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Bomber Command veteran attacks 'mean' award snub

A Second World War airman who flew several missions over Nazi Germany in a Lancaster aircraft has had his application for a new Bomber Command clasp turned down by officials who say he did not serve...

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Dambusters to get new F-35 Lightning II fighter

The renowned Dambusters will become the first RAF squadron to get Britain's new F-35 Joint Strike Fighter.    

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RAF crew shot down in Italy to be buried in military ceremony today

RAF crew shot down days before the end of WWII to be buried after 68 years.    

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Dozens of WW2 bomber veterans denied Bomber Command clasp

Second World War bomber veterans are calling for the Bomber Command clasp to be extended to dozens of surviving aircrew who risked their lives on raids in the Mediterranean, Middle East and Far East.    

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Dozens of Second World War veterans denied Bomber Command clasp

Second World War bomber veterans are calling for the Bomber Command clasp to be extended to dozens of surviving aircrew who risked their lives on raids in the Mediterranean, Middle East and Far East.    

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Lancaster bomber pilot surprised with Bomber Command clasp on 89th birthday

Flight Lieutenant Harry Hooper is surprised with the presentation of his long-awaited Bomber Command clasp, on his 89th birthday, at the war memorial in London's Hyde Park.    

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In honour of Harold Percival, the (almost) unknown airman

Thanks to social media, the funeral of Dambusters veteran Harold Percival drew hundreds, reports Neil Tweedie    

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Last two Lancasters honour lost airmen of Bomber Command

Two World War II bombers flew over Lincoln as work began on a memorial to the lost airmen of Bomber Command

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'We felt as if we were being let into the future'

One of only six futuristic "dome-trainer" simulator buildings, used by the RAF to practise shooting down German planes during the Second World War, has been restored. Peter Stanford returns with one of...

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Prince Charles and Camilla join 'The Few' remembering the Battle of Britain

The Battle of Britain is commemorated at a thanksgiving service attended by Prince Charles and Camilla while other veterans gather to watch two Lancaster Bombers fly over Derwent Dam

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Students find lost British WW2 bomber in Norwegian fjord

A Second World War Halifax bomber lost in a raid to sink the Tirpitz has been found largely intact at the bottom of a fjord near Trondheim

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Guinea Pigs and Gurkhas win Soldiering On military awards

More than 70 years after it was founded, a group for badly burned Second World War aircrew who received pioneering plastic surgery, has been honoured at a military awards ceremony

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Photograph discovered of 'last RAF bomb dropped on Germany'

Photograph discovered of a bomb being loaded on to an RAF Mosquito before Bomber Command's last raid of WW2

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Nephew ends WW2 family mystery by finding Halifax bomber grave of lost airman

After years of amateur research, Andy Clark has found the final resting place of his uncle Bill, who never returned from a Second World War bomber raid

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Bomber Command Memorial fundraiser faces loss of home after taxman keeps...

Jim Dooley, the former pop singer who spent seven years raising £9 million for the monument in London's Green Park, says HMRC have acted 'appallingly'

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Last surviving Dambuster pilot Les Munro dies aged 96, in pictures

In pics: Les Munro, the last surviving pilot of 617 Squadron, has died aged 96

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The Dambusters were more than merely brave: they were a little freakish too

Their ability to tune out danger meant this small group of men served to enormous effect

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Bomber Command veterans gather for one final mission as appeal for education...

Biggest gathering of RAF bomber veterans for 50 years as work begins on International Bomber Command Education Centre in Lincolnshire

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Bomber Command memorialised in moving ceremony as Vulcan bomber nears final...

Vulcan bomber flies for the one of the last times as it marks the unveiling ceremony of The International Bomber Command Centre's (IBCC) Memorial Spire in Lincolnshire

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Dambuster's medal to be sold to fund Africa dam

Flight Lieutenant John Vere "Hoppy" Hopgood got Distinguished Flying Cross and Bar year before killed

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