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Closest image of the surface of the planet Mercury ever captured, by NASA’s Messenger Spacecraft.

My task today at Slough Fort, Allhallows was to clear out the Right Wing Battery shell hoist pit which had been left submerged under water, mud and debris for decades

Coming tomorrow: Ep11: Thunder Runs! Meiktila & Mandalay. Jack & Rob look at the liberation of Burma in 1945 through two key men and their battles: Thomas 'Pete' Rees (pic1) at Mandalay & David 'Punch' Cowan (pic2) at Meiktila. Listen in - they are amazing characters and superb

Churchill tanks filmed near Medjez El Bab and Sloughia in Tunisia, April 1943. Film: IWM AYY 382/1/1

Extremely detailed view of Mars captured by Curiosity

74 Sqn Lightnings at RAF Coltishall. credit British Heritage Aircraft

British and Indian troops of 25th Indian Division filmed during the amphibious landings at Ru-Ywa, in the coastal Arakan region of Burma, 16 February 1945. Film: IWM JIN 4

101 Sqn Vulcans at Tengah, Singapore, while on detachment to Far East, Jan 1970. credit Jets n Props

WW2 boot prints impressed in the concrete around No.1 Gun emplacement, spotted while I was working at Wanstone Battery at Dover today

TSR-2 cancelled Cold War strike and reconnaissance aircraft designed for RAF. built to penetrate forward battle area at low altitudes and very high speeds, and then attack high-value targets in rear with nuclear or conventional weapons. 3 built only one flew before cancellation

A true hero note the Wound Stripes on his sleeve. Lost an arm and an eye in battle and won a Victoria Cross for his troubles

Men of the 506 Field Battery, 142 Field Regiment, Royal Devon Yeomanry (attached to the Canadian forces) fire Bishop 25-pounder self-propelled guns south of Agira, Sicily, 25 July 1943. Film: IWM AYY 512/2/1

St George slaying the dragon from the the medieval wall paintings in the Parish Church of St Peter and St Paul in Pickering which are believed to date back to around 1450. They were almost lost forever when they were covered with whitewash in the Reformation.

Don’t know about you lot ? but I want one. I need one.

Bomb Store Compound at the former RAF Bentwaters - July 2019

Just a few of the wartime artefacts we collected from around the tunnels at Short Bros today ready to put on display to our visitors

Troops of the 1st Polish Corps pictured manning an armoured train on a line at North Berwick in Scotland, 4 February 1941. The train was armed with a 6 pounder gun, two Boys anti-tank rifles and six Bren machine guns. Image: IWM (H 7033)

This is Mars! 140 million miles away from us!

Quick Reaction Alert Area - former RAF Upper Heyford. October 2018

Recent additions to our display at Wanstone Battery - on loan from the Explosion Museum of Naval Firepower at Gosport - two 15-inch calibre artillery shells of the type that were fired by the guns at Wanstone in WW2