This month, one lucky club member will win a Haynes Manual for the legendary Avro Lancaster. This brilliant fact-packed Haynes Manual will give you a great perspective on what it takes to operate and restore one of these amazing aircraft. The book would usually cost £22.99 to buy. We will randomly select one winner to receive the book.
Header Image: RAF Mosquito night-fighters were an essential element of the British defences against the German bombing raids of Operation Steinbock in early 1944.
Eighty years ago, in January 1944, the German Luftwaffe began an air campaign of bombing raids against London and other cities in England, which was to be the largest since the ‘Blitz’ of 1940-41. Named Operation Steinbock by the Germans, it was to be the final large-scale campaign of manned-aircraft bombing raids against England. The German high command ordered this bombing offensive as a reprisal for the increasingly effective Allied combined bomber offensive against German cities and the attendant decrease in the morale of its civilian population.
During 2024 we are presenting the image from the Club calendar for that month in the newsletter, with some details about the picture including when and where the photo was taken.
This month we feature the superb photo for January, which was entered into the calendar competition by Club member Ian Strong.
