The French in York

BELOW: A dramatic scene taken at Biggin Hill during the Kent

Spitfire night photo-shoot on November 12, 2011,

as Supermarine Spitfire IX MK912 has its engine run up.

PHIL WHALLEY

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6 NEWS

All the latest preservation news, compiled by Tony Harmsworth

32 AIRCREW

James Kightly focuses on the radioman/gunner of the Douglas SBD Dauntless. Illustration by Ian Bott

46 HOOKS’ TOURS

This month’s selection covers a visit by Mike Hooks to an Open Day at Sir William Roberts’s Strathallan Collection on July 17, 1976

62 Q&A, LOST & FOUND

Your questions asked, and answered, with Mike Hooks, while Philip Jarrett looks at more items signed by founding editor of The Aeroplane, C.G. Grey

66 SKYWRITERS

A selection of readers’ letters

86 BOOK REVIEWS 88 GIFTS 93 EVENTS

Event listings through to March 2012

94 FLYING VISIT

Canadian Warplane Heritage Avro Lancaster captain and former Royal Canadian Air Force and Air Canada pilot Don Schofield talks about his flying career

105 SERVICES AND NEXT

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