The view from my hotel balcony window was like paradise. Every morning I threw back the shutters to see a flawless blue Indian sky, and below me a palace courtyard all my own. A shimmering swimming pool reflected the bright sunlight. Its surface was dappled with thousands of rose petals, scattered at dawn by women … Read more
The view from my hotel balcony window was like paradise. Every morning I threw back the shutters to see a flawless blue Indian sky, and below me a palace courtyard all my own. A shimmering swimming pool reflected the bright sunlight. Its surface was dappled with thousands of rose petals, scattered at dawn by women … Read more
Armed with a brutal combination of cannons and bombs, the Tempest fighter aircraft was deep inside enemy territory in Northern France, strafing airfields and attacking radar installations. Its speed and power — at low altitude this was the fastest single-engine propeller plane of the war — ensured another successful mission as it left slaughter and … Read more