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  • RARE PHOTOGRAPHS - AIRCRAFT SALVAGE DURING THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN AND THE BLITZ,<br />
<br />
Clearing away the debris and detritus of modern mechanised warfare is some- thing that warring nations have had to deal with since the end of the First World War, and the inevitable result of twentieth century warfare was the<br />
large-scale littering of land and sea with the wreckages that combat left behind. The massive and widespread land battles across Europe during the first and second world wars left their own particular trails of destruction and debris that had to be cleared away before normal life could once again resume in the post war periods, and those clear-up operations presented their own challenges, dangers and difficulties. In the British Isles during the Second World War, and for the first time in modern history, the country was faced with widespread destruction caused by bombing, and disrup- tion and damage to infrastructure caused by almost six years of conflict – some of that damage resulting from defensive measures taken by the military with the estab- lishment of aerodromes, fortifications and other defences.<br />
Putting things back to how they were took very many years, although during the 1939–1944 period itself a far more immediate problem faced the authorities in Britain: the collection and disposal of shot down or crashed aircraft, allied and enemy. Such crashes needed almost immediate attention for a variety of reasons. How were they dealt with, and what subsequently happened to them?<br />
<br />
Photo shows:  In this photograph the Station Commander of RAF Biggin Hill, Group Captain Grice, and the Station Adjutant, Flying Officer Haskell, set about their own spot of souvenir hunting as they remove trophies from the Dornier 17 shot down at Leaves Green, Kent, on 18 August 1940.<br />
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  • RARE PHOTOGRAPHS - AIRCRAFT SALVAGE DURING THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN AND THE BLITZ,<br />
<br />
Clearing away the debris and detritus of modern mechanised warfare is some- thing that warring nations have had to deal with since the end of the First World War, and the inevitable result of twentieth century warfare was the<br />
large-scale littering of land and sea with the wreckages that combat left behind. The massive and widespread land battles across Europe during the first and second world wars left their own particular trails of destruction and debris that had to be cleared away before normal life could once again resume in the post war periods, and those clear-up operations presented their own challenges, dangers and difficulties. In the British Isles during the Second World War, and for the first time in modern history, the country was faced with widespread destruction caused by bombing, and disrup- tion and damage to infrastructure caused by almost six years of conflict – some of that damage resulting from defensive measures taken by the military with the estab- lishment of aerodromes, fortifications and other defences.<br />
Putting things back to how they were took very many years, although during the 1939–1944 period itself a far more immediate problem faced the authorities in Britain: the collection and disposal of shot down or crashed aircraft, allied and enemy. Such crashes needed almost immediate attention for a variety of reasons. How were they dealt with, and what subsequently happened to them?<br />
<br />
Photo shows:  Another Messerschmitt 109, also shot down on 12 August 1940, was this aircraft flown by Oblt Albrecht Dresz of III./JG54 which made a good forced-landing at Hengrove, near Margate in Kent. Like the example displayed at Leeds, this Messerschmitt was also placed on public display to raise money for the Spitfire Fund but it is shown here being loaded onto a trailer by the men of 49 MU before being transported to Faygate. Whilst the Me 109 became quite familiar to the inh
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  • RARE PHOTOGRAPHS - AIRCRAFT SALVAGE DURING THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN AND THE BLITZ,<br />
<br />
Clearing away the debris and detritus of modern mechanised warfare is some- thing that warring nations have had to deal with since the end of the First World War, and the inevitable result of twentieth century warfare was the<br />
large-scale littering of land and sea with the wreckages that combat left behind. The massive and widespread land battles across Europe during the first and second world wars left their own particular trails of destruction and debris that had to be cleared away before normal life could once again resume in the post war periods, and those clear-up operations presented their own challenges, dangers and difficulties. In the British Isles during the Second World War, and for the first time in modern history, the country was faced with widespread destruction caused by bombing, and disrup- tion and damage to infrastructure caused by almost six years of conflict – some of that damage resulting from defensive measures taken by the military with the estab- lishment of aerodromes, fortifications and other defences.<br />
Putting things back to how they were took very many years, although during the 1939–1944 period itself a far more immediate problem faced the authorities in Britain: the collection and disposal of shot down or crashed aircraft, allied and enemy. Such crashes needed almost immediate attention for a variety of reasons. How were they dealt with, and what subsequently happened to them?<br />
<br />
Photo shows:  A case in point was this Messerschmitt 109 of 6./JG51 that was shot down after combat with RAF Hurricanes and Defiants and ended up on its belly in a field at East Langdon in East Kent after sustaining damage to its oil tank on 24 August, 1940. Its pilot, Ofw Fritz Beeck, was taken into captivity. Here, two Australian soldiers spy out a nice trophy in the form of this colourful fuselage emblem which depicts a weeping pelican with an umbrella under its arm. Beneath are
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  • RARE PHOTOGRAPHS - AIRCRAFT SALVAGE DURING THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN AND THE BLITZ,<br />
<br />
Clearing away the debris and detritus of modern mechanised warfare is some- thing that warring nations have had to deal with since the end of the First World War, and the inevitable result of twentieth century warfare was the<br />
large-scale littering of land and sea with the wreckages that combat left behind. The massive and widespread land battles across Europe during the first and second world wars left their own particular trails of destruction and debris that had to be cleared away before normal life could once again resume in the post war periods, and those clear-up operations presented their own challenges, dangers and difficulties. In the British Isles during the Second World War, and for the first time in modern history, the country was faced with widespread destruction caused by bombing, and disrup- tion and damage to infrastructure caused by almost six years of conflict – some of that damage resulting from defensive measures taken by the military with the estab- lishment of aerodromes, fortifications and other defences.<br />
Putting things back to how they were took very many years, although during the 1939–1944 period itself a far more immediate problem faced the authorities in Britain: the collection and disposal of shot down or crashed aircraft, allied and enemy. Such crashes needed almost immediate attention for a variety of reasons. How were they dealt with, and what subsequently happened to them?<br />
<br />
Photo shows: And it wasn’t just the transport that sometimes had a hard job. Here, a party from 49 MU drags sections of a crashed aircraft across a Kent hop field. Judging by the empty hop garden and the warm clothing this is either very early in 1940 or much later in the year. The work of the salvage parties was often arduous, cold and dirty; and it certainly wasn’t glamorous.<br />
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  • RARE PHOTOGRAPHS - AIRCRAFT SALVAGE DURING THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN AND THE BLITZ,<br />
<br />
Clearing away the debris and detritus of modern mechanised warfare is some- thing that warring nations have had to deal with since the end of the First World War, and the inevitable result of twentieth century warfare was the<br />
large-scale littering of land and sea with the wreckages that combat left behind. The massive and widespread land battles across Europe during the first and second world wars left their own particular trails of destruction and debris that had to be cleared away before normal life could once again resume in the post war periods, and those clear-up operations presented their own challenges, dangers and difficulties. In the British Isles during the Second World War, and for the first time in modern history, the country was faced with widespread destruction caused by bombing, and disrup- tion and damage to infrastructure caused by almost six years of conflict – some of that damage resulting from defensive measures taken by the military with the estab- lishment of aerodromes, fortifications and other defences.<br />
Putting things back to how they were took very many years, although during the 1939–1944 period itself a far more immediate problem faced the authorities in Britain: the collection and disposal of shot down or crashed aircraft, allied and enemy. Such crashes needed almost immediate attention for a variety of reasons. How were they dealt with, and what subsequently happened to them?<br />
<br />
Photo shows: Sometimes it wasn’t that easy! Here the Coles crane from 49 MU, RAF Faygate, has come a cropper in a farm ditch as it attempts to access a crashed aircraft on Romney Marsh, Kent in 1940.<br />
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  • RARE PHOTOGRAPHS - AIRCRAFT SALVAGE DURING THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN AND THE BLITZ,<br />
<br />
Clearing away the debris and detritus of modern mechanised warfare is some- thing that warring nations have had to deal with since the end of the First World War, and the inevitable result of twentieth century warfare was the<br />
large-scale littering of land and sea with the wreckages that combat left behind. The massive and widespread land battles across Europe during the first and second world wars left their own particular trails of destruction and debris that had to be cleared away before normal life could once again resume in the post war periods, and those clear-up operations presented their own challenges, dangers and difficulties. In the British Isles during the Second World War, and for the first time in modern history, the country was faced with widespread destruction caused by bombing, and disrup- tion and damage to infrastructure caused by almost six years of conflict – some of that damage resulting from defensive measures taken by the military with the estab- lishment of aerodromes, fortifications and other defences.<br />
Putting things back to how they were took very many years, although during the 1939–1944 period itself a far more immediate problem faced the authorities in Britain: the collection and disposal of shot down or crashed aircraft, allied and enemy. Such crashes needed almost immediate attention for a variety of reasons. How were they dealt with, and what subsequently happened to them?<br />
<br />
Photo shows: The first of many Messerschmitt 109s to be shot down onto British soil during 1940 was this aircraft of 3./LG2 which fell at Buckland Farm, Sandwich, Kent on 8 July. Here, a party from 49 Maintenance Unit, RAF Faygate, make an effort to dig out the wreckage whilst the local constabulary keep watch to keep at bay the souvenir hunters. In truth, a number of Police officers helped themselves to a trophy or two as was evidenced by a number of retired officers revealing the
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  • Holding the Home Front<br />
The Women’s Land Army in the First World War book by Pen and sward<br />
<br />
Within days of the start of the First World War there were calls for women to come to the fields, but it would be almost three years before the Women’s Land Army was established. In that time though, various private and public initiatives would be launched to pull women onto the land. The Women’s Land Army would be shaped as much by the successes and failures of these earlier enterprises as by the precise requirements of 1917. It was a process of evolution, not revolution, and agricultural policy had also evolved over the course of the first three years of the war. By the spring of 1917 farmers were being called upon to plough out, to push back the borders and extend the cultivated acreage back to the highs of the 1870s. Agriculture would thus need most labour just as it had least available. Britain’s food security had never looked most precarious than it did at the start of 1917.<br />
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Photo Shows Beatrice Bennett and fellow Women’s Land Army trainees, Kent, 1917. (Private Papers of Miss B. Bennett - IWM<br />
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  • RARE PHOTOGRAPHS - AIRCRAFT SALVAGE DURING THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN AND THE BLITZ,<br />
<br />
Clearing away the debris and detritus of modern mechanised warfare is some- thing that warring nations have had to deal with since the end of the First World War, and the inevitable result of twentieth century warfare was the<br />
large-scale littering of land and sea with the wreckages that combat left behind. The massive and widespread land battles across Europe during the first and second world wars left their own particular trails of destruction and debris that had to be cleared away before normal life could once again resume in the post war periods, and those clear-up operations presented their own challenges, dangers and difficulties. In the British Isles during the Second World War, and for the first time in modern history, the country was faced with widespread destruction caused by bombing, and disrup- tion and damage to infrastructure caused by almost six years of conflict – some of that damage resulting from defensive measures taken by the military with the estab- lishment of aerodromes, fortifications and other defences.<br />
Putting things back to how they were took very many years, although during the 1939–1944 period itself a far more immediate problem faced the authorities in Britain: the collection and disposal of shot down or crashed aircraft, allied and enemy. Such crashes needed almost immediate attention for a variety of reasons. How were they dealt with, and what subsequently happened to them?<br />
<br />
Photo shows:  When Pilot Officer Armstrong of 74 Squadron was shot down in his Spitfire over Sandwich, Kent on 14 November 1940 he baled out leaving his aircraft to bury itself deep in the ground at Bellers Bush Farm where it became another job for the boys from A.V. Nicholls & Co. Here, Jack Austin burrows deep into the soil as the gang dig down to the engine which they reached at fourteen feet but were unable to extricate it from the soft ground and were forced to abandon it.<br />
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  • RARE PHOTOGRAPHS - AIRCRAFT SALVAGE DURING THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN AND THE BLITZ,<br />
<br />
Clearing away the debris and detritus of modern mechanised warfare is some- thing that warring nations have had to deal with since the end of the First World War, and the inevitable result of twentieth century warfare was the<br />
