November 2011
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HMS COVENTRY ATTACKED Part 1 Falklands War |...
Via Scoop.it - The Best of StoryVault On 25th May 1982, one of Argentina’s National days, HMS Coventry, accompanied by HMS Broadsword was ordered to take up position in Falkland Sound to act as a decoy to draw away Argentinian aircraft from other ships at San Carlos Bay. But Coventry was attacked…and David Wood was onboard and only metres away from where the bomb hit.. Via...
BOMB EXPLODES ON HMS ANTELOPE Part 1 Falklands War...
Via Scoop.it - The Best of StoryVault On May 23rd 1982, having diffused a bomb dropped by the Argentinians onto HMS Argonaut, Warrant Officer John Phillips who was Sergeant Major in bomb disposal during the Falklands War, and his colleague Staff Sergeant James Prescott were called to HMS Antelope. Two 1,100 pound (500 kg) bombs had struck the ship on the starboard side, killing one crewman,...
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WatchThis is the first in a series of 4 of an eyewitness account of the sinking of HMS Coventry during the Falklands war in 1982. David starts the story as the crew start for home from Gibraltar, but 2 days into the journey, they receive new orders…
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Working in the RAF in the 1940s
Fred was an engineer for 357 Squadron in South East Asia during WW2, and here he talks about how he came take that position, the long journey by ship to Bengal, and a plane crashing into mountains
http://www.storyvault.com/video/view/working_in_the_raf_in_the_1940s1
FIRST WORLD WAR MEMORY Seeing a Zeppelin |...
Flt Lt Walker has contributed some fascinating and jaw-dropping tales on StoryVault of his time as a Spitfire pilot during WW2. As an introduction, here he is talking about his earliest memory - somewhat prophetically it was of seeing a German Zeppelin in WW1 Via www.storyvault.com
StoryVault - Google+
StoryVault on Google + -we’re using it to add some context to our Stories. Via plus.google.com
What happens when your Spitfire gets shot down by...
Flt Lt William Walker was called to full time service in September 1939 and joined 616 Squadron at Lakenfield Aerodrome. Here he tells the amazing story of being shot down in his Spitfire by a Messerschmidt over the English Channel - and surviving! Via www.storyvault.com
PREPARATIONS FOR THE IRAQ WAR | StoryVault
The British army were hampered in their preparations for war because the politicians did not want it to be thought that they had made up their minds ahead of a UN Resolution. And when a Major General heard Rumsfeld say “we don’t do nation-building” he knew it would all go wrong. Via www.storyvault.com
