672 was flying as a staff communications aircraft for the 8th USAAF out of RAF Bovingdon. Photograph from the U.S. Army Air Forces via the National Arcives. Thanks to Roger Freeman: "The Mighty Eighth, the Colour Record" 1991.https://cambridgemilitaryhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/pp-molesworthtower1.jpgRAF Molesworth Control Tour and TaxiwayThe RAF Molesworth control tower in April 1944. On the taxiway is a B-17G, tail number 42-97284 "Ain't Misbehavin" - she would fly a total of 48 combat missions during the war. The "Triangle-C" designator on the verticle stabilizer was the RAF Molesworth designator. Photograph by Mr. Milton "Chic" Cantor, the photographer of the 303rd BG(H), with thanks to the 303rd "Hell's Angels" historical society.https://cambridgemilitaryhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/operational_b_e_2c.jpgAvro B.E.2cUnatributed photo of a wartime Avro B.E.2c, with 'V" undercarriage, stremlined engine cowling, and the upper wing cut-out for the tail gunner to improve field of fire. Sadly, there are no photographs of B.E.2's operating from RAF Molesworth during the war that I have been able to locate.2026-03-22T15:26:15+00:00monthlyhttps://cambridgemilitaryhistory.com/2014/12/31/raf-kimbolton-and-the-379th-bombardment-group-heavy/https://cambridgemilitaryhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/brandos-phone-kimbolton-and-buckden-041.jpgBrando's Phone Kimbolton and Buckden 041A fascinating discovery, when standing on the shoulder of the B-road which connects the villages of Stow Longa and Kimbolton, the original runway can be seen which the road was paved over in the following decades. © Brandon Wilgus, 2014. https://cambridgemilitaryhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/brandos-phone-kimbolton-and-buckden-038.jpgBrando's Phone Kimbolton and Buckden 038The 379th Bomb Group (H) memorial, located on the southeast corner of where RAF Kimbolton once stood. Of note, a book of honor stands next to the memorial listing the names of the men who died for their nation, and for the freedom of others, who flew from RAF Kimbolton. © Brandon Wilgus, 2014.https://cambridgemilitaryhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/brandos-phone-kimbolton-and-buckden-035.jpgBrando's Phone Kimbolton and Buckden 035One of the concrete tarmacs of RAF Kimbolton today: broken concrete stretching towards where the control tower once stood, now all farmland. © Brandon Wilgus, 2014.https://cambridgemilitaryhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/379thbg-b-17g-42-97462.jpg379thbg-b-17g-42-97462A B-17F belly landed at RAF Kimbolton. An amazing testament to the rugged airframe, this B-17 was repaired and returned to a flying status. U.S. National Archives, This image or file is a work of a U.S. Air Force Airman or employee, taken or made as part of that person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, the image or file is in the public domain. https://cambridgemilitaryhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/379th_bomb_group_b17_3.jpg379th_Bomb_Group_B17_3B-17F at RAF Kimbolton. Note the "Triangle K" tail marking. U.S. National Archives; this image or file is a work of a U.S. Air Force Airman or employee, taken or made as part of that person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, the image or file is in the public domain. https://cambridgemilitaryhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/swamp-fire.jpgSwamp FireB-17 Serial #42-32024 "Swamp Fire". This is a picture of the mission crew who flew on her 25th mission on 4 May 1945 (note 24 bombs painted on her side for completed missions). Standing, left to right: TSGT Edward J. Przybyla radio operator, 2LT Harvey "Herk" Harris bombardier, SSGT Roy E. Avery, Jr. waist gunner, 1LT Joseph L. Korstjens pilot, SSGT Andrew Stroman, Jr. ball turret, SSGT Berj G. Bejian engineer, SSGT John K. Rose waist gunner, 2LT Matthew J. Scianameo navigator, SSGT Elijah W. Lewis tail gunner, 2LT Byron B. Clark copilot, Lt. Scragg swamp fire's mascot. Kneeling left to right is the ground crew: Rube Cohn, Seymour Romoff, James Abbott, Henry Gerhart and Dominick DeSalvohttps://cambridgemilitaryhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/kimbolton-10-aug-1945.pngKimbolton-10-aug-1945RAF Kimbolton on 10 August 1945. The village of Stow Longa is just visible on the top of the aerial photograph. The village of Kimbolton is to the south. This artistic work created by the United Kingdom Government is in the public domain. 