large-scale littering of land and sea with the wreckages that combat left behind. The massive and widespread land battles across Europe during the first and second world wars left their own particular trails of destruction and debris that had to be cleared away before normal life could once again resume in the post war periods, and those clear-up operations presented their own challenges, dangers and difficulties. In the British Isles during the Second World War, and for the first time in modern history, the country was faced with widespread destruction caused by bombing, and disrup- tion and damage to infrastructure caused by almost six years of conflict – some of that damage resulting from defensive measures taken by the military with the estab- lishment of aerodromes, fortifications and other defences.<br />
Putting things back to how they were took very many years, although during the 1939–1944 period itself a far more immediate problem faced the authorities in Britain: the collection and disposal of shot down or crashed aircraft, allied and enemy. Such crashes needed almost immediate attention for a variety of reasons. How were they dealt with, and what subsequently happened to them?<br />
<br />
Photo shows:  Another tail unit, but this time from a Blenheim that has crashed and burned out near RAF Manston, Kent. The 49 MU salvage party again pose for the customary group photograph before the wreckage is loaded up for return to Faygate. This was not a wreck that could be repaired or returned to service and was described as ‘Category 3’ damage – i.e. written-off.<br />
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  • RARE PHOTOGRAPHS - AIRCRAFT SALVAGE DURING THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN AND THE BLITZ,<br />
<br />
Clearing away the debris and detritus of modern mechanised warfare is some- thing that warring nations have had to deal with since the end of the First World War, and the inevitable result of twentieth century warfare was the<br />
large-scale littering of land and sea with the wreckages that combat left behind. The massive and widespread land battles across Europe during the first and second world wars left their own particular trails of destruction and debris that had to be cleared away before normal life could once again resume in the post war periods, and those clear-up operations presented their own challenges, dangers and difficulties. In the British Isles during the Second World War, and for the first time in modern history, the country was faced with widespread destruction caused by bombing, and disrup- tion and damage to infrastructure caused by almost six years of conflict – some of that damage resulting from defensive measures taken by the military with the estab- lishment of aerodromes, fortifications and other defences.<br />
Putting things back to how they were took very many years, although during the 1939–1944 period itself a far more immediate problem faced the authorities in Britain: the collection and disposal of shot down or crashed aircraft, allied and enemy. Such crashes needed almost immediate attention for a variety of reasons. How were they dealt with, and what subsequently happened to them?<br />
<br />
Photo shows:  The stark reality of a high speed vertical impact by an out of control aircraft is graphically illustrated here. This was all that was left of a Messerschmitt 110 that had been shot down at Borden, near Sittingbourne, Kent on 9 September 1940. Pretty much all that is left can be seen in this photograph, with the rest of the aircraft having been driven deep underground beneath the crater gouged out by the crash. This was what the salvage parties from 49 MU called a ‘
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  • RARE PHOTOGRAPHS - AIRCRAFT SALVAGE DURING THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN AND THE BLITZ,<br />
<br />
Clearing away the debris and detritus of modern mechanised warfare is some- thing that warring nations have had to deal with since the end of the First World War, and the inevitable result of twentieth century warfare was the<br />
large-scale littering of land and sea with the wreckages that combat left behind. The massive and widespread land battles across Europe during the first and second world wars left their own particular trails of destruction and debris that had to be cleared away before normal life could once again resume in the post war periods, and those clear-up operations presented their own challenges, dangers and difficulties. In the British Isles during the Second World War, and for the first time in modern history, the country was faced with widespread destruction caused by bombing, and disrup- tion and damage to infrastructure caused by almost six years of conflict – some of that damage resulting from defensive measures taken by the military with the estab- lishment of aerodromes, fortifications and other defences.<br />
Putting things back to how they were took very many years, although during the 1939–1944 period itself a far more immediate problem faced the authorities in Britain: the collection and disposal of shot down or crashed aircraft, allied and enemy. Such crashes needed almost immediate attention for a variety of reasons. How were they dealt with, and what subsequently happened to them?<br />
<br />
Photo shows:   London’s Guildhall is the venue here for Gefreiter Herbert Rungen’s former mount as his Messerschmitt goes on display to boost the donation of pennies to the Spitfire Fund and here it is being manoeuvred into position by a civilian gang using a heavy crane. Herbert Rungen had made a forced landing at Hastingleigh, near Ashford in Kent on 13 October 1940 after his aircraft was severely damaged in combat with Spitfires. Under the camouflage paint on the fuselage co
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  • RARE PHOTOGRAPHS - AIRCRAFT SALVAGE DURING THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN AND THE BLITZ,<br />
<br />
Clearing away the debris and detritus of modern mechanised warfare is some- thing that warring nations have had to deal with since the end of the First World War, and the inevitable result of twentieth century warfare was the<br />
large-scale littering of land and sea with the wreckages that combat left behind. The massive and widespread land battles across Europe during the first and second world wars left their own particular trails of destruction and debris that had to be cleared away before normal life could once again resume in the post war periods, and those clear-up operations presented their own challenges, dangers and difficulties. In the British Isles during the Second World War, and for the first time in modern history, the country was faced with widespread destruction caused by bombing, and disrup- tion and damage to infrastructure caused by almost six years of conflict – some of that damage resulting from defensive measures taken by the military with the estab- lishment of aerodromes, fortifications and other defences.<br />
Putting things back to how they were took very many years, although during the 1939–1944 period itself a far more immediate problem faced the authorities in Britain: the collection and disposal of shot down or crashed aircraft, allied and enemy. Such crashes needed almost immediate attention for a variety of reasons. How were they dealt with, and what subsequently happened to them?<br />
<br />
Photo shows:  The Messerschmitt 109 was generally not seen in the air as far west as Truro where this example was exhibited during January and February of 1941. The aircraft had been shot down in Kent at Blean, near Canterbury on 6 September 1940 with its pilot, Uffz Ernst Nittmann, captured unhurt. Previously the aircraft had been displayed at Broad Quay, Bristol, and is thought to have been taken from Truro to Falmouth Docks where it was dismantled and crated ready for shipment t
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  • RARE PHOTOGRAPHS - AIRCRAFT SALVAGE DURING THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN AND THE BLITZ,<br />
<br />
Clearing away the debris and detritus of modern mechanised warfare is some- thing that warring nations have had to deal with since the end of the First World War, and the inevitable result of twentieth century warfare was the<br />
large-scale littering of land and sea with the wreckages that combat left behind. The massive and widespread land battles across Europe during the first and second world wars left their own particular trails of destruction and debris that had to be cleared away before normal life could once again resume in the post war periods, and those clear-up operations presented their own challenges, dangers and difficulties. In the British Isles during the Second World War, and for the first time in modern history, the country was faced with widespread destruction caused by bombing, and disrup- tion and damage to infrastructure caused by almost six years of conflict – some of that damage resulting from defensive measures taken by the military with the estab- lishment of aerodromes, fortifications and other defences.<br />
Putting things back to how they were took very many years, although during the 1939–1944 period itself a far more immediate problem faced the authorities in Britain: the collection and disposal of shot down or crashed aircraft, allied and enemy. Such crashes needed almost immediate attention for a variety of reasons. How were they dealt with, and what subsequently happened to them?<br />
<br />
Photo shows:  As we have already seen, a considerable number of Messerschmitt 109s were recovered from their various crash sites in a relatively undamaged state and were quickly earmarked for public display at venues the length of the country. Mostly this was in aid of the Spitfire Fund. 49 MU at Faygate, at the heart of the collection of wrecks from Kent and Sussex, were ideally placed to source Me 109s for display purposes. Specimens that were largely intact were generally chosen
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  • RARE PHOTOGRAPHS - AIRCRAFT SALVAGE DURING THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN AND THE BLITZ,<br />
<br />
Clearing away the debris and detritus of modern mechanised warfare is some- thing that warring nations have had to deal with since the end of the First World War, and the inevitable result of twentieth century warfare was the<br />
large-scale littering of land and sea with the wreckages that combat left behind. The massive and widespread land battles across Europe during the first and second world wars left their own particular trails of destruction and debris that had to be cleared away before normal life could once again resume in the post war periods, and those clear-up operations presented their own challenges, dangers and difficulties. In the British Isles during the Second World War, and for the first time in modern history, the country was faced with widespread destruction caused by bombing, and disrup- tion and damage to infrastructure caused by almost six years of conflict – some of that damage resulting from defensive measures taken by the military with the estab- lishment of aerodromes, fortifications and other defences.<br />
Putting things back to how they were took very many years, although during the 1939–1944 period itself a far more immediate problem faced the authorities in Britain: the collection and disposal of shot down or crashed aircraft, allied and enemy. Such crashes needed almost immediate attention for a variety of reasons. How were they dealt with, and what subsequently happened to them?<br />
<br />
Photo shows:  Rather more substantially intact was this Messerschmitt 109 of 3./JG52 which had been shot down at Penshurst Aerodrome, Kent on 27 October 1940. Its pilot, Fw Shieverhofer, was taken prisoner – allegedly by the Spitfire pilot of 74 Squadron who had shot him down and who immediately put down on the Penshurst landing ground to ensure the Luftwaffe pilot’s capture. As a rather precariously overhanging load, counterbalanced by its heavy DB 601 engine, the aircraft bec
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  • RARE PHOTOGRAPHS - AIRCRAFT SALVAGE DURING THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN AND THE BLITZ,<br />
<br />
Clearing away the debris and detritus of modern mechanised warfare is some- thing that warring nations have had to deal with since the end of the First World War, and the inevitable result of twentieth century warfare was the<br />
large-scale littering of land and sea with the wreckages that combat left behind. The massive and widespread land battles across Europe during the first and second world wars left their own particular trails of destruction and debris that had to be cleared away before normal life could once again resume in the post war periods, and those clear-up operations presented their own challenges, dangers and difficulties. In the British Isles during the Second World War, and for the first time in modern history, the country was faced with widespread destruction caused by bombing, and disrup- tion and damage to infrastructure caused by almost six years of conflict – some of that damage resulting from defensive measures taken by the military with the estab- lishment of aerodromes, fortifications and other defences.<br />
Putting things back to how they were took very many years, although during the 1939–1944 period itself a far more immediate problem faced the authorities in Britain: the collection and disposal of shot down or crashed aircraft, allied and enemy. Such crashes needed almost immediate attention for a variety of reasons. How were they dealt with, and what subsequently happened to them?<br />
<br />
Photo shows:  The Royal Engineers lend a hand, helping with a gantry and block-and-tackle as they lift the Messerschmitt 109 flown by Oblt Egon Troha of 9./JG3 who made a forced-landing with a damaged radiator at Westcourt Farm, Sheperdswell, Kent on 29 October 1940. The name ‘Erika’ is painted on the engine cowling above the emblem of the Nordic axe.<br />
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  • RARE PHOTOGRAPHS - AIRCRAFT SALVAGE DURING THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN AND THE BLITZ,<br />
<br />
Clearing away the debris and detritus of modern mechanised warfare is some- thing that warring nations have had to deal with since the end of the First World War, and the inevitable result of twentieth century warfare was the<br />
large-scale littering of land and sea with the wreckages that combat left behind. The massive and widespread land battles across Europe during the first and second world wars left their own particular trails of destruction and debris that had to be cleared away before normal life could once again resume in the post war periods, and those clear-up operations presented their own challenges, dangers and difficulties. In the British Isles during the Second World War, and for the first time in modern history, the country was faced with widespread destruction caused by bombing, and disrup- tion and damage to infrastructure caused by almost six years of conflict – some of that damage resulting from defensive measures taken by the military with the estab- lishment of aerodromes, fortifications and other defences.<br />
Putting things back to how they were took very many years, although during the 1939–1944 period itself a far more immediate problem faced the authorities in Britain: the collection and disposal of shot down or crashed aircraft, allied and enemy. Such crashes needed almost immediate attention for a variety of reasons. How were they dealt with, and what subsequently happened to them?<br />
<br />
Photo shows:  ‘Your chimney swept, madam?’ This was the aftermath of yet another German aircraft that struck another building after being shot down. This incident was at Maidstone in Kent on 5 September 1940 with a Messerschmitt 109 crashing into a house at 6 Hardy Street. Ironically, the emblem for this Me 109 unit (I./JG54) depicted a chimney sweep with his ladder and in this instance the soot certainly seems to have been comprehensively cleared from this particular chimney.
