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24 Museums – Bristol

Steve Beebee visits the recently

opened Aerospace Bristol, home to the

last Concorde and much more.

72 From The Workshop

Jürgen Schelling details efforts to

return a Lockheed Super Constellation

to the skies in Switzerland.

78 Glory Days

A photographic glimpse back at

1959’s Exercise Red Banner – several

interesting types were used in a

training operation from Salisbury Plain.

82 FlyPost

Readers’ letters.

89 For Valour

Graham Pitchfork profiles Richard Bell-

Davies, a remarkable pioneer of naval

aviation who displayed exemplary

courage in World War One.

98 Finals

Sopwith Triplane.

RAF 100

1918 2018

52 Nuclear age

Tony Buttler sheds light on a little-

known aspect of the Handley Page

Victor’s service life – sampling

fallout from nuclear tests.

58 In Pro le

Andy Hay artwork of a Victor that

flew an essential refuelling sortie

during the Falklands War.

60 Pitched into battle

Andrew Thomas examines 98

Squadron’s combat debut.

66 Under cover of

moonlight

Through the recollections of

Albemarle and Stirling pilot Rae

Churchill, Ken Wright reveals the

risky nature of special duty ‘ops’.

We mark the Royal Air Force’s centenary year with a series of features celebrating the

service’s history and achievements.

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DEFENCE

OF THE REICH

A SERIES OF SPECIAL FEATURES DESCRIBING THE LUFTWAFFE’S ATTEMPTS TO

REPEL ALLIED AIR ATTACKS DURING THE LAST MONTHS OF WORLD WAR TWO.

32 TRAIL OF THE KOMET
The rocket-propelled Me 163 was an unorthodox and often troublesome machine. Chris
Goss describes its use against Allied aircraft.

38 CAPTIVE EAGLES
A portfolio of images showing captured German aircraft on display at Farnborough’s Royal
Aircraft Establishment.

42 FIGHTER VS BOMBER
Warren E Thompson looks back on the closing chapter of World War Two, and tactics used
by the Allies and Luftwaffe in the skies over Germany.