#SummerReading Operation Black Buck 1982 by @AndydBird, illustrated by Adam Tooby. Published @OspreyBooks Discover more here:

@BrianWoodMC Glad to see the building survives.

#OTD Remembering Coastal Command combatants in Førdesfjord, western Norway, where the Black Friday clash took place on February 9th, 1945, as RAF Dallachy-based Beaufighters attacked German destroyer Z-33 and auxiliaries with a Mustang escort and clashed with Herdla JG.5 Fw190s.

@militaryhistori @TheCriticMag with the aerial support of Coastal Command aircraft.

@DrHelenFry Plane built in Liverpool Road, Reading. The Miles Messenger RG333 was then trialed at Woodley by Martin and flown to 2nd TAF Comms squadron Nov. 44. Accident report 22nd August 1945: "engine 'cut' was caused by water in the fuel, "introduced by person or persons unknown."

RT @JLloydWebber: My letter in today's @thetimes following yesterday's brilliant article by @MichaelBerkele2:

RT @SaveOldSarum: For the second time in the last 12 months the saga of Old Sarum Airfield, the decay of Hangar 3 & the housebuilding propo…

@militaryhistori According to the NYT's there's a meeting this"summer" to raise defence spending by 3 or 3.5 percent.

Sergeant Eric Desmond Murphy sadly died during on a navigational exercise with 42 Operational Training Unit, flying as navigator onboard a Bristol Blenheim that plummeted into a dense cloud base. The plane's underbelly collided with the tree canopy before crashing into a field.

Seems only @nytimes reporting British and European leaders will gather today Monday to plot a rough path forward on defence in Brussels. "2 percent is a floor, not a ceiling, and that a new, higher standard will be set this year." A vexing question: how to pay for it. #Defence

@SarahLouMiller @Airfix Correct with your assumption 1980s ish there was a slight change in 1982. If you's brought the kit Stateside (image on right) UK on left. Re-drew every connotation of Airfix logo from the 1950s up to 2013 for trains, planes, automobiles and ships. Enjoy the kit superb choice.

@Heledd_Plaid I spoke with a mother in Haverfordwest yesterday whose son chose to study music in Bristol rather than Cardiff because of the facilities, and now his Cardiff-bound friends are scurrying for other options. The knock-on impact is massive.

@HistoryUnter @CMSMuseum as the designer of RAFM Pilots of the Caribbean temporary exhibition some 14 yrs ago, such was the popularity that it toured the provinces in Wales, England, and Scotland, then the Caribbean too. I'm sure there are other museums who'd willingly display it for you.

@katieculture Fabulous. Currently reading David Coombes "SWC His Life and His Paintings": Feb. 1937. Stay with Rothermere at La Dragonnière.

RT @robert_lyman: #Bookfriday ⁦@HoZ_Books⁩

@SpitfireFilly Well deserved, perseverance paid off.

Sincere Condolences to Marianne Faithfull's family.

@readingmuseum

#OTD State funeral of Sir Winston Churchill. As a 3-year-old don't remember much about it. But, apparently my parents and I had a picnic while waiting for the train.

@claremulley Nicely presented too.