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  • RARE PHOTOGRAPHS - AIRCRAFT SALVAGE DURING THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN AND THE BLITZ,<br />
<br />
Clearing away the debris and detritus of modern mechanised warfare is some- thing that warring nations have had to deal with since the end of the First World War, and the inevitable result of twentieth century warfare was the<br />
large-scale littering of land and sea with the wreckages that combat left behind. The massive and widespread land battles across Europe during the first and second world wars left their own particular trails of destruction and debris that had to be cleared away before normal life could once again resume in the post war periods, and those clear-up operations presented their own challenges, dangers and difficulties. In the British Isles during the Second World War, and for the first time in modern history, the country was faced with widespread destruction caused by bombing, and disrup- tion and damage to infrastructure caused by almost six years of conflict – some of that damage resulting from defensive measures taken by the military with the estab- lishment of aerodromes, fortifications and other defences.<br />
Putting things back to how they were took very many years, although during the 1939–1944 period itself a far more immediate problem faced the authorities in Britain: the collection and disposal of shot down or crashed aircraft, allied and enemy. Such crashes needed almost immediate attention for a variety of reasons. How were they dealt with, and what subsequently happened to them?<br />
<br />
Photo shows: Dismantling of this Dornier 17 of 8./KG76, shot down at Castle Farm, Shoreham, Kent, is already well underway after being downed on Sunday 15 September 1940 – ‘Battle of Britain Day’. Stripped panels have been heaped in the foreground as a trailer stands ready to the left of the starboard wing and the salvage crew continue their work. In this instance, the gang seems to include civilians, RAF personnel and soldiers.<br />
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  • RARE PHOTOGRAPHS - AIRCRAFT SALVAGE DURING THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN AND THE BLITZ,<br />
<br />
Clearing away the debris and detritus of modern mechanised warfare is some- thing that warring nations have had to deal with since the end of the First World War, and the inevitable result of twentieth century warfare was the<br />
large-scale littering of land and sea with the wreckages that combat left behind. The massive and widespread land battles across Europe during the first and second world wars left their own particular trails of destruction and debris that had to be cleared away before normal life could once again resume in the post war periods, and those clear-up operations presented their own challenges, dangers and difficulties. In the British Isles during the Second World War, and for the first time in modern history, the country was faced with widespread destruction caused by bombing, and disrup- tion and damage to infrastructure caused by almost six years of conflict – some of that damage resulting from defensive measures taken by the military with the estab- lishment of aerodromes, fortifications and other defences.<br />
Putting things back to how they were took very many years, although during the 1939–1944 period itself a far more immediate problem faced the authorities in Britain: the collection and disposal of shot down or crashed aircraft, allied and enemy. Such crashes needed almost immediate attention for a variety of reasons. How were they dealt with, and what subsequently happened to them?<br />
<br />
Photo shows:  The pilot of this Hurricane was not so lucky. In this incident, another Tangmere based pilot, Flt Lt Carl Davis of 601 Squadron, was killed when his aircraft was shot down and crashed into the garden of Canterbury Cottage at Matfield in Kent. Curious locals came to view the wreck and were charged 6d by the owner of the cottage to gain access to the garden, with all proceeds going to the Spitfire Fund. The villager on the right looks intent on getting his six-pennywort
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  • RARE PHOTOGRAPHS - AIRCRAFT SALVAGE DURING THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN AND THE BLITZ,<br />
<br />
Clearing away the debris and detritus of modern mechanised warfare is some- thing that warring nations have had to deal with since the end of the First World War, and the inevitable result of twentieth century warfare was the<br />
large-scale littering of land and sea with the wreckages that combat left behind. The massive and widespread land battles across Europe during the first and second world wars left their own particular trails of destruction and debris that had to be cleared away before normal life could once again resume in the post war periods, and those clear-up operations presented their own challenges, dangers and difficulties. In the British Isles during the Second World War, and for the first time in modern history, the country was faced with widespread destruction caused by bombing, and disrup- tion and damage to infrastructure caused by almost six years of conflict – some of that damage resulting from defensive measures taken by the military with the estab- lishment of aerodromes, fortifications and other defences.<br />
Putting things back to how they were took very many years, although during the 1939–1944 period itself a far more immediate problem faced the authorities in Britain: the collection and disposal of shot down or crashed aircraft, allied and enemy. Such crashes needed almost immediate attention for a variety of reasons. How were they dealt with, and what subsequently happened to them?<br />
<br />
Photo shows:  The raiding of German aircraft wrecks took on a rather different angle when this Dornier 17-Z was shot down near Manor Farm at Stodmarsh in Kent on 13 August 1940. After the crew had been marched off into captivity, Mr Burt<br />
of Manor Farm drained the fuel tanks for use in his Albion lorry, apparently aided and abetted by the Army! This is Mr Burt looking suitably pleased with himself after his unexpected aerial fuel delivery as he is photographed with the Dornier and h
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  • RARE PHOTOGRAPHS - AIRCRAFT SALVAGE DURING THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN AND THE BLITZ,<br />
<br />
Clearing away the debris and detritus of modern mechanised warfare is some- thing that warring nations have had to deal with since the end of the First World War, and the inevitable result of twentieth century warfare was the<br />
large-scale littering of land and sea with the wreckages that combat left behind. The massive and widespread land battles across Europe during the first and second world wars left their own particular trails of destruction and debris that had to be cleared away before normal life could once again resume in the post war periods, and those clear-up operations presented their own challenges, dangers and difficulties. In the British Isles during the Second World War, and for the first time in modern history, the country was faced with widespread destruction caused by bombing, and disrup- tion and damage to infrastructure caused by almost six years of conflict – some of that damage resulting from defensive measures taken by the military with the estab- lishment of aerodromes, fortifications and other defences.<br />
Putting things back to how they were took very many years, although during the 1939–1944 period itself a far more immediate problem faced the authorities in Britain: the collection and disposal of shot down or crashed aircraft, allied and enemy. Such crashes needed almost immediate attention for a variety of reasons. How were they dealt with, and what subsequently happened to them?<br />
<br />
Photo shows:  In this photograph the Station Commander of RAF Biggin Hill, Group Captain Grice, and the Station Adjutant, Flying Officer Haskell, set about their own spot of souvenir hunting as they remove trophies from the Dornier 17 shot down at Leaves Green, Kent, on 18 August 1940.<br />
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  • RARE PHOTOGRAPHS - AIRCRAFT SALVAGE DURING THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN AND THE BLITZ,<br />
<br />
Clearing away the debris and detritus of modern mechanised warfare is some- thing that warring nations have had to deal with since the end of the First World War, and the inevitable result of twentieth century warfare was the<br />
large-scale littering of land and sea with the wreckages that combat left behind. The massive and widespread land battles across Europe during the first and second world wars left their own particular trails of destruction and debris that had to be cleared away before normal life could once again resume in the post war periods, and those clear-up operations presented their own challenges, dangers and difficulties. In the British Isles during the Second World War, and for the first time in modern history, the country was faced with widespread destruction caused by bombing, and disrup- tion and damage to infrastructure caused by almost six years of conflict – some of that damage resulting from defensive measures taken by the military with the estab- lishment of aerodromes, fortifications and other defences.<br />
Putting things back to how they were took very many years, although during the 1939–1944 period itself a far more immediate problem faced the authorities in Britain: the collection and disposal of shot down or crashed aircraft, allied and enemy. Such crashes needed almost immediate attention for a variety of reasons. How were they dealt with, and what subsequently happened to them?<br />
<br />
Photo shows:  Another Messerschmitt 109, also shot down on 12 August 1940, was this aircraft flown by Oblt Albrecht Dresz of III./JG54 which made a good forced-landing at Hengrove, near Margate in Kent. Like the example displayed at Leeds, this Messerschmitt was also placed on public display to raise money for the Spitfire Fund but it is shown here being loaded onto a trailer by the men of 49 MU before being transported to Faygate. Whilst the Me 109 became quite familiar to the inh
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  • RARE PHOTOGRAPHS - AIRCRAFT SALVAGE DURING THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN AND THE BLITZ,<br />
<br />
Clearing away the debris and detritus of modern mechanised warfare is some- thing that warring nations have had to deal with since the end of the First World War, and the inevitable result of twentieth century warfare was the<br />
large-scale littering of land and sea with the wreckages that combat left behind. The massive and widespread land battles across Europe during the first and second world wars left their own particular trails of destruction and debris that had to be cleared away before normal life could once again resume in the post war periods, and those clear-up operations presented their own challenges, dangers and difficulties. In the British Isles during the Second World War, and for the first time in modern history, the country was faced with widespread destruction caused by bombing, and disrup- tion and damage to infrastructure caused by almost six years of conflict – some of that damage resulting from defensive measures taken by the military with the estab- lishment of aerodromes, fortifications and other defences.<br />
Putting things back to how they were took very many years, although during the 1939–1944 period itself a far more immediate problem faced the authorities in Britain: the collection and disposal of shot down or crashed aircraft, allied and enemy. Such crashes needed almost immediate attention for a variety of reasons. How were they dealt with, and what subsequently happened to them?<br />
<br />
Photo shows: And it wasn’t just the transport that sometimes had a hard job. Here, a party from 49 MU drags sections of a crashed aircraft across a Kent hop field. Judging by the empty hop garden and the warm clothing this is either very early in 1940 or much later in the year. The work of the salvage parties was often arduous, cold and dirty; and it certainly wasn’t glamorous.<br />
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  • RARE PHOTOGRAPHS - AIRCRAFT SALVAGE DURING THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN AND THE BLITZ,<br />
<br />
Clearing away the debris and detritus of modern mechanised warfare is some- thing that warring nations have had to deal with since the end of the First World War, and the inevitable result of twentieth century warfare was the<br />
large-scale littering of land and sea with the wreckages that combat left behind. The massive and widespread land battles across Europe during the first and second world wars left their own particular trails of destruction and debris that had to be cleared away before normal life could once again resume in the post war periods, and those clear-up operations presented their own challenges, dangers and difficulties. In the British Isles during the Second World War, and for the first time in modern history, the country was faced with widespread destruction caused by bombing, and disrup- tion and damage to infrastructure caused by almost six years of conflict – some of that damage resulting from defensive measures taken by the military with the estab- lishment of aerodromes, fortifications and other defences.<br />
Putting things back to how they were took very many years, although during the 1939–1944 period itself a far more immediate problem faced the authorities in Britain: the collection and disposal of shot down or crashed aircraft, allied and enemy. Such crashes needed almost immediate attention for a variety of reasons. How were they dealt with, and what subsequently happened to them?<br />
<br />
Photo shows: Sometimes it wasn’t that easy! Here the Coles crane from 49 MU, RAF Faygate, has come a cropper in a farm ditch as it attempts to access a crashed aircraft on Romney Marsh, Kent in 1940.<br />
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  • RARE PHOTOGRAPHS - AIRCRAFT SALVAGE DURING THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN AND THE BLITZ,<br />
<br />
Clearing away the debris and detritus of modern mechanised warfare is some- thing that warring nations have had to deal with since the end of the First World War, and the inevitable result of twentieth century warfare was the<br />
large-scale littering of land and sea with the wreckages that combat left behind. The massive and widespread land battles across Europe during the first and second world wars left their own particular trails of destruction and debris that had to be cleared away before normal life could once again resume in the post war periods, and those clear-up operations presented their own challenges, dangers and difficulties. In the British Isles during the Second World War, and for the first time in modern history, the country was faced with widespread destruction caused by bombing, and disrup- tion and damage to infrastructure caused by almost six years of conflict – some of that damage resulting from defensive measures taken by the military with the estab- lishment of aerodromes, fortifications and other defences.<br />
Putting things back to how they were took very many years, although during the 1939–1944 period itself a far more immediate problem faced the authorities in Britain: the collection and disposal of shot down or crashed aircraft, allied and enemy. Such crashes needed almost immediate attention for a variety of reasons. How were they dealt with, and what subsequently happened to them?<br />
<br />
Photo shows: The first of many Messerschmitt 109s to be shot down onto British soil during 1940 was this aircraft of 3./LG2 which fell at Buckland Farm, Sandwich, Kent on 8 July. Here, a party from 49 Maintenance Unit, RAF Faygate, make an effort to dig out the wreckage whilst the local constabulary keep watch to keep at bay the souvenir hunters. In truth, a number of Police officers helped themselves to a trophy or two as was evidenced by a number of retired officers revealing the
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  • Mar 26, 2016 - Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America - Vanderpump Rules stars LALA KENT, Raquel Leviss and James Kennedy host REHAB Beach Club on March 26, 2016  inside Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. <br />
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  • Mar 26, 2016 - Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America - Vanderpump Rules stars LALA KENT, Raquel Leviss and James Kennedy host REHAB Beach Club on March 26, 2016  inside Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. <br />
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  • Mar 26, 2016 - Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America - Vanderpump Rules stars LALA KENT, Raquel Leviss and James Kennedy host REHAB Beach Club on March 26, 2016  inside Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. <br />
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  • Mar 26, 2016 - Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America - Vanderpump Rules stars LALA KENT, Raquel Leviss and James Kennedy host REHAB Beach Club on March 26, 2016  inside Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. <br />
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  • Mar 26, 2016 - Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America - Vanderpump Rules stars LALA KENT, Raquel Leviss and James Kennedy host REHAB Beach Club on March 26, 2016  inside Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. <br />
 (Credit Image: © Exclusivepix Media)
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  • Mar 26, 2016 - Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America - Vanderpump Rules stars LALA KENT, Raquel Leviss and James Kennedy host REHAB Beach Club on March 26, 2016  inside Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. <br />
 (Credit Image: © Exclusivepix Media)
