Driven by his passion to research and share the stories of casualties, and record the human experience of war, Dilip Sarkar MBE is a best-selling
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Today on the blog we have a guest post from author Stephen Wynn, whose new book The Lancastria Tragedy is available to preorder now.
Squadron Leader Brian Lane DFC and Spitfire! On 21 September 1940, Flying Officer Stanley Devon, an award-winning press photographer whose services the Air Ministry had
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