HAPPY 80th Birthday

Can you believe it the Spitfire turned 80 years old early this month. Whilst the original aircraft was wrecked in an accident one must appreciate that there are more than 50 types still airworthy and entertaining crowds of people at air shows, mainly in England but...

English version of book now available.

The good news is that Chris de Wit’s book entitled:- Politics, Personalities and Perspectives The Battle of Britain The Role of Sailor Malan and other South Africans is now available and I can assure you that this is a ” must have ” book. It is very...

” Dutch ” Hugo

Hello again, As you might know Chris’s book in Afrikaans was released a couple of weeks ago and the English version is hopefully a week away from being released. We will obviously let you know when it’s available. There are very interesting articles about...

From Pampoenpoort to Buckingham Palace

With acknowledgement to Die Burger newspaper of 14th November 2015 please find attached hereto an article they published in the ” By ” supplement of todays newspaper. Although the article is in Afrikaans, it covers a section of Chris de Wits new book of...

Battle of Britain Commerative Coins

In commemoration of the 75th anniversary of The Battle of Britain the Royal Mint has made available a 50 pence coin on a very limited time frame. ( I was fortunate enough to acquire one ) Herewith photo’s of what it looks like ( heads and tails ) together with...