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  • Mar 26, 2016 - Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America - Vanderpump Rules stars LALA KENT, Raquel Leviss and James Kennedy host REHAB Beach Club on March 26, 2016  inside Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. <br />
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  • EXCLUSIVE LADY AMELIA WINDSOR- Backstage Le Bal - Raphael Palace in Paris <br />
A very beautiful (and rather naughty) Royal: Her extraordinary looks have landed her on the cover of Tatler. And Amelia Windsor's giving Harry a run for his money in the party stakes  <br />
<br />
She dances on a yacht, lithe and bronzed in a neon bikini, her long hair gleaming in the sun. She's the picture of rebellion in a nightclub, sitting astride a female friend, her slim legs in revealing floral shorts and her midriff on show under her black crop top.<br />
And, again and again, pictures from her social media accounts show her pouting over cocktails and cigarettes.<br />
So far, so thrillingly wild. But it wasn't this side of Lady Amelia Windsor that was on show this week. On the cover of the latest edition of Tatler magazine, the granddaughter to the Queen's cousin, the Duke of Kent, is portrayed as more demure English rose than party girl. Indeed, the magazine even dubs her 'the most beautiful member of the Royal Family'.<br />
<br />
<br />
While you would be forgiven for not being instantly familiar with Lady Amelia, with her full lips, glossy mane and molten brown eyes, she's tipped as the one to watch among the young royals. And although the 20-year-old student may have a delicate baby-faced beauty, she's certainly not averse to living it up.<br />
Indeed, other pictures from her publicly available social media accounts show her dancing at Notting Hill Carnival (that bronzed midriff on display), posing at Glastonbury Festival and smoking in the bath. She's outspoken about her passion for Bloody Mary cocktails. And her apparent motto, as inscribed on a photo in her Instagram account? 'Go hard or go home.' In other words, party like you're Prince Harry.<br />
But Lady Amelia is no mere vacuous socialite in the making. On the contrary. She is vocal about her love for Latin, saying she is 'crazy' about it after studying it for A-level and is rather bookish in nature. She's currently reading French and Italian at Edinburgh University. I
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  • EXCLUSIVE LADY AMELIA WINDSOR- Backstage Le Bal - Raphael Palace in Paris <br />
A very beautiful (and rather naughty) Royal: Her extraordinary looks have landed her on the cover of Tatler. And Amelia Windsor's giving Harry a run for his money in the party stakes  <br />
<br />
She dances on a yacht, lithe and bronzed in a neon bikini, her long hair gleaming in the sun. She's the picture of rebellion in a nightclub, sitting astride a female friend, her slim legs in revealing floral shorts and her midriff on show under her black crop top.<br />
And, again and again, pictures from her social media accounts show her pouting over cocktails and cigarettes.<br />
So far, so thrillingly wild. But it wasn't this side of Lady Amelia Windsor that was on show this week. On the cover of the latest edition of Tatler magazine, the granddaughter to the Queen's cousin, the Duke of Kent, is portrayed as more demure English rose than party girl. Indeed, the magazine even dubs her 'the most beautiful member of the Royal Family'.<br />
<br />
<br />
While you would be forgiven for not being instantly familiar with Lady Amelia, with her full lips, glossy mane and molten brown eyes, she's tipped as the one to watch among the young royals. And although the 20-year-old student may have a delicate baby-faced beauty, she's certainly not averse to living it up.<br />
Indeed, other pictures from her publicly available social media accounts show her dancing at Notting Hill Carnival (that bronzed midriff on display), posing at Glastonbury Festival and smoking in the bath. She's outspoken about her passion for Bloody Mary cocktails. And her apparent motto, as inscribed on a photo in her Instagram account? 'Go hard or go home.' In other words, party like you're Prince Harry.<br />
But Lady Amelia is no mere vacuous socialite in the making. On the contrary. She is vocal about her love for Latin, saying she is 'crazy' about it after studying it for A-level and is rather bookish in nature. She's currently reading French and Italian at Edinburgh University. I
    Exclusivepix_AMELIA_WINDSOR14.jpg
  • EXCLUSIVE LADY AMELIA WINDSOR- Backstage Le Bal - Raphael Palace in Paris <br />
A very beautiful (and rather naughty) Royal: Her extraordinary looks have landed her on the cover of Tatler. And Amelia Windsor's giving Harry a run for his money in the party stakes  <br />
<br />
She dances on a yacht, lithe and bronzed in a neon bikini, her long hair gleaming in the sun. She's the picture of rebellion in a nightclub, sitting astride a female friend, her slim legs in revealing floral shorts and her midriff on show under her black crop top.<br />
And, again and again, pictures from her social media accounts show her pouting over cocktails and cigarettes.<br />
So far, so thrillingly wild. But it wasn't this side of Lady Amelia Windsor that was on show this week. On the cover of the latest edition of Tatler magazine, the granddaughter to the Queen's cousin, the Duke of Kent, is portrayed as more demure English rose than party girl. Indeed, the magazine even dubs her 'the most beautiful member of the Royal Family'.<br />
<br />
<br />
While you would be forgiven for not being instantly familiar with Lady Amelia, with her full lips, glossy mane and molten brown eyes, she's tipped as the one to watch among the young royals. And although the 20-year-old student may have a delicate baby-faced beauty, she's certainly not averse to living it up.<br />
Indeed, other pictures from her publicly available social media accounts show her dancing at Notting Hill Carnival (that bronzed midriff on display), posing at Glastonbury Festival and smoking in the bath. She's outspoken about her passion for Bloody Mary cocktails. And her apparent motto, as inscribed on a photo in her Instagram account? 'Go hard or go home.' In other words, party like you're Prince Harry.<br />
But Lady Amelia is no mere vacuous socialite in the making. On the contrary. She is vocal about her love for Latin, saying she is 'crazy' about it after studying it for A-level and is rather bookish in nature. She's currently reading French and Italian at Edinburgh University. I
    Exclusivepix_AMELIA_WINDSOR13.jpg
  • EXCLUSIVE LADY AMELIA WINDSOR- Backstage Le Bal - Raphael Palace in Paris <br />
A very beautiful (and rather naughty) Royal: Her extraordinary looks have landed her on the cover of Tatler. And Amelia Windsor's giving Harry a run for his money in the party stakes  <br />
<br />
She dances on a yacht, lithe and bronzed in a neon bikini, her long hair gleaming in the sun. She's the picture of rebellion in a nightclub, sitting astride a female friend, her slim legs in revealing floral shorts and her midriff on show under her black crop top.<br />
And, again and again, pictures from her social media accounts show her pouting over cocktails and cigarettes.<br />
So far, so thrillingly wild. But it wasn't this side of Lady Amelia Windsor that was on show this week. On the cover of the latest edition of Tatler magazine, the granddaughter to the Queen's cousin, the Duke of Kent, is portrayed as more demure English rose than party girl. Indeed, the magazine even dubs her 'the most beautiful member of the Royal Family'.<br />
<br />
<br />
While you would be forgiven for not being instantly familiar with Lady Amelia, with her full lips, glossy mane and molten brown eyes, she's tipped as the one to watch among the young royals. And although the 20-year-old student may have a delicate baby-faced beauty, she's certainly not averse to living it up.<br />
Indeed, other pictures from her publicly available social media accounts show her dancing at Notting Hill Carnival (that bronzed midriff on display), posing at Glastonbury Festival and smoking in the bath. She's outspoken about her passion for Bloody Mary cocktails. And her apparent motto, as inscribed on a photo in her Instagram account? 'Go hard or go home.' In other words, party like you're Prince Harry.<br />
But Lady Amelia is no mere vacuous socialite in the making. On the contrary. She is vocal about her love for Latin, saying she is 'crazy' about it after studying it for A-level and is rather bookish in nature. She's currently reading French and Italian at Edinburgh University. I
    Exclusivepix_AMELIA_WINDSOR12.jpg
  • EXCLUSIVE LADY AMELIA WINDSOR- Backstage Le Bal - Raphael Palace in Paris <br />
A very beautiful (and rather naughty) Royal: Her extraordinary looks have landed her on the cover of Tatler. And Amelia Windsor's giving Harry a run for his money in the party stakes  <br />
<br />
She dances on a yacht, lithe and bronzed in a neon bikini, her long hair gleaming in the sun. She's the picture of rebellion in a nightclub, sitting astride a female friend, her slim legs in revealing floral shorts and her midriff on show under her black crop top.<br />
And, again and again, pictures from her social media accounts show her pouting over cocktails and cigarettes.<br />
So far, so thrillingly wild. But it wasn't this side of Lady Amelia Windsor that was on show this week. On the cover of the latest edition of Tatler magazine, the granddaughter to the Queen's cousin, the Duke of Kent, is portrayed as more demure English rose than party girl. Indeed, the magazine even dubs her 'the most beautiful member of the Royal Family'.<br />
<br />
<br />
While you would be forgiven for not being instantly familiar with Lady Amelia, with her full lips, glossy mane and molten brown eyes, she's tipped as the one to watch among the young royals. And although the 20-year-old student may have a delicate baby-faced beauty, she's certainly not averse to living it up.<br />
Indeed, other pictures from her publicly available social media accounts show her dancing at Notting Hill Carnival (that bronzed midriff on display), posing at Glastonbury Festival and smoking in the bath. She's outspoken about her passion for Bloody Mary cocktails. And her apparent motto, as inscribed on a photo in her Instagram account? 'Go hard or go home.' In other words, party like you're Prince Harry.<br />
But Lady Amelia is no mere vacuous socialite in the making. On the contrary. She is vocal about her love for Latin, saying she is 'crazy' about it after studying it for A-level and is rather bookish in nature. She's currently reading French and Italian at Edinburgh University. I
    Exclusivepix_AMELIA_WINDSOR11.jpg
  • EXCLUSIVE LADY AMELIA WINDSOR- Backstage Le Bal - Raphael Palace in Paris <br />
A very beautiful (and rather naughty) Royal: Her extraordinary looks have landed her on the cover of Tatler. And Amelia Windsor's giving Harry a run for his money in the party stakes  <br />
<br />
She dances on a yacht, lithe and bronzed in a neon bikini, her long hair gleaming in the sun. She's the picture of rebellion in a nightclub, sitting astride a female friend, her slim legs in revealing floral shorts and her midriff on show under her black crop top.<br />
And, again and again, pictures from her social media accounts show her pouting over cocktails and cigarettes.<br />
So far, so thrillingly wild. But it wasn't this side of Lady Amelia Windsor that was on show this week. On the cover of the latest edition of Tatler magazine, the granddaughter to the Queen's cousin, the Duke of Kent, is portrayed as more demure English rose than party girl. Indeed, the magazine even dubs her 'the most beautiful member of the Royal Family'.<br />
<br />
<br />
While you would be forgiven for not being instantly familiar with Lady Amelia, with her full lips, glossy mane and molten brown eyes, she's tipped as the one to watch among the young royals. And although the 20-year-old student may have a delicate baby-faced beauty, she's certainly not averse to living it up.<br />
Indeed, other pictures from her publicly available social media accounts show her dancing at Notting Hill Carnival (that bronzed midriff on display), posing at Glastonbury Festival and smoking in the bath. She's outspoken about her passion for Bloody Mary cocktails. And her apparent motto, as inscribed on a photo in her Instagram account? 'Go hard or go home.' In other words, party like you're Prince Harry.<br />
But Lady Amelia is no mere vacuous socialite in the making. On the contrary. She is vocal about her love for Latin, saying she is 'crazy' about it after studying it for A-level and is rather bookish in nature. She's currently reading French and Italian at Edinburgh University. I
    Exclusivepix_AMELIA_WINDSOR09.jpg
  • EXCLUSIVE LADY AMELIA WINDSOR- Backstage Le Bal - Raphael Palace in Paris <br />
A very beautiful (and rather naughty) Royal: Her extraordinary looks have landed her on the cover of Tatler. And Amelia Windsor's giving Harry a run for his money in the party stakes  <br />
<br />
She dances on a yacht, lithe and bronzed in a neon bikini, her long hair gleaming in the sun. She's the picture of rebellion in a nightclub, sitting astride a female friend, her slim legs in revealing floral shorts and her midriff on show under her black crop top.<br />
And, again and again, pictures from her social media accounts show her pouting over cocktails and cigarettes.<br />
So far, so thrillingly wild. But it wasn't this side of Lady Amelia Windsor that was on show this week. On the cover of the latest edition of Tatler magazine, the granddaughter to the Queen's cousin, the Duke of Kent, is portrayed as more demure English rose than party girl. Indeed, the magazine even dubs her 'the most beautiful member of the Royal Family'.<br />
<br />
<br />
While you would be forgiven for not being instantly familiar with Lady Amelia, with her full lips, glossy mane and molten brown eyes, she's tipped as the one to watch among the young royals. And although the 20-year-old student may have a delicate baby-faced beauty, she's certainly not averse to living it up.<br />
Indeed, other pictures from her publicly available social media accounts show her dancing at Notting Hill Carnival (that bronzed midriff on display), posing at Glastonbury Festival and smoking in the bath. She's outspoken about her passion for Bloody Mary cocktails. And her apparent motto, as inscribed on a photo in her Instagram account? 'Go hard or go home.' In other words, party like you're Prince Harry.<br />
But Lady Amelia is no mere vacuous socialite in the making. On the contrary. She is vocal about her love for Latin, saying she is 'crazy' about it after studying it for A-level and is rather bookish in nature. She's currently reading French and Italian at Edinburgh University. I
    Exclusivepix_AMELIA_WINDSOR06.jpg
  • EXCLUSIVE LADY AMELIA WINDSOR- Backstage Le Bal - Raphael Palace in Paris <br />
A very beautiful (and rather naughty) Royal: Her extraordinary looks have landed her on the cover of Tatler. And Amelia Windsor's giving Harry a run for his money in the party stakes  <br />
<br />
She dances on a yacht, lithe and bronzed in a neon bikini, her long hair gleaming in the sun. She's the picture of rebellion in a nightclub, sitting astride a female friend, her slim legs in revealing floral shorts and her midriff on show under her black crop top.<br />
And, again and again, pictures from her social media accounts show her pouting over cocktails and cigarettes.<br />
So far, so thrillingly wild. But it wasn't this side of Lady Amelia Windsor that was on show this week. On the cover of the latest edition of Tatler magazine, the granddaughter to the Queen's cousin, the Duke of Kent, is portrayed as more demure English rose than party girl. Indeed, the magazine even dubs her 'the most beautiful member of the Royal Family'.<br />
<br />
<br />
While you would be forgiven for not being instantly familiar with Lady Amelia, with her full lips, glossy mane and molten brown eyes, she's tipped as the one to watch among the young royals. And although the 20-year-old student may have a delicate baby-faced beauty, she's certainly not averse to living it up.<br />
Indeed, other pictures from her publicly available social media accounts show her dancing at Notting Hill Carnival (that bronzed midriff on display), posing at Glastonbury Festival and smoking in the bath. She's outspoken about her passion for Bloody Mary cocktails. And her apparent motto, as inscribed on a photo in her Instagram account? 'Go hard or go home.' In other words, party like you're Prince Harry.<br />
But Lady Amelia is no mere vacuous socialite in the making. On the contrary. She is vocal about her love for Latin, saying she is 'crazy' about it after studying it for A-level and is rather bookish in nature. She's currently reading French and Italian at Edinburgh University. I
    Exclusivepix_AMELIA_WINDSOR04.jpg
  • EXCLUSIVE LADY AMELIA WINDSOR- Backstage Le Bal - Raphael Palace in Paris <br />
A very beautiful (and rather naughty) Royal: Her extraordinary looks have landed her on the cover of Tatler. And Amelia Windsor's giving Harry a run for his money in the party stakes  <br />
<br />
She dances on a yacht, lithe and bronzed in a neon bikini, her long hair gleaming in the sun. She's the picture of rebellion in a nightclub, sitting astride a female friend, her slim legs in revealing floral shorts and her midriff on show under her black crop top.<br />
And, again and again, pictures from her social media accounts show her pouting over cocktails and cigarettes.<br />
So far, so thrillingly wild. But it wasn't this side of Lady Amelia Windsor that was on show this week. On the cover of the latest edition of Tatler magazine, the granddaughter to the Queen's cousin, the Duke of Kent, is portrayed as more demure English rose than party girl. Indeed, the magazine even dubs her 'the most beautiful member of the Royal Family'.<br />