2026-01-05T00:11:42+00:00monthlyhttps://cambridgemilitaryhistory.com/2015/01/02/raf-glatton-and-the-457th-bomb-group-heavy/https://cambridgemilitaryhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/lindas-photos-from-her-phone-226.jpgLindas Photos from her phone 226At the end of the Peterborough Business Airport's runway, still in use from the Second World War as a general aviation facility. A marker placed at the foot of the watertower, which is a moving remembrance to the men who paid the ultimate sacrifice flying from RAF Glatton in the Second World War. © Brandon Wilgus, 2015.https://cambridgemilitaryhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/1024px-raf_glatton_-_control_tower.jpg1024px-RAF_Glatton_-_Control_TowerRAF Molesworth Control Towerhttps://cambridgemilitaryhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/brandos-phone-050.jpgBrando's Phone 050A marker placed at the foot of the watertower, which is a moving remembrance to the men who paid the ultimate sacrifice flying from RAF Glatton in the Second World War. © Brandon Wilgus, 2015.https://cambridgemilitaryhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/brandos-phone-048.jpgBrando's Phone 048The 457th Bomb Group (H) Memorial, dedicated to the men who flew from RAF Glatton during the Second World War. © Brandon Wilgus, 2015.https://cambridgemilitaryhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/brandos-phone-051.jpgBrando's Phone 051The watertower of the former airfield of RAF Glatton, the only surviving structure from the Second World War. © Brandon Wilgus, 20152025-02-22T20:06:53+00:00monthlyhttps://cambridgemilitaryhistory.com/2015/02/02/bomber-command-raid-on-a-german-town-boblingen-7-october-1943/https://cambridgemilitaryhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/brandons-phone-006.jpgBrandon's Phone 006A medieval tower remained after the bombing of the castle. It now is perched on the highstreet, between buildings from the 1950s and beyond. A testament to the almost complete destruction of Boblingen's center. © Brandon Wilgus, 2015.https://cambridgemilitaryhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/brandons-phone-001.jpgBrandon's Phone 001A small piece of the Boblingen castle, completely destroyed on the night of 7 October 1943. This piece of archway lies buried in the hillside. © Brandon Wilgus, 2015.https://cambridgemilitaryhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/brandons-phone-002.jpgBrandon's Phone 002The memorial stone on the rebuilt nave of the protestant church in Boblingen. © Brandon Wilgus, 2015.https://cambridgemilitaryhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/1024px-bc3b6blingen_01_1939-07-01.jpg1024px-Böblingen_01_1939-07-01"Böblingen 01 1939-07-01" by Ansgar Walk - Foto erstellt von Ansgar Walk. The town on 1 July 1939.https://cambridgemilitaryhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/bc3b6blingen_04_1943-10-12.jpgBöblingen_04_1943-10-12"Zentrum von Böblingen nach dem Bombenangriff vom 7./8. Oktober 1943." Date 12 October 1943 Source Foto erstellt von Ansgar Walk. Photograph by Ansgar Walk . 2024-10-11T09:14:19+00:00monthlyhttps://cambridgemilitaryhistory.com/2015/05/13/mk1-supermarine-spitfire-to-be-sold-to-benefit-raf-veterans-and-wildlife-charity/https://cambridgemilitaryhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/p9372-1.jpgP9372-1One of her sister aircraft, MK1 Supermarine Spitfire P9372. An early photo of a No. 92 Squadron Spitfire Mk1, The GR codes date it to the Spring of 1940 and the lack of an armour plated windscreen dates it to before the evacuation of Dunkirk. P9372 was shot down over Rye in September 1940. The wreck was recovered and much of the aeroplane is on display at Biggin Hill Heritage Hangar. Unknown Photographer.https://cambridgemilitaryhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/mk1-spitfire-peter-cazenove.jpgMK1 Spitfire Peter CazenoveFlying Officer Peter Cazenove in 1940. © Mark One Partners.https://cambridgemilitaryhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/mk1-spitfire-p9374-two.jpgMK1 Spitfire P9374 twoMK1 Supermarine Spitfire P9374 in flight over Cambridgeshire in 2015. © John Dibbs, SWNS.com.https://cambridgemilitaryhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/mk1-spitfire-p9374-in-flight.jpgMK1 Spitfire P9374 in FlightMK1 Supermarine Spitfire P9374 in flight over Cambridgeshire in 2015. © BNPShttps://cambridgemilitaryhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/mk1-spitfire-p-cockpit.jpgMK1 Spitfire P CockpitMKI Supermarine Spitfire P9374's cockpit. Photograph taken at IWM Duxford, Cambridgeshire, 2015. © Getty Images. https://cambridgemilitaryhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/mk1-spifire_with_germa_3282291b.jpgMK1 Spifire_with_Germa_3282291bMK1 Spitfire P9374 on the beaches of Dunkirk in Spring 1940 with two German servicemen on her