Anybody got a screen grab of the Battle of Britain doorbell to hand?

Disabled Post Office Horizon scandal victim offered 15% of compensation claim Due to the illegal conviction for fraud she lost her home, served time in prison. No end to the misery. Why penny pinching? No culprit charged, forced to pay any compensation to victims.

BATTLE OF BRITAIN 85: 28th-29th September 1940. Following heavy losses of bombers, the Luftwaffe once again changed tactics on 28th September. They sent around 30 Ju 88s, escorted by 200-300 Bf 109s at high altitude. The first such raid appeared at midday, bound for London. 📷 Historic England 🧵1/9

The Bronco Loyd Carrier moved in to the squeaky bum phase (😰🤬😭🙄🫣😁) fitting the 12 piece tilt. There have been tears, fingers glued together, much swearing and falsetto shrieks, plus lots of strong tea and a bit of cake. But it's on. Exhale. #histscalemodels

Only an administration intent on committing war crimes in the present and future would stoop to calling Wounded Knee a "battle" rather than what it truly was: a massacre of over 250 Lakotas, mainly women, children, and the elderly. 1/

I've got something in my eye

Insanity or boldness... dunno, but it will be fun. #histscalemodels

This excellent thread is well worth a read.

This is why we fund science. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

BATTLE OF BRITAIN 85: 24th Sept 1940. A rare ‘kill’ for anti-aircraft units was a Heinkel 111 of KG 26, coned by searchlights at 1:30am. Its tail was shot off by a direct hit, the crew of 4 somehow managing to bale out before the wreckage crashed to earth at Chobham, Surrey. 📷 getsurrey.co.uk 🧵1/6

@dr-robonator.bsky.social @kitsandcoffee.bsky.social. here are my two..

Britain could learn something from the passing of cricket umpire Dickie Bird. He brought us all together, during the toughest of battles he was fair and honest. Across the globe in former colonies he is much loved. Hard to think of a more popular Englishman. Rest well Dickie. (Photo: 2008)

BATTLE OF BRITAIN 85: 23rd September 1940. The main daylight raid was conducted by some 200 aircraft, almost all fighters, which crossed the coast in several waves, at multiple locations. The force made for London, but was cut off by 10 RAF squadrons. 📷 key.aero 🧵1/6

Its a lovely book. Great work by my former colleague @mjjjennings.bsky.social and the team.

Flippin' heck

bond girls but they’re also muppets: thread

BATTLE OF BRITAIN 85: 21st-22nd Sept 1940. The Luftwaffe confined itself to ‘nuisance’ raids and recon sorties. Night attacks on London continued on both days - relatively light on 21st September, but causing 72 deaths and injuring 224 people on the 22nd. 📷 warbirdsresourcegroup.org 🧵1/6

Another gem from Sammy. These fantastic archive image posts are well worth a follow.

BATTLE OF BRITAIN 85: 20th September 1940. The only major Luftwaffe raid of the day was a large fighter sweep over Kent, resulting in a series of sharp combats which saw the loss of seven aircraft on both sides, five of the RAF pilots being killed. 📷 IWM CH 1430 🧵1/6

Blimey.... Read this thread and also the linked thread about the B52 fire...

This strange beast is the Hillson FH.40 ‘slip wing’ Hurricane. It emerged from an experimental monoplane designed to evaluate the use of a jettisonable upper wing. This could carry extra fuel, or the increased lift on takeoff might allow heavier payloads to be carried. 📷 vintagewings.ca 🧵1/2

We need to be very clear about this. Rising Christian nationalism is a threat to us all. humanists.uk/2025/09/17/r...

In 1942, the Japanese Nakajima A6M2-N ‘Rufe’ floatplane fighter appeared over the Aleutians and Solomons. Impressed by its apparently good performance, the U.S. Navy decided to pursue development of a similar aircraft for the ‘island hopping’ campaign in the Pacific. 📷 naval-encyclopaedia.com 🧵1/2

Nice to see this. Regular followers will know that one of John Dundas's Spitfires - #SpitfireR6915 - is on display at #IWMLondon

19 September 1941 | A French Jewish boy, David Henri Kuperberg, was born in Paris. He arrived at #Auschwitz on 13 Feb 1943 in a transport of 998 Jews deported from Drancy. He was among 802 of them murdered in gas chambers. --- Children at Auschwitz Lesson: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/dzieci_EN/