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While you would be forgiven for not being instantly familiar with Lady Amelia, with her full lips, glossy mane and molten brown eyes, she's tipped as the one to watch among the young royals. And although the 20-year-old student may have a delicate baby-faced beauty, she's certainly not averse to living it up.<br />
Indeed, other pictures from her publicly available social media accounts show her dancing at Notting Hill Carnival (that bronzed midriff on display), posing at Glastonbury Festival and smoking in the bath. She's outspoken about her passion for Bloody Mary cocktails. And her apparent motto, as inscribed on a photo in her Instagram account? 'Go hard or go home.' In other words, party like you're Prince Harry.<br />
But Lady Amelia is no mere vacuous socialite in the making. On the contrary. She is vocal about her love for Latin, saying she is 'crazy' about it after studying it for A-level and is rather bookish in nature. She's currently reading French and Italian at Edinburgh University. I
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  • EXCLUSIVE LADY AMELIA WINDSOR- Backstage Le Bal - Raphael Palace in Paris <br />
A very beautiful (and rather naughty) Royal: Her extraordinary looks have landed her on the cover of Tatler. And Amelia Windsor's giving Harry a run for his money in the party stakes  <br />
<br />
She dances on a yacht, lithe and bronzed in a neon bikini, her long hair gleaming in the sun. She's the picture of rebellion in a nightclub, sitting astride a female friend, her slim legs in revealing floral shorts and her midriff on show under her black crop top.<br />
And, again and again, pictures from her social media accounts show her pouting over cocktails and cigarettes.<br />
So far, so thrillingly wild. But it wasn't this side of Lady Amelia Windsor that was on show this week. On the cover of the latest edition of Tatler magazine, the granddaughter to the Queen's cousin, the Duke of Kent, is portrayed as more demure English rose than party girl. Indeed, the magazine even dubs her 'the most beautiful member of the Royal Family'.<br />
<br />
<br />
While you would be forgiven for not being instantly familiar with Lady Amelia, with her full lips, glossy mane and molten brown eyes, she's tipped as the one to watch among the young royals. And although the 20-year-old student may have a delicate baby-faced beauty, she's certainly not averse to living it up.<br />
Indeed, other pictures from her publicly available social media accounts show her dancing at Notting Hill Carnival (that bronzed midriff on display), posing at Glastonbury Festival and smoking in the bath. She's outspoken about her passion for Bloody Mary cocktails. And her apparent motto, as inscribed on a photo in her Instagram account? 'Go hard or go home.' In other words, party like you're Prince Harry.<br />
But Lady Amelia is no mere vacuous socialite in the making. On the contrary. She is vocal about her love for Latin, saying she is 'crazy' about it after studying it for A-level and is rather bookish in nature. She's currently reading French and Italian at Edinburgh University. I
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  • EXCLUSIVE LADY AMELIA WINDSOR- Backstage Le Bal - Raphael Palace in Paris <br />
A very beautiful (and rather naughty) Royal: Her extraordinary looks have landed her on the cover of Tatler. And Amelia Windsor's giving Harry a run for his money in the party stakes  <br />
<br />
She dances on a yacht, lithe and bronzed in a neon bikini, her long hair gleaming in the sun. She's the picture of rebellion in a nightclub, sitting astride a female friend, her slim legs in revealing floral shorts and her midriff on show under her black crop top.<br />
And, again and again, pictures from her social media accounts show her pouting over cocktails and cigarettes.<br />
So far, so thrillingly wild. But it wasn't this side of Lady Amelia Windsor that was on show this week. On the cover of the latest edition of Tatler magazine, the granddaughter to the Queen's cousin, the Duke of Kent, is portrayed as more demure English rose than party girl. Indeed, the magazine even dubs her 'the most beautiful member of the Royal Family'.<br />
<br />
<br />
While you would be forgiven for not being instantly familiar with Lady Amelia, with her full lips, glossy mane and molten brown eyes, she's tipped as the one to watch among the young royals. And although the 20-year-old student may have a delicate baby-faced beauty, she's certainly not averse to living it up.<br />
Indeed, other pictures from her publicly available social media accounts show her dancing at Notting Hill Carnival (that bronzed midriff on display), posing at Glastonbury Festival and smoking in the bath. She's outspoken about her passion for Bloody Mary cocktails. And her apparent motto, as inscribed on a photo in her Instagram account? 'Go hard or go home.' In other words, party like you're Prince Harry.<br />
But Lady Amelia is no mere vacuous socialite in the making. On the contrary. She is vocal about her love for Latin, saying she is 'crazy' about it after studying it for A-level and is rather bookish in nature. She's currently reading French and Italian at Edinburgh University. I
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  • Artist creates baby image from her pregnant tummy<br />
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Maria Bradley  is an experienced makeup and special effects artist and has been for over 15 years, along with face/body painting. Based in Gillingham kent.<br />
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"A few years ago I was asked by a mum2be if I could paint her baby bump" <br />
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"After I posted the image on my website and on my Social media accounts I got a mixed response, but slowly it's has become more popular. This year 2015 it's picking up a lot"<br />
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"This is a project I have wanted to do for years but have never found a lady that was willing to let me do it to her"  <br />
My special effects work is all self taught and this year I found out I was pregnant, the perfect opportunity to work on my very own baby bump.<br />
I brought a second hand doll and casted the face using clay then pored Kryolan Gelafix skin into the clay mould. removed the cast and glued to my own belly using sprit gum SFX glue. I then used liquid latex and tissue to cover the moulds to try and make it look it the baby is pushing its head through the skin. I then painted it all with foundation to blend it in with my skin tone.<br />
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"I done this look on myself as I have not found another pregnant lady willing to let me do this look on her as it is a bit far out there"<br />
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" Being nearly 9 months pregnant and doing a job like this proved very hard indeed"  I used mirrors both my left and right hand to glue and paint.<br />
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The reaction has been mixed some have said they love it and others say it good but very scary and all in all it has been a great reaction.<br />
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  • Photographer Sasha Leahovcenco document the aftermath of the Typhoon tragedy that hit the Philippines in these touching images..<br />
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It’s all started with a Facebook status. I remember watching the news of the typhoon going towards the Philippines, and this was my first thought that I posted – “Thinking to fly to South Philippines this week.”<br />
<br />
The Next morning I received an e-mail from a photographer in Southern California asking if I would like to join him on his trip to the Philippines, which he was planning also. The dates didn’t work out, so I left after him.<br />
Yet Preston – the guy who contacted me earlier was kind enough to share his contact person in the Philippines.
So, I started looking for a small team and invited my two friends Dennis and Avel, who are incredible cinematographers to come with me on the trip to document it and they gladly agreed. A week later we were on our way to the Philippines.<br />
We arrived at 2am, and our new friend Kent Jesalva, picked us up from the airport, and after a 2 hour drive we were already on tour way to a different island. We had no agenda. All we wanted to do is to see what really happened. Who was affected. And how we could help them.<br />
We went to Philippines with one mission – document the aftermath of the tragedy, and share the story with you in hopes that someone out there would like to join and help those less privileged people in Philippines. What we were able to do is make that message known to you, but now it’s up to you to decide if you want to join the cause. It’s amazing what can be done when two or three come together. Now I am asking you to join me in this and help those that are helpless, broken and hurting.<br />
On March 30th of this year, my team and I are going back to the ruins and will be providing people with tools to rebuild, generators for those without electricity, and food for those who cannot afford it. <br />
©Sasha Leahovcenco/Exclusivepix
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  • Photographer Sasha Leahovcenco document the aftermath of the Typhoon tragedy that hit the Philippines in these touching images..<br />
<br />
It’s all started with a Facebook status. I remember watching the news of the typhoon going towards the Philippines, and this was my first thought that I posted – “Thinking to fly to South Philippines this week.”<br />
<br />
The Next morning I received an e-mail from a photographer in Southern California asking if I would like to join him on his trip to the Philippines, which he was planning also. The dates didn’t work out, so I left after him.<br />
Yet Preston – the guy who contacted me earlier was kind enough to share his contact person in the Philippines.
So, I started looking for a small team and invited my two friends Dennis and Avel, who are incredible cinematographers to come with me on the trip to document it and they gladly agreed. A week later we were on our way to the Philippines.<br />
We arrived at 2am, and our new friend Kent Jesalva, picked us up from the airport, and after a 2 hour drive we were already on tour way to a different island. We had no agenda. All we wanted to do is to see what really happened. Who was affected. And how we could help them.<br />
We went to Philippines with one mission – document the aftermath of the tragedy, and share the story with you in hopes that someone out there would like to join and help those less privileged people in Philippines. What we were able to do is make that message known to you, but now it’s up to you to decide if you want to join the cause. It’s amazing what can be done when two or three come together. Now I am asking you to join me in this and help those that are helpless, broken and hurting.<br />
On March 30th of this year, my team and I are going back to the ruins and will be providing people with tools to rebuild, generators for those without electricity, and food for those who cannot afford it. <br />
©Sasha Leahovcenco/Exclusivepix
    Exclusivepix_Aftermath_of_Typhoon_Tr...jpg
  • Photographer Sasha Leahovcenco document the aftermath of the Typhoon tragedy that hit the Philippines in these touching images..<br />
<br />
It’s all started with a Facebook status. I remember watching the news of the typhoon going towards the Philippines, and this was my first thought that I posted – “Thinking to fly to South Philippines this week.”<br />
<br />
The Next morning I received an e-mail from a photographer in Southern California asking if I would like to join him on his trip to the Philippines, which he was planning also. The dates didn’t work out, so I left after him.<br />
Yet Preston – the guy who contacted me earlier was kind enough to share his contact person in the Philippines.
So, I started looking for a small team and invited my two friends Dennis and Avel, who are incredible cinematographers to come with me on the trip to document it and they gladly agreed. A week later we were on our way to the Philippines.<br />
We arrived at 2am, and our new friend Kent Jesalva, picked us up from the airport, and after a 2 hour drive we were already on tour way to a different island. We had no agenda. All we wanted to do is to see what really happened. Who was affected. And how we could help them.<br />
We went to Philippines with one mission – document the aftermath of the tragedy, and share the story with you in hopes that someone out there would like to join and help those less privileged people in Philippines. What we were able to do is make that message known to you, but now it’s up to you to decide if you want to join the cause. It’s amazing what can be done when two or three come together. Now I am asking you to join me in this and help those that are helpless, broken and hurting.<br />
On March 30th of this year, my team and I are going back to the ruins and will be providing people with tools to rebuild, generators for those without electricity, and food for those who cannot afford it. <br />
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Photo shows: This girl is one of many children who do not go to school, but help their f
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  • Photographer Sasha Leahovcenco document the aftermath of the Typhoon tragedy that hit the Philippines in these touching images..<br />
<br />
It’s all started with a Facebook status. I remember watching the news of the typhoon going towards the Philippines, and this was my first thought that I posted – “Thinking to fly to South Philippines this week.”<br />
<br />
The Next morning I received an e-mail from a photographer in Southern California asking if I would like to join him on his trip to the Philippines, which he was planning also. The dates didn’t work out, so I left after him.<br />
Yet Preston – the guy who contacted me earlier was kind enough to share his contact person in the Philippines.
So, I started looking for a small team and invited my two friends Dennis and Avel, who are incredible cinematographers to come with me on the trip to document it and they gladly agreed. A week later we were on our way to the Philippines.<br />
We arrived at 2am, and our new friend Kent Jesalva, picked us up from the airport, and after a 2 hour drive we were already on tour way to a different island. We had no agenda. All we wanted to do is to see what really happened. Who was affected. And how we could help them.<br />
We went to Philippines with one mission – document the aftermath of the tragedy, and share the story with you in hopes that someone out there would like to join and help those less privileged people in Philippines. What we were able to do is make that message known to you, but now it’s up to you to decide if you want to join the cause. It’s amazing what can be done when two or three come together. Now I am asking you to join me in this and help those that are helpless, broken and hurting.<br />
On March 30th of this year, my team and I are going back to the ruins and will be providing people with tools to rebuild, generators for those without electricity, and food for those who cannot afford it. <br />
©Sasha Leahovcenco/Exclusivepix
    Exclusivepix_Aftermath_of_Typhoon_Tr...jpg
  • Photographer Sasha Leahovcenco document the aftermath of the Typhoon tragedy that hit the Philippines in these touching images..<br />
<br />
It’s all started with a Facebook status. I remember watching the news of the typhoon going towards the Philippines, and this was my first thought that I posted – “Thinking to fly to South Philippines this week.”<br />
<br />
The Next morning I received an e-mail from a photographer in Southern California asking if I would like to join him on his trip to the Philippines, which he was planning also. The dates didn’t work out, so I left after him.<br />
Yet Preston – the guy who contacted me earlier was kind enough to share his contact person in the Philippines.
So, I started looking for a small team and invited my two friends Dennis and Avel, who are incredible cinematographers to come with me on the trip to document it and they gladly agreed. A week later we were on our way to the Philippines.<br />
We arrived at 2am, and our new friend Kent Jesalva, picked us up from the airport, and after a 2 hour drive we were already on tour way to a different island. We had no agenda. All we wanted to do is to see what really happened. Who was affected. And how we could help them.<br />
We went to Philippines with one mission – document the aftermath of the tragedy, and share the story with you in hopes that someone out there would like to join and help those less privileged people in Philippines. What we were able to do is make that message known to you, but now it’s up to you to decide if you want to join the cause. It’s amazing what can be done when two or three come together. Now I am asking you to join me in this and help those that are helpless, broken and hurting.<br />
On March 30th of this year, my team and I are going back to the ruins and will be providing people with tools to rebuild, generators for those without electricity, and food for those who cannot afford it. <br />
©Sasha Leahovcenco/Exclusivepix
    Exclusivepix_Aftermath_of_Typhoon_Tr...jpg
  • Photographer Sasha Leahovcenco document the aftermath of the Typhoon tragedy that hit the Philippines in these touching images..<br />
<br />
It’s all started with a Facebook status. I remember watching the news of the typhoon going towards the Philippines, and this was my first thought that I posted – “Thinking to fly to South Philippines this week.”<br />
<br />
The Next morning I received an e-mail from a photographer in Southern California asking if I would like to join him on his trip to the Philippines, which he was planning also. The dates didn’t work out, so I left after him.<br />
Yet Preston – the guy who contacted me earlier was kind enough to share his contact person in the Philippines.
