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Military History
Group Leader: Roy Evans We now have an established Military History Group which has been running since May 2016. We have had a range of excellent speakers, who have covered the Life and Times of Napoleon; Aircraft Production in Lincoln during the First World War; Events of June 14th 1916 and the Events leading upto ‘D’ Day, June 6th 1944. Other speakers have discussed the Anglo Saxons, Bag Pipes and Hitler’s Vengeance Weapons, the V1, 2, 3 and 4. In April 2017, thirty of our group went to France. A report of our trip is available by clicking HERE. In 2018, we have had two trips, to France and to Holland and Germany. To access the reports please click HERE and HERE
Speaker Programme 2018
11th January The Mightly Nimrod Chris Ashby 8th February RAF 100 RAF Presentation Team 8th March Air Sea Rescue David Jarvis and Roy Evans 12th April Airpower in the Spanish Civil War Bob Massey 4th - 7th May Field Trip to Holland Germany 10th May Britains Bloodiest Day - The battle of Towton David Skillen 14th June RNAS Howden Adrian Sumner 12th July Field Trip - Shuttleworth Collection 9th August Field Trip - Yorkshire Air Museum 13th September The Battle of Monte Cassino Roy Evans 11th October The Camoflaged Magician Steve Short 8th November Their Names Live On - Notts Heroes Andy Smart 13th December History of RAF Gamston Adrian Sumner
Speaker Programme 2019 10th January 2019 The History of Hitler's V Weapons Dukeries U3A 14th February 2019 Dresden and the Political Fallout (revised) Roy Evans 14th March 2019 Gettisberg Brian Gladstone (tbc) 11th April 2019 Crete Resistance Geoff Gadie (tbc)
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