PROJECTS & STORIES

Ivor’s Flying Career and the Empire Air Training Scheme – Lord Peter Ricketts

February 3, 2021

An airman’s experiences in the largest air training project in history and how Ivor shot himself down in a Spitfire!…

Enfants de Paris: avant que la mémoire ne s’efface – Philippe Apeloig

January 5, 2021

Le projet d’arpenter les plaques commémoratives parisiennes de la Seconde Guerre mondiale et de créer une installation d’art visuel sur…

Children of Paris: Before Memory Fades – Philippe Apeloig

January 5, 2021

A huge project to record the wartime memorials of Paris and create a visual art installation onto the Pantheon walls.…

Trois jours avant Noël 1944 (version française) J-P Churet

December 22, 2020

  Au plus fort de la guerre, les Français loin de leurs familles ont pensé au Noël des petits Anglais…

3 Days to Christmas: a French Toy Story 1944 Dr Jean-Paul Churet*

December 22, 2020

During the height of WWII, French airmen, exiled from their children and families brought Christmas Spirit to children in Britain.…

A Polish Corporal’s Journey to Monte Cassino – Christopher Cytera.

December 4, 2020

The despoilation of Poland, and a young soldier’s extraordinary journey to join the Allies and General Anders Army in Italy.…

Why We Remember Remembrance – – – Ian Reed

October 31, 2020

    A brief look at the history, symbols and the relevance of Remembrance and why it is still important…

Plumetot 1944 – Return of the Polish Air Force to Europe – Richard Kornicki

October 17, 2020

(In English and en francais). Restablishment of the Polish Air Force within the RAF and their return to the continent…

WW1 – On the Balkan Trail 1917 – Lt. H.W. Brekke

October 8, 2020

Discovery of a superb wartime sketchbook from a century ago – personal insights – but who was the artist?  …

1944 / 1945 – a soldier’s perspective – D.H. Reed

September 27, 2020

On the ground, war is different – as the British and US armies push on into Germany towards the Russians.…

A Letter from Paris 1944 – Mme Hélène Sergejew

September 23, 2020

Recently discovered letter from Occupied France – How civilians risked their lives protecting allied servicemen – in her own words.…

Researching Trouan’s Lancasters – Jean Oddou & Pascal Pierre

September 18, 2020

Another deadly night for Bomber Command – two Frenchmen search for two of the 42 Lancasters lost over their town…