So, I started looking for a small team and invited my two friends Dennis and Avel, who are incredible cinematographers to come with me on the trip to document it and they gladly agreed. A week later we were on our way to the Philippines.<br />
We arrived at 2am, and our new friend Kent Jesalva, picked us up from the airport, and after a 2 hour drive we were already on tour way to a different island. We had no agenda. All we wanted to do is to see what really happened. Who was affected. And how we could help them.<br />
We went to Philippines with one mission – document the aftermath of the tragedy, and share the story with you in hopes that someone out there would like to join and help those less privileged people in Philippines. What we were able to do is make that message known to you, but now it’s up to you to decide if you want to join the cause. It’s amazing what can be done when two or three come together. Now I am asking you to join me in this and help those that are helpless, broken and hurting.<br />
On March 30th of this year, my team and I are going back to the ruins and will be providing people with tools to rebuild, generators for those without electricity, and food for those who cannot afford it. <br />
<br />
Photo shows: Surrounded by pots, pans and the wood frame of his home, this man sits in t
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  • Photographer Sasha Leahovcenco document the aftermath of the Typhoon tragedy that hit the Philippines in these touching images..<br />
<br />
It’s all started with a Facebook status. I remember watching the news of the typhoon going towards the Philippines, and this was my first thought that I posted – “Thinking to fly to South Philippines this week.”<br />
<br />
The Next morning I received an e-mail from a photographer in Southern California asking if I would like to join him on his trip to the Philippines, which he was planning also. The dates didn’t work out, so I left after him.<br />
Yet Preston – the guy who contacted me earlier was kind enough to share his contact person in the Philippines.
So, I started looking for a small team and invited my two friends Dennis and Avel, who are incredible cinematographers to come with me on the trip to document it and they gladly agreed. A week later we were on our way to the Philippines.<br />
We arrived at 2am, and our new friend Kent Jesalva, picked us up from the airport, and after a 2 hour drive we were already on tour way to a different island. We had no agenda. All we wanted to do is to see what really happened. Who was affected. And how we could help them.<br />
We went to Philippines with one mission – document the aftermath of the tragedy, and share the story with you in hopes that someone out there would like to join and help those less privileged people in Philippines. What we were able to do is make that message known to you, but now it’s up to you to decide if you want to join the cause. It’s amazing what can be done when two or three come together. Now I am asking you to join me in this and help those that are helpless, broken and hurting.<br />
On March 30th of this year, my team and I are going back to the ruins and will be providing people with tools to rebuild, generators for those without electricity, and food for those who cannot afford it. <br />
©Sasha Leahovcenco/Exclusivepix
    Exclusivepix_Aftermath_of_Typhoon_Tr...jpg
  • Photographer Sasha Leahovcenco document the aftermath of the Typhoon tragedy that hit the Philippines in these touching images..<br />
<br />
It’s all started with a Facebook status. I remember watching the news of the typhoon going towards the Philippines, and this was my first thought that I posted – “Thinking to fly to South Philippines this week.”<br />
<br />
The Next morning I received an e-mail from a photographer in Southern California asking if I would like to join him on his trip to the Philippines, which he was planning also. The dates didn’t work out, so I left after him.<br />
Yet Preston – the guy who contacted me earlier was kind enough to share his contact person in the Philippines.
So, I started looking for a small team and invited my two friends Dennis and Avel, who are incredible cinematographers to come with me on the trip to document it and they gladly agreed. A week later we were on our way to the Philippines.<br />
We arrived at 2am, and our new friend Kent Jesalva, picked us up from the airport, and after a 2 hour drive we were already on tour way to a different island. We had no agenda. All we wanted to do is to see what really happened. Who was affected. And how we could help them.<br />
We went to Philippines with one mission – document the aftermath of the tragedy, and share the story with you in hopes that someone out there would like to join and help those less privileged people in Philippines. What we were able to do is make that message known to you, but now it’s up to you to decide if you want to join the cause. It’s amazing what can be done when two or three come together. Now I am asking you to join me in this and help those that are helpless, broken and hurting.<br />
On March 30th of this year, my team and I are going back to the ruins and will be providing people with tools to rebuild, generators for those without electricity, and food for those who cannot afford it. <br />
©Sasha Leahovcenco/Exclusivepix
    Exclusivepix_Aftermath_of_Typhoon_Tr...jpg
  • Photographer Sasha Leahovcenco document the aftermath of the Typhoon tragedy that hit the Philippines in these touching images..<br />
<br />
It’s all started with a Facebook status. I remember watching the news of the typhoon going towards the Philippines, and this was my first thought that I posted – “Thinking to fly to South Philippines this week.”<br />
<br />
The Next morning I received an e-mail from a photographer in Southern California asking if I would like to join him on his trip to the Philippines, which he was planning also. The dates didn’t work out, so I left after him.<br />
Yet Preston – the guy who contacted me earlier was kind enough to share his contact person in the Philippines.
So, I started looking for a small team and invited my two friends Dennis and Avel, who are incredible cinematographers to come with me on the trip to document it and they gladly agreed. A week later we were on our way to the Philippines.<br />
We arrived at 2am, and our new friend Kent Jesalva, picked us up from the airport, and after a 2 hour drive we were already on tour way to a different island. We had no agenda. All we wanted to do is to see what really happened. Who was affected. And how we could help them.<br />
We went to Philippines with one mission – document the aftermath of the tragedy, and share the story with you in hopes that someone out there would like to join and help those less privileged people in Philippines. What we were able to do is make that message known to you, but now it’s up to you to decide if you want to join the cause. It’s amazing what can be done when two or three come together. Now I am asking you to join me in this and help those that are helpless, broken and hurting.<br />
On March 30th of this year, my team and I are going back to the ruins and will be providing people with tools to rebuild, generators for those without electricity, and food for those who cannot afford it. <br />
©Sasha Leahovcenco/Exclusivepix
    Exclusivepix_Aftermath_of_Typhoon_Tr...jpg
  • Photographer Sasha Leahovcenco document the aftermath of the Typhoon tragedy that hit the Philippines in these touching images..<br />
<br />
It’s all started with a Facebook status. I remember watching the news of the typhoon going towards the Philippines, and this was my first thought that I posted – “Thinking to fly to South Philippines this week.”<br />
<br />
The Next morning I received an e-mail from a photographer in Southern California asking if I would like to join him on his trip to the Philippines, which he was planning also. The dates didn’t work out, so I left after him.<br />
Yet Preston – the guy who contacted me earlier was kind enough to share his contact person in the Philippines.
So, I started looking for a small team and invited my two friends Dennis and Avel, who are incredible cinematographers to come with me on the trip to document it and they gladly agreed. A week later we were on our way to the Philippines.<br />
We arrived at 2am, and our new friend Kent Jesalva, picked us up from the airport, and after a 2 hour drive we were already on tour way to a different island. We had no agenda. All we wanted to do is to see what really happened. Who was affected. And how we could help them.<br />
We went to Philippines with one mission – document the aftermath of the tragedy, and share the story with you in hopes that someone out there would like to join and help those less privileged people in Philippines. What we were able to do is make that message known to you, but now it’s up to you to decide if you want to join the cause. It’s amazing what can be done when two or three come together. Now I am asking you to join me in this and help those that are helpless, broken and hurting.<br />
On March 30th of this year, my team and I are going back to the ruins and will be providing people with tools to rebuild, generators for those without electricity, and food for those who cannot afford it. <br />
©Sasha Leahovcenco/Exclusivepix
    Exclusivepix_Aftermath_of_Typhoon_Tr...jpg
  • Photographer Sasha Leahovcenco document the aftermath of the Typhoon tragedy that hit the Philippines in these touching images..<br />
<br />
It’s all started with a Facebook status. I remember watching the news of the typhoon going towards the Philippines, and this was my first thought that I posted – “Thinking to fly to South Philippines this week.”<br />
<br />
The Next morning I received an e-mail from a photographer in Southern California asking if I would like to join him on his trip to the Philippines, which he was planning also. The dates didn’t work out, so I left after him.<br />
Yet Preston – the guy who contacted me earlier was kind enough to share his contact person in the Philippines.
So, I started looking for a small team and invited my two friends Dennis and Avel, who are incredible cinematographers to come with me on the trip to document it and they gladly agreed. A week later we were on our way to the Philippines.<br />
We arrived at 2am, and our new friend Kent Jesalva, picked us up from the airport, and after a 2 hour drive we were already on tour way to a different island. We had no agenda. All we wanted to do is to see what really happened. Who was affected. And how we could help them.<br />
We went to Philippines with one mission – document the aftermath of the tragedy, and share the story with you in hopes that someone out there would like to join and help those less privileged people in Philippines. What we were able to do is make that message known to you, but now it’s up to you to decide if you want to join the cause. It’s amazing what can be done when two or three come together. Now I am asking you to join me in this and help those that are helpless, broken and hurting.<br />
On March 30th of this year, my team and I are going back to the ruins and will be providing people with tools to rebuild, generators for those without electricity, and food for those who cannot afford it. <br />
©Sasha Leahovcenco/Exclusivepix
    Exclusivepix_Aftermath_of_Typhoon_Tr...jpg
  • Photographer Sasha Leahovcenco document the aftermath of the Typhoon tragedy that hit the Philippines in these touching images..<br />
<br />
It’s all started with a Facebook status. I remember watching the news of the typhoon going towards the Philippines, and this was my first thought that I posted – “Thinking to fly to South Philippines this week.”<br />
<br />
The Next morning I received an e-mail from a photographer in Southern California asking if I would like to join him on his trip to the Philippines, which he was planning also. The dates didn’t work out, so I left after him.<br />
Yet Preston – the guy who contacted me earlier was kind enough to share his contact person in the Philippines.
So, I started looking for a small team and invited my two friends Dennis and Avel, who are incredible cinematographers to come with me on the trip to document it and they gladly agreed. A week later we were on our way to the Philippines.<br />
We arrived at 2am, and our new friend Kent Jesalva, picked us up from the airport, and after a 2 hour drive we were already on tour way to a different island. We had no agenda. All we wanted to do is to see what really happened. Who was affected. And how we could help them.<br />
We went to Philippines with one mission – document the aftermath of the tragedy, and share the story with you in hopes that someone out there would like to join and help those less privileged people in Philippines. What we were able to do is make that message known to you, but now it’s up to you to decide if you want to join the cause. It’s amazing what can be done when two or three come together. Now I am asking you to join me in this and help those that are helpless, broken and hurting.<br />
On March 30th of this year, my team and I are going back to the ruins and will be providing people with tools to rebuild, generators for those without electricity, and food for those who cannot afford it. <br />
©Sasha Leahovcenco/Exclusivepix
    Exclusivepix_Aftermath_of_Typhoon_Tr...jpg
  • Photographer Sasha Leahovcenco document the aftermath of the Typhoon tragedy that hit the Philippines in these touching images..<br />
<br />
It’s all started with a Facebook status. I remember watching the news of the typhoon going towards the Philippines, and this was my first thought that I posted – “Thinking to fly to South Philippines this week.”<br />
<br />
The Next morning I received an e-mail from a photographer in Southern California asking if I would like to join him on his trip to the Philippines, which he was planning also. The dates didn’t work out, so I left after him.<br />
Yet Preston – the guy who contacted me earlier was kind enough to share his contact person in the Philippines.
So, I started looking for a small team and invited my two friends Dennis and Avel, who are incredible cinematographers to come with me on the trip to document it and they gladly agreed. A week later we were on our way to the Philippines.<br />
We arrived at 2am, and our new friend Kent Jesalva, picked us up from the airport, and after a 2 hour drive we were already on tour way to a different island. We had no agenda. All we wanted to do is to see what really happened. Who was affected. And how we could help them.<br />
We went to Philippines with one mission – document the aftermath of the tragedy, and share the story with you in hopes that someone out there would like to join and help those less privileged people in Philippines. What we were able to do is make that message known to you, but now it’s up to you to decide if you want to join the cause. It’s amazing what can be done when two or three come together. Now I am asking you to join me in this and help those that are helpless, broken and hurting.<br />
On March 30th of this year, my team and I are going back to the ruins and will be providing people with tools to rebuild, generators for those without electricity, and food for those who cannot afford it. <br />
<br />
Photo shows: A young girl carrying water pauses for a picture before continuing her walk
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  • Photographer Sasha Leahovcenco document the aftermath of the Typhoon tragedy that hit the Philippines in these touching images..<br />
<br />
It’s all started with a Facebook status. I remember watching the news of the typhoon going towards the Philippines, and this was my first thought that I posted – “Thinking to fly to South Philippines this week.”<br />
<br />
The Next morning I received an e-mail from a photographer in Southern California asking if I would like to join him on his trip to the Philippines, which he was planning also. The dates didn’t work out, so I left after him.<br />
Yet Preston – the guy who contacted me earlier was kind enough to share his contact person in the Philippines.
