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Britain At War Issue 176 December 2021

Britain at War Issue 171 July 2021

Britain at War Issue 167 March 2021

Britain at War Issue 165 January 2021

Britain at War Issue 164 December 2020

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Britain at War Issue 121 May 2017

Britain at War Issue 142 February 2019

2021

1 December:

Battle of Britain Archaeology - Waterstones Bookshop, Canterbury.

30 November:

A Spitfire Girl - a live interview with the USA-based Aviatrix Book Review. (Available on YouTube.)

6 October:

A Spitfire Girl - Wye Historical Society.

13 August:

A Spitfire Girl and the Air Transport Auxiliary - Ashford (Kent) Probus Club.

24 June:

The Wreck Hunter: Battle of Britain and the Blitz - Bentley Priory Museum (via zoom).

2020

10 February:
A Spitfire Girl: Mary Wilkins Ellis - Egerton Hall.

2019

11 October:
Women Pilots of the Second World War - Bentley Priory Museum.
26 September:

The Wreck Hunter: Battle of Britain and the Blitz - Sainsbury's Retirement Association
12 September:
A Spitfire Girl: Mary Wilkins Ellis - Royal Air Force Association (Hythe)

11 September:
A Spitfire Girl: Mary Wilkins - Mersham Historical Society.
9 July:
A Spitfire Girl: Mary Wilkins Ellis - Ladies Unlimited Club, Deal

30 May:
The special D-Day issue of the Britain At War Magazine contains my interview with D-Day Veteran Jim Radford and a review of David Kenyon's book "Bletchley Park and D-Day".
10 May:
A Spitfire Girl, my biography of Mary Ellis, is now available in paperback. This is a revised edition, which brings her story up to date.
8 May:
Women Pilots of the Second World War - Loose Area History Society.

26 April:
In Britain At War Magazine read how Taunton and Oxfordshire councils are naming throughfares in memory of the ATA pilots Jackie Moggeridge and Mary Ellis. You can also read my review of Rupert Wieloch's book "Churchill's Abandoned Prisoners", which tells of the fate of soldiers sent to support the anti-communist White Russian Army following the Russian Revolution in 1917.
28 March:
The April issue of the Britain At War Magazine contains my reviews of the books "Get Tough Stay Tough - Shaping the Canadian Corps 1914-1918" and "Miles Barne's Diary - A Suffolk Countryman at War 1915-1917".
12 March:
Hythe Civic Society - Women Pilots of the Second World War.
28 February:
Do you own a Blackburn/BAE Buccaneer or a Challenger 2 Main Battle Tank? If so, you may be interested in my reviews of the Haynes Owners' Workshop Manuals in the March issue of Britain at War Magazine. It also contains an obituary for Battle of Britain pilot - Wing Commander 'Tim' Elkington.
17 February:
This afternoon the adventures of Air Transport Auxiliary pilot First Officer Mary Ellis were revealed to a full house at the Battle of Britain Memorial at Capel-le-Ferne, Kent.
5 February:

I spoke about the life and times of Spitfire Girl Mary Ellis on the Mike Slater Show which was broadcast live on radio station AM 760 KFMB in San Diego, California. You can listen to our discussion here.

31 January:
The February issue of the Britain At War Magazine is out today. In it you can read my interview with D-Day veteran Joseph Kelsey, and the story of Air Transport Auxiliary pilot Lettice Curtis.

11 January:
Yesterday evening I spoke to the Charing History Society about much-missed ferry pilot First Officer Mary Wilkins Ellis "A Spitfire Girl" and the gallant women of the Air Transport Auxiliary in the Second World War.

2018

29 November:
The World War Two experiences of Squadron Leader Kenneth "Lucky" Lusty feature in the December issue of the Britain At War Magazine.

8 October:
On Friday I shared stories of the life and times of much-missed 'Spitfire Girl' ATA First Officer Mary Wilkins Ellis with the Chatham Naval Officers Association at The Royal Military School of Engineering.

27 September:
Pilot Gerry Abrahams told me of his experiences flying during the Berlin Airlift of 1948-49. His story is recounted in the October issue of the Britain At War magazine.

24 September:
A memorial service for former ATA Pilot Mary Ellis was held today in Cowes, on the Isle of Wight.

30 August:

WRNS veteran Beth Davison reveals her story about her work in the wartime "Y" Service. Read her story in the September issue of the Britain At War magazine.