September 2018
Britain at War Magazine: The Battle of Cawsand Bay
Britain at War Magazine: The Battle of Cawsand Bay
In September 2018 David was published again in Britain at War magazine.
The morning of 16 May 1942 would start like any other day in war-weary Plymouth. The local population were trying to regain some semblance of normality during a respite from the ravages of an intensive Blitz. The ferocious German air raids had ceased for a while because the Luftwaffe were, thankfully, preoccupied in the sky over Russia. Plymouth Sound was busy with shipping. Several merchant vessels were anchored in Jennycliff Bay, waiting to join a convoy. The quiet would soon be shattered and two servicemen would be die as a result of the only Luftwaffe Tip and Run raid on Plymouth Sound in World War Two.
Click on the magazine cover to read the full article in its unabridged version.
The morning of 16 May 1942 would start like any other day in war-weary Plymouth. The local population were trying to regain some semblance of normality during a respite from the ravages of an intensive Blitz. The ferocious German air raids had ceased for a while because the Luftwaffe were, thankfully, preoccupied in the sky over Russia. Plymouth Sound was busy with shipping. Several merchant vessels were anchored in Jennycliff Bay, waiting to join a convoy. The quiet would soon be shattered and two servicemen would be die as a result of the only Luftwaffe Tip and Run raid on Plymouth Sound in World War Two.
Click on the magazine cover to read the full article in its unabridged version.
February 2018
Britain at War Magazine: The Merchant Gunners
Britain at War Magazine: The Merchant Gunners
In February 2018 David was published again in the excellent Britain at War magazine.
In this article, David writes about the need to protect merchant shipping during World War Two with defensive weapons against air or surface attack. This requirement led the Admiralty to set up the Defensively Equipped Merchant Seaman (DEMS) organisation in 1940. It was almost a rag-tag band of seamen, complemented by Royal Artillery soldiers, and equipped with a motley selection of weaponry, as David describes.
Click on the magazine cover to read the full article in its unabridged version.
In this article, David writes about the need to protect merchant shipping during World War Two with defensive weapons against air or surface attack. This requirement led the Admiralty to set up the Defensively Equipped Merchant Seaman (DEMS) organisation in 1940. It was almost a rag-tag band of seamen, complemented by Royal Artillery soldiers, and equipped with a motley selection of weaponry, as David describes.
Click on the magazine cover to read the full article in its unabridged version.
December 2017
The Armourer Magazine: Are your WWII photographs original?
The Armourer Magazine: Are your WWII photographs original?
In December 2017 David was published in the brilliant Armourer magazine.
In this article, David writes about collecting original photographs from both World Wars and how even the most experienced and established militaria dealers and collectors can get caught out when purchasing supposedly original wartime photographs – many of which are not quite as they seem.
Click on the magazine cover to read the full article in its unabridged version.
In this article, David writes about collecting original photographs from both World Wars and how even the most experienced and established militaria dealers and collectors can get caught out when purchasing supposedly original wartime photographs – many of which are not quite as they seem.
Click on the magazine cover to read the full article in its unabridged version.
September 2017
Britain at War Magazine: The Flight of the Walrus
Britain at War Magazine: The Flight of the Walrus
In September 2017 David was again published in the fantastic Britain at War magazine.
David traveled to France in 2013 to research the story of an RAF Walrus aircraft - L2312. At the Fall of France this aircraft, her crew and a British secret agent were dispatched from Plymouth, flying across the Channel to rescue Madame de Gaulle and her family - They never returned.
Read this great story and find out what really happened on this top secret mission in the dark days of 1940.
Click on the magazine cover to read the full article in its unabridged version.
David traveled to France in 2013 to research the story of an RAF Walrus aircraft - L2312. At the Fall of France this aircraft, her crew and a British secret agent were dispatched from Plymouth, flying across the Channel to rescue Madame de Gaulle and her family - They never returned.
Read this great story and find out what really happened on this top secret mission in the dark days of 1940.
Click on the magazine cover to read the full article in its unabridged version.
May 2017
The Mariner's Mirror: Dazzle - Disguise and Disruption in War and Art.
The Mariner's Mirror: Dazzle - Disguise and Disruption in War and Art.
In May 2017 David was published in The Mariner's Mirror with a book review of Dazzle - Disguise and Disruption in War and Art.
The Mariners Mirror is the quarterly academic journal of the Society for Nautical Research - established in 1911. It is published in partnership with Taylor & Francis. The Mariner's Mirror is ranked by the European Reference Index for the Humanities (ERIH) as an INT1 journal (the highest classification), which has internationally recognised scholarly significance with high visibility and influence among researchers in the various research domains in different countries, regularly cited all over the world.
Click on the PDF below the 1911 magazine cover to read the full published review.
The Mariners Mirror is the quarterly academic journal of the Society for Nautical Research - established in 1911. It is published in partnership with Taylor & Francis. The Mariner's Mirror is ranked by the European Reference Index for the Humanities (ERIH) as an INT1 journal (the highest classification), which has internationally recognised scholarly significance with high visibility and influence among researchers in the various research domains in different countries, regularly cited all over the world.
Click on the PDF below the 1911 magazine cover to read the full published review.
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September 2016
Britain at War Magazine: Graf Spee - The Trap of Montevideo
Britain at War Magazine: Graf Spee - The Trap of Montevideo
In September 2016 David was published in the fantastic Britain at War magazine. Around a year before the article's publication, David found several glass plate negatives showing a mysterious gun that was left at Devonport Dockyard in 1942.
After some research the gun proved to be from the German pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee - but how did the German gun end up in Great Britain? David explains all here.
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After some research the gun proved to be from the German pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee - but how did the German gun end up in Great Britain? David explains all here.
Click on the magazine cover to read the full article in its unabridged version.