So, I started looking for a small team and invited my two friends Dennis and Avel, who are incredible cinematographers to come with me on the trip to document it and they gladly agreed. A week later we were on our way to the Philippines.<br />
We arrived at 2am, and our new friend Kent Jesalva, picked us up from the airport, and after a 2 hour drive we were already on tour way to a different island. We had no agenda. All we wanted to do is to see what really happened. Who was affected. And how we could help them.<br />
We went to Philippines with one mission – document the aftermath of the tragedy, and share the story with you in hopes that someone out there would like to join and help those less privileged people in Philippines. What we were able to do is make that message known to you, but now it’s up to you to decide if you want to join the cause. It’s amazing what can be done when two or three come together. Now I am asking you to join me in this and help those that are helpless, broken and hurting.<br />
On March 30th of this year, my team and I are going back to the ruins and will be providing people with tools to rebuild, generators for those without electricity, and food for those who cannot afford it. <br />
©Sasha Leahovcenco/Exclusivepix
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  • Photographer Sasha Leahovcenco document the aftermath of the Typhoon tragedy that hit the Philippines in these touching images..<br />
<br />
It’s all started with a Facebook status. I remember watching the news of the typhoon going towards the Philippines, and this was my first thought that I posted – “Thinking to fly to South Philippines this week.”<br />
<br />
The Next morning I received an e-mail from a photographer in Southern California asking if I would like to join him on his trip to the Philippines, which he was planning also. The dates didn’t work out, so I left after him.<br />
Yet Preston – the guy who contacted me earlier was kind enough to share his contact person in the Philippines.
So, I started looking for a small team and invited my two friends Dennis and Avel, who are incredible cinematographers to come with me on the trip to document it and they gladly agreed. A week later we were on our way to the Philippines.<br />
We arrived at 2am, and our new friend Kent Jesalva, picked us up from the airport, and after a 2 hour drive we were already on tour way to a different island. We had no agenda. All we wanted to do is to see what really happened. Who was affected. And how we could help them.<br />
We went to Philippines with one mission – document the aftermath of the tragedy, and share the story with you in hopes that someone out there would like to join and help those less privileged people in Philippines. What we were able to do is make that message known to you, but now it’s up to you to decide if you want to join the cause. It’s amazing what can be done when two or three come together. Now I am asking you to join me in this and help those that are helpless, broken and hurting.<br />
On March 30th of this year, my team and I are going back to the ruins and will be providing people with tools to rebuild, generators for those without electricity, and food for those who cannot afford it. <br />
<br />
Photo shows; A boy rests next to a pile of laundry, as he waits patiently for his turn t
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  • Photographer Sasha Leahovcenco document the aftermath of the Typhoon tragedy that hit the Philippines in these touching images..<br />
<br />
It’s all started with a Facebook status. I remember watching the news of the typhoon going towards the Philippines, and this was my first thought that I posted – “Thinking to fly to South Philippines this week.”<br />
<br />
The Next morning I received an e-mail from a photographer in Southern California asking if I would like to join him on his trip to the Philippines, which he was planning also. The dates didn’t work out, so I left after him.<br />
Yet Preston – the guy who contacted me earlier was kind enough to share his contact person in the Philippines.
So, I started looking for a small team and invited my two friends Dennis and Avel, who are incredible cinematographers to come with me on the trip to document it and they gladly agreed. A week later we were on our way to the Philippines.<br />
We arrived at 2am, and our new friend Kent Jesalva, picked us up from the airport, and after a 2 hour drive we were already on tour way to a different island. We had no agenda. All we wanted to do is to see what really happened. Who was affected. And how we could help them.<br />
We went to Philippines with one mission – document the aftermath of the tragedy, and share the story with you in hopes that someone out there would like to join and help those less privileged people in Philippines. What we were able to do is make that message known to you, but now it’s up to you to decide if you want to join the cause. It’s amazing what can be done when two or three come together. Now I am asking you to join me in this and help those that are helpless, broken and hurting.<br />
On March 30th of this year, my team and I are going back to the ruins and will be providing people with tools to rebuild, generators for those without electricity, and food for those who cannot afford it. <br />
<br />
Photo shows: A young boy on rollerblades occupies the streets with piles of metals and w
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  • Photographer Sasha Leahovcenco document the aftermath of the Typhoon tragedy that hit the Philippines in these touching images..<br />
<br />
It’s all started with a Facebook status. I remember watching the news of the typhoon going towards the Philippines, and this was my first thought that I posted – “Thinking to fly to South Philippines this week.”<br />
<br />
The Next morning I received an e-mail from a photographer in Southern California asking if I would like to join him on his trip to the Philippines, which he was planning also. The dates didn’t work out, so I left after him.<br />
Yet Preston – the guy who contacted me earlier was kind enough to share his contact person in the Philippines.
So, I started looking for a small team and invited my two friends Dennis and Avel, who are incredible cinematographers to come with me on the trip to document it and they gladly agreed. A week later we were on our way to the Philippines.<br />
We arrived at 2am, and our new friend Kent Jesalva, picked us up from the airport, and after a 2 hour drive we were already on tour way to a different island. We had no agenda. All we wanted to do is to see what really happened. Who was affected. And how we could help them.<br />
We went to Philippines with one mission – document the aftermath of the tragedy, and share the story with you in hopes that someone out there would like to join and help those less privileged people in Philippines. What we were able to do is make that message known to you, but now it’s up to you to decide if you want to join the cause. It’s amazing what can be done when two or three come together. Now I am asking you to join me in this and help those that are helpless, broken and hurting.<br />
On March 30th of this year, my team and I are going back to the ruins and will be providing people with tools to rebuild, generators for those without electricity, and food for those who cannot afford it. <br />
<br />
Photo shows: A boy stands on top of the debris where his home used to stand.<br />
©Sasha Lea
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  • RARE PHOTOGRAPHS - AIRCRAFT SALVAGE DURING THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN AND THE BLITZ,<br />
<br />
Clearing away the debris and detritus of modern mechanised warfare is some- thing that warring nations have had to deal with since the end of the First World War, and the inevitable result of twentieth century warfare was the<br />
large-scale littering of land and sea with the wreckages that combat left behind. The massive and widespread land battles across Europe during the first and second world wars left their own particular trails of destruction and debris that had to be cleared away before normal life could once again resume in the post war periods, and those clear-up operations presented their own challenges, dangers and difficulties. In the British Isles during the Second World War, and for the first time in modern history, the country was faced with widespread destruction caused by bombing, and disrup- tion and damage to infrastructure caused by almost six years of conflict – some of that damage resulting from defensive measures taken by the military with the estab- lishment of aerodromes, fortifications and other defences.<br />
Putting things back to how they were took very many years, although during the 1939–1944 period itself a far more immediate problem faced the authorities in Britain: the collection and disposal of shot down or crashed aircraft, allied and enemy. Such crashes needed almost immediate attention for a variety of reasons. How were they dealt with, and what subsequently happened to them?<br />
<br />
Photo shows:  When Pilot Officer Armstrong of 74 Squadron was shot down in his Spitfire over Sandwich, Kent on 14 November 1940 he baled out leaving his aircraft to bury itself deep in the ground at Bellers Bush Farm where it became another job for the boys from A.V. Nicholls & Co. Here, Jack Austin burrows deep into the soil as the gang dig down to the engine which they reached at fourteen feet but were unable to extricate it from the soft ground and were forced to abandon it.<br />
©P
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  • RARE PHOTOGRAPHS - AIRCRAFT SALVAGE DURING THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN AND THE BLITZ,<br />
<br />
Clearing away the debris and detritus of modern mechanised warfare is some- thing that warring nations have had to deal with since the end of the First World War, and the inevitable result of twentieth century warfare was the<br />
large-scale littering of land and sea with the wreckages that combat left behind. The massive and widespread land battles across Europe during the first and second world wars left their own particular trails of destruction and debris that had to be cleared away before normal life could once again resume in the post war periods, and those clear-up operations presented their own challenges, dangers and difficulties. In the British Isles during the Second World War, and for the first time in modern history, the country was faced with widespread destruction caused by bombing, and disrup- tion and damage to infrastructure caused by almost six years of conflict – some of that damage resulting from defensive measures taken by the military with the estab- lishment of aerodromes, fortifications and other defences.<br />
Putting things back to how they were took very many years, although during the 1939–1944 period itself a far more immediate problem faced the authorities in Britain: the collection and disposal of shot down or crashed aircraft, allied and enemy. Such crashes needed almost immediate attention for a variety of reasons. How were they dealt with, and what subsequently happened to them?<br />
<br />
Photo shows:  The stark reality of a high speed vertical impact by an out of control aircraft is graphically illustrated here. This was all that was left of a Messerschmitt 110 that had been shot down at Borden, near Sittingbourne, Kent on 9 September 1940. Pretty much all that is left can be seen in this photograph, with the rest of the aircraft having been driven deep underground beneath the crater gouged out by the crash. This was what the salvage parties from 49 MU called a ‘
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  • RARE PHOTOGRAPHS - AIRCRAFT SALVAGE DURING THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN AND THE BLITZ,<br />
<br />
Clearing away the debris and detritus of modern mechanised warfare is some- thing that warring nations have had to deal with since the end of the First World War, and the inevitable result of twentieth century warfare was the<br />
large-scale littering of land and sea with the wreckages that combat left behind. The massive and widespread land battles across Europe during the first and second world wars left their own particular trails of destruction and debris that had to be cleared away before normal life could once again resume in the post war periods, and those clear-up operations presented their own challenges, dangers and difficulties. In the British Isles during the Second World War, and for the first time in modern history, the country was faced with widespread destruction caused by bombing, and disrup- tion and damage to infrastructure caused by almost six years of conflict – some of that damage resulting from defensive measures taken by the military with the estab- lishment of aerodromes, fortifications and other defences.<br />
Putting things back to how they were took very many years, although during the 1939–1944 period itself a far more immediate problem faced the authorities in Britain: the collection and disposal of shot down or crashed aircraft, allied and enemy. Such crashes needed almost immediate attention for a variety of reasons. How were they dealt with, and what subsequently happened to them?<br />
<br />
Photo shows:  ‘Your chimney swept, madam?’ This was the aftermath of yet another German aircraft that struck another building after being shot down. This incident was at Maidstone in Kent on 5 September 1940 with a Messerschmitt 109 crashing into a house at 6 Hardy Street. Ironically, the emblem for this Me 109 unit (I./JG54) depicted a chimney sweep with his ladder and in this instance the soot certainly seems to have been comprehensively cleared from this particular chimney.
