Bill Howard

Photographs recently released by the British government show how a team of RAF analysts during World War II helped to disrupt German plans to bomb England. The analysts achieved this by using 3D glasses similar to those used in modern movie theaters. After the Battle of Britain, when Hitler shifted his offensive fighter resources toward the invasion of the Soviet Union, southern England was harassed by deadly V-1 and V-2 missiles that inflicted a great deal of random damag

The German Luftwaffe considered August 13, 1940 the beginning of the Battle of Britain. It was called “Aldertag” or “Eagle Day,” and was marked by a series of concentrated air attacks launched against Essex, Kent, Sussex and Hampshire, England. German aviation forces carried out a total of more than 1400 missions and RAF Fighter Command flew more than 720 combat sorties in response. The strategy behind the German attack was to test the British defenses to gauge whether or n

Bill Howard talks about his book, "What the RAF Airman Took to War," at the Book House in Albany, NY on June 25, 2015. #RAF #authorappearance #WhattheRAFAirmanTooktoWar #RAFequipment