A fighter pilot, Mr. Hemingway was part of the aerial resistance in 1940 that was credited with forcing Hitler to call off a ...

They were built as fake WWII factories, airfields and towns to fool Luftwaffe night bombers and manned by heroes - now scientists and historians are uncovering the UK's decoy sites. Ingeniously ...

These decoys, particularly "Starfish" sites, simulated bombed urban and industrial areas to attract Luftwaffe attacks away from high-priority targets like airfields and manufacturing hubs.

But when the Berlin airlift brought 8,000 U.S. pilots and enlisted airmen to former Luftwaffe airfields in the neighborhood of the quiet old town of Celle (pop. 33,000), the city council was ...

It was a plan designed to fool Hitler's bombers - four pieces of land in north Staffordshire transformed to look like fake airfields ... To trick the WW2 Luftwaffe into bombing open countryside ...

It served throughout the Second World War. It earned great fame during the Battle of Britain, when the Few held off the Luftwaffe attack on Britain. The Command continued until 17 November 1943 ...

From July to October 1942, Germanys powerful air force, the Luftwaffe, launched relentless bombing attacks on British ports, radar stations and airfields. Hitler wanted to destroy the country's ...

During the Battle of Britain, the airfield came under attack by the Luftwaffe. READ MORE: Brothers banned from city centre after 'exploiting homeless people' READ MORE: The lost village with a ...

They were built as fake WWII factories, airfields and towns to fool Luftwaffe night bombers and manned by heroes - now scientists and historians are uncovering the UK's decoy sites. Ingeniously built ...

Luftwaffe planes or pilots that were shot down ... Goering planned for British Fighter Command to be destroyed, as well as airfields and RAF stations where mechanics, engineers and support staff ...