A man in Germany has found the crash site where an RAF airman from Oldham was killed during WWII– and now he's trying to find his relatives. Sgt Joe Hilton Halliwell, from Shaw, was just 22 years old ...

It cost the chaplain a few hundred dollars to perform this good deed, one which has seen them restored and presented to the ...

The capture of the bridge at Remagen, a surprisingly intact path into Germany, helped U.S. troops hasten the end of World War ...

He went to war in the RAF as a radio mechanic and after, he went back to his job in the NHS as a junior clerk in the health department ...

Parke, who has died at the age of 99, completed his milestone 40th operation - one that many airmen never reached - before he turned 20. He left the RAF in 1947, but he would spend the rest of his ...

WITH Britain gearing up for the 80th anniversary of VE Day this May, Antiques Roadshow medals expert Mark Smith will be ...

The Hawker Typhoon was originally designed to be armed with twelve .303-inch Browning machine guns, and it was set to be ...

World War veteran was inundated with cards from the community for his 101st birthday – after an appeal from his care home.

Use precise geolocation data and actively scan device characteristics for identification. This is done to store and access ...

Witness history come alive as 100-year-old Colonel Joe Peterburs revisits RAF Kings Cliffe, where he served during World War ...

Celebrating the 80th anniversary of the ending of World War II, distinguished guests came from around the ... Rounding out ...

A former RAF intelligence analyst has overcome a severe hip injury to win a silver medal at the Invictus Games in Canada, where he represented Team UK. Peter Lauder, 45, from Lynn, served in the RAF ...