Tag: World War II

• Wednesday, September 26th 2018 - 08:53 UTC

  British military honors for woman code breaker buried in Nebraska

  

  A 92-year-old woman has been buried in Nebraska with British military honors for a secret that she held for decades: her World War II service as a code breaker of German intelligence communications. The Union Jack was draped over Jean Briggs Watters' casket during her burial on Monday, the Omaha World-Herald reported. Watters died Sept. 15.

• Thursday, December 18th 2014 - 18:17 UTC

  'Falklands Legend Don Bonner dies aged 87'

  

  It is with regret that the Falkland Islands Government learned that Donald ‘Don’ Bonner passed away on the morning of Tuesday 16th December 2014, aged 87.

• Tuesday, August 28th 2012 - 06:09 UTC

  Falklands donated three aircraft to WW1 effort, and the five Spitfires in WW2

  

  A discovery by the Museum and National Trust has revealed that not only did the Falkland Islands donate Spitfires to the British war effort in World War II but also three aircraft to the Royal Flying Corps in 1914.