The Meng half tracks Kubel has arrived. Happy days... My stash of anti-handling devices grows by the week. #histscalemodels

17th Sept 1935. First flight of the Junkers 87 dive bomber, widely known as the Stuka. The type proved very effective, but suffered heavily against fighter opposition. Nonetheless, it served throughout the war on all fronts, increasingly in the ground attack/close support role. 📷 uk.airfix.com 🧵1/10

Tesco could pay every employee £10,000 and still make a profit British Gas could pay every employee £35,000 and still make a profit Shell could pay every employee £300,000 and still make a profit Yet it's the immigrants fault you're skint. TAX. THE. FUCKING. BILLIONAIRES

Well worth a read.

Two of three Alien Death Bikes completed (otherwise Warhammer Dark Angels Bike Squad). Mine on the right; son and heir's waving a pointy thing. It was fun and a nice palate cleanser. These are "old" kits with issues, but they look great. Happy days...

The right makes it easy… They hand people a scapegoat (migrants) and promise to make them disappear Our govt could do the same They could name the real culprits behind stagnant wages, unaffordable housing, and soaring bills But they won’t Because they haven’t got the balls.

Why have we invited this person to our country?

16 September 1942 | A transport of 1,000 Jews deported from #Drancy in German-occupied France arrived at #Auschwitz. After the selection, 645 of them were murdered in gas chambers. One of them was Felicie Rajter. She was 10 years old. --- Gas chambers at Auschwitz: https://youtu.be/-A05i25j9Ck

The reason why billionaires are so obsessed with persuading everyone that immigrants are our enemies is quite simple. It stops people from realising that the billionaires themselves are the root of the problem and turning on them.

This is brilliant by Jamie. The news reel at the end is wonderful

15th September, 1942, 2:45pm. While part of the escort of a reinforcement convoy bound for Guadalcanal, the carrier USS Wasp was struck by 3 torpedoes from the Japanese submarine I-19. #NavalHistory 🧵1/9

BATTLE OF BRITAIN 85: 15th September 1940. There was nothing to suggest a major attack was imminent until 11:30am, when a large raid crossed the coast near Dungeness, bound for London. 22 RAF squadrons countered this attack, causing heavy losses. 📷shorehamkenthistory.weebly.com 🧵1/13

Fun times at the Goodwood Revival, surviving the bouts monsoon in the first half of the day which didn't spoil my enjoyment one bit. I managed to leave my camera at home, so all pix are from my phone. 1/ @goodwoodrrc.bsky.social

14th September 1939. U-39 became the first German U-Boat to be sunk in the Second World War. A relatively new Type IX long-range vessel under the command of Kapitänleutnant Gerhard Glattes, it had sailed from Wilhelmshaven on 19th August in anticipation of the outbreak of hostilities. 🧵1/5

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BATTLE OF BRITAIN 85: 11th-12th Sept 1940. On the 11th, Dover was hit both by bombs and cross-Channel shelling, with 16 people killed. As well as residential property and shops, Priory railway station was severely damaged and one wing of the Grand Hotel collapsed. 📷 dover-kent.co.uk 🧵1/14

10th September 1939, 9pm. Off the Norwegian coast, near Stavanger, the British submarine HMS Oxley was torpedoed and sunk. Only two men survived, blown overboard from the conning tower by the force of the explosion, while 53 were killed. 🧵1/13

Here is the near complete Bronco Loyd Carrier with the basic stowage built (tools to come). It doesn't look so shonky after a coat of primer. There are errors that I can see and bits to fix, but it's quite pleasing. Stowage will hide a lot of the wonky elements #histscalemodels

8th September 1944, 6:40pm. A huge explosion in Staveley Road, Chiswick, announced the arrival of the first V-2 rocket to hit London. Several houses were demolished or severely damaged, while three people were killed and 17 injured. 🧵1/10

It's the middle of the night, and a young fireman confronts a fire the like of which he's never seen before. It is the night of 7 September 1940, and 24-year-old Frank Hurd is fighting fires on the first night of the London #Blitz. An illustrated thread... 🧵 1/19

This is a brilliant read

I've been busy reviewing page proofs for my next book, coming in February from Bloomsbury Academic. It's available for preorder now at shorturl.at/ACI1W — visit today!

Appalling

#histscalemodels One of these would be fun to do...