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52 – The Paras arrive in Melton Mowbray
51 – The Origins of the name ‘Melton Mowbray’.
50 – Alfred & Bobby Loewenstein
49 – 156 Battalion Medium Machine Gun Platoon and the Misfortunes of War
48 – Melton’s Rich History Commemorated in Week Long Pageant
47 – The Glider that helped win D-Day
46 – Vice Admiral Sir William Gonson
45 – Melton’s Warship
44 – Tea Pot Craufurd
43 – Lady Sarah Wilson
42 – Beresford Memorial Window
41 – Courageous Duty Done in Love, He Serves His Pilot Now Above
40 – Melton Officer Dies in a German POW Camp
39 – Captain Stanley Keith Muir MC
38 – Melton Mowbray & District Spitfire Mk IIb P8522
37 – Melton & District Spitfire Fund
36 – “The balloon’s going up!”
34 – Burton Lazars Mid Air Collison
33 – George Medal Award for Cottesmore Blazing Bomber Rescue
35 – Meltons ‘Barnstormer’ and Pioneer Aviator.
32 – The Death of a Royal Navy WW2 Chaplain
31 – A Last Goodbye at Melton
30 – Melton Airmen killed in Mediterranean bomber crash.
29 – Coastal Command pilot from Barkby dies in tragic flying accident
28 – First fatal accident involving a Saro Lerwick flying boat
27 – Melton prepares ‘George’ for trip down under!
26 – The Death of a Melton WW1 ‘Ally Sloper’
25 – Tragic Accident or A Case of Mistaken Identity?
24 – Just Another Trip!
23 – Leicester’s Own Bomber Squadron
22 – Never In The Field of Human Conflict Was So Much Owed By So Many To So Few
21 – Victoria Cross Heroes Commemorated in Melton Mowbray
20 – RAF Melton Mowbray Nuclear Missile Base
19 – Protecting our War Memorials
18 – ANZAC Gt Uncle George – Defending the Suez
17 – Decorated RAF Airmen killed in crash near Great Dalby
16 – Tragedy after Victory – Melton Singer Killed
15 – RAF Melton Mowbray
14 – RAF Beaufighter crash at Kirby Bellars
13 – Going Doolally
12 – Hotel Cecil – the birthplace of the Royal Air Force
11 – ANZAC Gt Uncle George – A Lancashire ‘Digger’
10 – Colonel Charles Wyndham
09 – Captain Horatio Ross
08 – Seaman Gunner George Edward Flint
07 – Flt Lt Richard William Wicks – Tragedy at Saxelbye
06 – Major Ronald Anthony Markham
05 – Flt Lt Richard Arthur Branson
04 – A Mech 3 William Ernest Plumb
03 – 2nd Lt George Howard Boorne
02 – The Hanbury Brothers
01 – Welcome to HistoryFare!
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