fuselage. © BNPS.2024-10-11T09:12:47+00:00monthlyhttps://cambridgemilitaryhistory.com/2016/03/06/historical-photos-from-the-303rd-bomb-group-h/https://cambridgemilitaryhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/2lt-magid.jpg2LT Magidhttps://cambridgemilitaryhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/hells-angels-board-with-colonel.jpegHell's Angels Board with Colonel303rd Bomb Grouphttps://cambridgemilitaryhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/air-crew-in-front-of-b-171.jpegAir crew in front of B-17Aircrew, RAF Molesworth, 303rd Bomb Grouphttps://cambridgemilitaryhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/b-17-wheels-up-landing.jpegB-17 Wheels Up Landinghttps://cambridgemilitaryhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/b-17-cockpit.jpegB-17 CockpitB-17 Cockpithttps://cambridgemilitaryhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/inside-the-nissen-hut.jpegInside the Nissen Hut303rd Bomb Grouphttps://cambridgemilitaryhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/2lt-magid.jpeg2LT Magid2LT Magid, 303rd Bomb Group2024-10-11T09:11:49+00:00monthlyhttps://cambridgemilitaryhistory.com/2024/05/18/raf-brampton-grange-and-the-first-air-division-in-world-war-ii/https://cambridgemilitaryhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/1st-bomb-wing-officers-and-men-with-caption-1.png1st-bomb-wing-officers-and-men-with-caption-1https://cambridgemilitaryhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/the-grange-2024.pngthe-grange-2024https://cambridgemilitaryhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/1st-bomb-wing-officers-and-men-with-caption.png1st-bomb-wing-officers-and-men-with-captionhttps://cambridgemilitaryhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/operations-room-with-caption.pngoperations-room-with-captionhttps://cambridgemilitaryhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/8th-air-force-installations-with-caption.png8th-air-force-installations-with-captionhttps://cambridgemilitaryhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/general-armstrong-with-caption-1.pnggeneral-armstrong-with-caption-1https://cambridgemilitaryhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/general-armstrong-with-caption.pnggeneral-armstrong-with-caption2025-10-26T10:24:46+00:00monthlyhttps://cambridgemilitaryhistory.com/2024/06/07/hmt-cambridgeshire-fy-142-an-armed-trawler-during-the-second-world-war/https://cambridgemilitaryhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/rms-lancastria-sinking.pngrms-lancastria-sinking2024-10-11T09:10:05+00:00monthlyhttps://cambridgemilitaryhistory.com/2023/12/26/portholme-meadow-and-early-cambridgeshire-aviation/https://cambridgemilitaryhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/portholme-meadow-with-caption-2.pngportholme-meadow-with-caption-2https://cambridgemilitaryhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/1910-first-flight-in-huntingdon.png1910-first-flight-in-huntingdonhttps://cambridgemilitaryhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/portholme-meadow-with-caption-1.pngportholme-meadow-with-caption-1https://cambridgemilitaryhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/portholme-meadow-with-caption.pngportholme-meadow-with-caption2024-10-11T09:05:42+00:00monthlyhttps://cambridgemilitaryhistory.com/2014/08/27/a-beginning/https://cambridgemilitaryhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/wimpole-hall-monday-20-january-020.jpgWimpole Hall Monday 20 January 0202024-10-11T09:02:01+00:00monthlyhttps://cambridgemilitaryhistory.com/2014/09/13/domesday-book-and-cambridgeshire/https://cambridgemilitaryhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/domesday-book-entry-for-cambridge.pngDomesday Book Entry for Cambridge2024-10-11T08:59:34+00:00monthlyhttps://cambridgemilitaryhistory.com/2015/10/31/halloween-a-pagan-holiday-in-cambridgeshire/https://cambridgemilitaryhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/soul_cakes_for_samhain_5159453650.jpgSoul_cakes_for_Samhain!_(5159453650)Soulcakes, the traditional treat given to children in England on Halloween, these are a descendent of Samhain gifts left outdoors for spirits. Notice the traditional Christian iconography of the cross. From Samantha, Haarlem, the Netherlands, in Wikimedia commons.https://cambridgemilitaryhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/souling_on_halloween.pngSouling_on_HalloweenA postcard from 1882 showing dressed up or "souling" children seeking sweetcakes from wealthy townsmen in an English village. Titled "Souling on Halloween" by Mary Mapes Dodge, originally published in: "St. Nicholas: An Illustrated Magazine for Young Folks", Scribner & Company, December 1882. 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