Armourer Sept/Oct 2010

Another first for the Armourer! In this issue we have a 16 page supplement on the Battle of Britain entitled “Their Finest Hour”.

There are many tributes to The Few during this 70th anniversary year but this is unique and a must for collectors as it details typical clothing and equipment worn by RAF airmen in the summer of 1940. Written by aviation expert David Farnsworth, it illustrates everything from flying helmets to boots, together with the chronology of the battle and many fascinating facts.

Amongth the many articles in this issue John Bodsworth continues his look at the uniforms of the WWI Volunteer Force, there is Part 2 of Oliver Lock and Daniel Fisher's series on Vietnam Tiger Stripe Camouflage and Paul Kendall reveals the mistakes which led to disaster when the British tanks attacked the Hindenburg line in Tanks at Bullecourt 1917.

Check out the pictures from this year's War and Peace Show and Tankfest and enter the competition to win a DVD box set of the digitally restored version of The World at War – all in this issue of the Armourer.