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  • RARE PHOTOGRAPHS - AIRCRAFT SALVAGE DURING THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN AND THE BLITZ,<br />
<br />
Clearing away the debris and detritus of modern mechanised warfare is some- thing that warring nations have had to deal with since the end of the First World War, and the inevitable result of twentieth century warfare was the<br />
large-scale littering of land and sea with the wreckages that combat left behind. The massive and widespread land battles across Europe during the first and second world wars left their own particular trails of destruction and debris that had to be cleared away before normal life could once again resume in the post war periods, and those clear-up operations presented their own challenges, dangers and difficulties. In the British Isles during the Second World War, and for the first time in modern history, the country was faced with widespread destruction caused by bombing, and disrup- tion and damage to infrastructure caused by almost six years of conflict – some of that damage resulting from defensive measures taken by the military with the estab- lishment of aerodromes, fortifications and other defences.<br />
Putting things back to how they were took very many years, although during the 1939–1944 period itself a far more immediate problem faced the authorities in Britain: the collection and disposal of shot down or crashed aircraft, allied and enemy. Such crashes needed almost immediate attention for a variety of reasons. How were they dealt with, and what subsequently happened to them?<br />
<br />
Photo shows: Dismantling of this Dornier 17 of 8./KG76, shot down at Castle Farm, Shoreham, Kent, is already well underway after being downed on Sunday 15 September 1940 – ‘Battle of Britain Day’. Stripped panels have been heaped in the foreground as a trailer stands ready to the left of the starboard wing and the salvage crew continue their work. In this instance, the gang seems to include civilians, RAF personnel and soldiers.<br />
©Pen and Sword/Exclusivepix Media
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  • RARE PHOTOGRAPHS - AIRCRAFT SALVAGE DURING THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN AND THE BLITZ,<br />
<br />
Clearing away the debris and detritus of modern mechanised warfare is some- thing that warring nations have had to deal with since the end of the First World War, and the inevitable result of twentieth century warfare was the<br />
large-scale littering of land and sea with the wreckages that combat left behind. The massive and widespread land battles across Europe during the first and second world wars left their own particular trails of destruction and debris that had to be cleared away before normal life could once again resume in the post war periods, and those clear-up operations presented their own challenges, dangers and difficulties. In the British Isles during the Second World War, and for the first time in modern history, the country was faced with widespread destruction caused by bombing, and disrup- tion and damage to infrastructure caused by almost six years of conflict – some of that damage resulting from defensive measures taken by the military with the estab- lishment of aerodromes, fortifications and other defences.<br />
Putting things back to how they were took very many years, although during the 1939–1944 period itself a far more immediate problem faced the authorities in Britain: the collection and disposal of shot down or crashed aircraft, allied and enemy. Such crashes needed almost immediate attention for a variety of reasons. How were they dealt with, and what subsequently happened to them?<br />
<br />
Photo shows:  The raiding of German aircraft wrecks took on a rather different angle when this Dornier 17-Z was shot down near Manor Farm at Stodmarsh in Kent on 13 August 1940. After the crew had been marched off into captivity, Mr Burt<br />
of Manor Farm drained the fuel tanks for use in his Albion lorry, apparently aided and abetted by the Army! This is Mr Burt looking suitably pleased with himself after his unexpected aerial fuel delivery as he is photographed with the Dornier and h
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  • RARE PHOTOGRAPHS - AIRCRAFT SALVAGE DURING THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN AND THE BLITZ,<br />
<br />
Clearing away the debris and detritus of modern mechanised warfare is some- thing that warring nations have had to deal with since the end of the First World War, and the inevitable result of twentieth century warfare was the<br />
large-scale littering of land and sea with the wreckages that combat left behind. The massive and widespread land battles across Europe during the first and second world wars left their own particular trails of destruction and debris that had to be cleared away before normal life could once again resume in the post war periods, and those clear-up operations presented their own challenges, dangers and difficulties. In the British Isles during the Second World War, and for the first time in modern history, the country was faced with widespread destruction caused by bombing, and disrup- tion and damage to infrastructure caused by almost six years of conflict – some of that damage resulting from defensive measures taken by the military with the estab- lishment of aerodromes, fortifications and other defences.<br />
Putting things back to how they were took very many years, although during the 1939–1944 period itself a far more immediate problem faced the authorities in Britain: the collection and disposal of shot down or crashed aircraft, allied and enemy. Such crashes needed almost immediate attention for a variety of reasons. How were they dealt with, and what subsequently happened to them?<br />
<br />
Photo shows:  This Heinkel 111 is on temporary display in the front car park of The Half Moon pub at Hildenborough in Kent, and only a very short distance from where it was shot down on 11 September 1940. Again a civilian lorry has been pressed into service to take the wreck away, and full advantage is being taken of the public interest aroused by the German bomber as soldiers pass around a collecting tin for the Spitfire Fund. Ironically, and just a little over one month later, a
    ExPix_RARE_PHOTOGRAPHS_AIRCRAFT_SALV...jpg
  • RARE PHOTOGRAPHS - AIRCRAFT SALVAGE DURING THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN AND THE BLITZ,<br />
<br />
Clearing away the debris and detritus of modern mechanised warfare is some- thing that warring nations have had to deal with since the end of the First World War, and the inevitable result of twentieth century warfare was the<br />
large-scale littering of land and sea with the wreckages that combat left behind. The massive and widespread land battles across Europe during the first and second world wars left their own particular trails of destruction and debris that had to be cleared away before normal life could once again resume in the post war periods, and those clear-up operations presented their own challenges, dangers and difficulties. In the British Isles during the Second World War, and for the first time in modern history, the country was faced with widespread destruction caused by bombing, and disrup- tion and damage to infrastructure caused by almost six years of conflict – some of that damage resulting from defensive measures taken by the military with the estab- lishment of aerodromes, fortifications and other defences.<br />
Putting things back to how they were took very many years, although during the 1939–1944 period itself a far more immediate problem faced the authorities in Britain: the collection and disposal of shot down or crashed aircraft, allied and enemy. Such crashes needed almost immediate attention for a variety of reasons. How were they dealt with, and what subsequently happened to them?<br />
<br />
Photo shows:  This was a Messerschmitt 109 that was beyond much use as an exhibition piece although, in truth, its crushed, truncated and compressed state would surely have generated a good deal of interest. It is pictured at Spruce Lawns, Elham, Kent on 15 October 1940 after it was said that a bullet from a burst of machine gun fire had detonated its single bomb under the fuselage sending the aircraft down in a shower of pieces and minus its engine and rear fuselage. However the d
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  • RARE PHOTOGRAPHS - AIRCRAFT SALVAGE DURING THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN AND THE BLITZ,<br />
<br />
Clearing away the debris and detritus of modern mechanised warfare is some- thing that warring nations have had to deal with since the end of the First World War, and the inevitable result of twentieth century warfare was the<br />
large-scale littering of land and sea with the wreckages that combat left behind. The massive and widespread land battles across Europe during the first and second world wars left their own particular trails of destruction and debris that had to be cleared away before normal life could once again resume in the post war periods, and those clear-up operations presented their own challenges, dangers and difficulties. In the British Isles during the Second World War, and for the first time in modern history, the country was faced with widespread destruction caused by bombing, and disrup- tion and damage to infrastructure caused by almost six years of conflict – some of that damage resulting from defensive measures taken by the military with the estab- lishment of aerodromes, fortifications and other defences.<br />
Putting things back to how they were took very many years, although during the 1939–1944 period itself a far more immediate problem faced the authorities in Britain: the collection and disposal of shot down or crashed aircraft, allied and enemy. Such crashes needed almost immediate attention for a variety of reasons. How were they dealt with, and what subsequently happened to them?<br />
<br />
Photo shows:  On the same day, yet another Dornier 17-Z was shot down over Barham in Kent and ended up crashing onto the railway line there. There was a pressing need to re-open and keep ‘permanent’ the Permanent Way, and here wreckage is piled up against the Pherbec railway bridge as the village policeman mounts guard.<br />
©Pen and Sword/Exclusivepix Media
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  • RARE PHOTOGRAPHS - AIRCRAFT SALVAGE DURING THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN AND THE BLITZ,<br />
<br />
Clearing away the debris and detritus of modern mechanised warfare is some- thing that warring nations have had to deal with since the end of the First World War, and the inevitable result of twentieth century warfare was the<br />
large-scale littering of land and sea with the wreckages that combat left behind. The massive and widespread land battles across Europe during the first and second world wars left their own particular trails of destruction and debris that had to be cleared away before normal life could once again resume in the post war periods, and those clear-up operations presented their own challenges, dangers and difficulties. In the British Isles during the Second World War, and for the first time in modern history, the country was faced with widespread destruction caused by bombing, and disrup- tion and damage to infrastructure caused by almost six years of conflict – some of that damage resulting from defensive measures taken by the military with the estab- lishment of aerodromes, fortifications and other defences.<br />
Putting things back to how they were took very many years, although during the 1939–1944 period itself a far more immediate problem faced the authorities in Britain: the collection and disposal of shot down or crashed aircraft, allied and enemy. Such crashes needed almost immediate attention for a variety of reasons. How were they dealt with, and what subsequently happened to them?<br />
<br />
Photo shows:  A case in point was this Messerschmitt 109 of 6./JG51 that was shot down after combat with RAF Hurricanes and Defiants and ended up on its belly in a field at East Langdon in East Kent after sustaining damage to its oil tank on 24 August, 1940. Its pilot, Ofw Fritz Beeck, was taken into captivity. Here, two Australian soldiers spy out a nice trophy in the form of this colourful fuselage emblem which depicts a weeping pelican with an umbrella under its arm. Beneath are
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  • EXCLUSIVE LADY AMELIA WINDSOR- Backstage Le Bal - Raphael Palace in Paris <br />
A very beautiful (and rather naughty) Royal: Her extraordinary looks have landed her on the cover of Tatler. And Amelia Windsor's giving Harry a run for his money in the party stakes  <br />
<br />
She dances on a yacht, lithe and bronzed in a neon bikini, her long hair gleaming in the sun. She's the picture of rebellion in a nightclub, sitting astride a female friend, her slim legs in revealing floral shorts and her midriff on show under her black crop top.<br />
And, again and again, pictures from her social media accounts show her pouting over cocktails and cigarettes.<br />
So far, so thrillingly wild. But it wasn't this side of Lady Amelia Windsor that was on show this week. On the cover of the latest edition of Tatler magazine, the granddaughter to the Queen's cousin, the Duke of Kent, is portrayed as more demure English rose than party girl. Indeed, the magazine even dubs her 'the most beautiful member of the Royal Family'.<br />
<br />
<br />
While you would be forgiven for not being instantly familiar with Lady Amelia, with her full lips, glossy mane and molten brown eyes, she's tipped as the one to watch among the young royals. And although the 20-year-old student may have a delicate baby-faced beauty, she's certainly not averse to living it up.<br />
Indeed, other pictures from her publicly available social media accounts show her dancing at Notting Hill Carnival (that bronzed midriff on display), posing at Glastonbury Festival and smoking in the bath. She's outspoken about her passion for Bloody Mary cocktails. And her apparent motto, as inscribed on a photo in her Instagram account? 'Go hard or go home.' In other words, party like you're Prince Harry.<br />
But Lady Amelia is no mere vacuous socialite in the making. On the contrary. She is vocal about her love for Latin, saying she is 'crazy' about it after studying it for A-level and is rather bookish in nature. She's currently reading French and Italian at Edinburgh University. I
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  • EXCLUSIVE LADY AMELIA WINDSOR- Backstage Le Bal - Raphael Palace in Paris <br />
A very beautiful (and rather naughty) Royal: Her extraordinary looks have landed her on the cover of Tatler. And Amelia Windsor's giving Harry a run for his money in the party stakes  <br />
<br />
She dances on a yacht, lithe and bronzed in a neon bikini, her long hair gleaming in the sun. She's the picture of rebellion in a nightclub, sitting astride a female friend, her slim legs in revealing floral shorts and her midriff on show under her black crop top.<br />
And, again and again, pictures from her social media accounts show her pouting over cocktails and cigarettes.<br />
So far, so thrillingly wild. But it wasn't this side of Lady Amelia Windsor that was on show this week. On the cover of the latest edition of Tatler magazine, the granddaughter to the Queen's cousin, the Duke of Kent, is portrayed as more demure English rose than party girl. Indeed, the magazine even dubs her 'the most beautiful member of the Royal Family'.<br />
<br />
<br />
While you would be forgiven for not being instantly familiar with Lady Amelia, with her full lips, glossy mane and molten brown eyes, she's tipped as the one to watch among the young royals. And although the 20-year-old student may have a delicate baby-faced beauty, she's certainly not averse to living it up.<br />
Indeed, other pictures from her publicly available social media accounts show her dancing at Notting Hill Carnival (that bronzed midriff on display), posing at Glastonbury Festival and smoking in the bath. She's outspoken about her passion for Bloody Mary cocktails. And her apparent motto, as inscribed on a photo in her Instagram account? 'Go hard or go home.' In other words, party like you're Prince Harry.<br />
But Lady Amelia is no mere vacuous socialite in the making. On the contrary. She is vocal about her love for Latin, saying she is 'crazy' about it after studying it for A-level and is rather bookish in nature. She's currently reading French and Italian at Edinburgh University. I
    Exclusivepix_AMELIA_WINDSOR10.jpg
  • EXCLUSIVE LADY AMELIA WINDSOR- Backstage Le Bal - Raphael Palace in Paris <br />
A very beautiful (and rather naughty) Royal: Her extraordinary looks have landed her on the cover of Tatler. And Amelia Windsor's giving Harry a run for his money in the party stakes  <br />
<br />
She dances on a yacht, lithe and bronzed in a neon bikini, her long hair gleaming in the sun. She's the picture of rebellion in a nightclub, sitting astride a female friend, her slim legs in revealing floral shorts and her midriff on show under her black crop top.<br />
And, again and again, pictures from her social media accounts show her pouting over cocktails and cigarettes.<br />
So far, so thrillingly wild. But it wasn't this side of Lady Amelia Windsor that was on show this week. On the cover of the latest edition of Tatler magazine, the granddaughter to the Queen's cousin, the Duke of Kent, is portrayed as more demure English rose than party girl. Indeed, the magazine even dubs her 'the most beautiful member of the Royal Family'.<br />
<br />
<br />
While you would be forgiven for not being instantly familiar with Lady Amelia, with her full lips, glossy mane and molten brown eyes, she's tipped as the one to watch among the young royals. And although the 20-year-old student may have a delicate baby-faced beauty, she's certainly not averse to living it up.<br />
Indeed, other pictures from her publicly available social media accounts show her dancing at Notting Hill Carnival (that bronzed midriff on display), posing at Glastonbury Festival and smoking in the bath. She's outspoken about her passion for Bloody Mary cocktails. And her apparent motto, as inscribed on a photo in her Instagram account? 'Go hard or go home.' In other words, party like you're Prince Harry.<br />
But Lady Amelia is no mere vacuous socialite in the making. On the contrary. She is vocal about her love for Latin, saying she is 'crazy' about it after studying it for A-level and is rather bookish in nature. She's currently reading French and Italian at Edinburgh University. I
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  • EXCLUSIVE LADY AMELIA WINDSOR- Backstage Le Bal - Raphael Palace in Paris <br />
A very beautiful (and rather naughty) Royal: Her extraordinary looks have landed her on the cover of Tatler. And Amelia Windsor's giving Harry a run for his money in the party stakes  <br />
<br />
She dances on a yacht, lithe and bronzed in a neon bikini, her long hair gleaming in the sun. She's the picture of rebellion in a nightclub, sitting astride a female friend, her slim legs in revealing floral shorts and her midriff on show under her black crop top.<br />
And, again and again, pictures from her social media accounts show her pouting over cocktails and cigarettes.<br />
So far, so thrillingly wild. But it wasn't this side of Lady Amelia Windsor that was on show this week. On the cover of the latest edition of Tatler magazine, the granddaughter to the Queen's cousin, the Duke of Kent, is portrayed as more demure English rose than party girl. Indeed, the magazine even dubs her 'the most beautiful member of the Royal Family'.<br />
<br />
<br />
While you would be forgiven for not being instantly familiar with Lady Amelia, with her full lips, glossy mane and molten brown eyes, she's tipped as the one to watch among the young royals. And although the 20-year-old student may have a delicate baby-faced beauty, she's certainly not averse to living it up.<br />
Indeed, other pictures from her publicly available social media accounts show her dancing at Notting Hill Carnival (that bronzed midriff on display), posing at Glastonbury Festival and smoking in the bath. She's outspoken about her passion for Bloody Mary cocktails. And her apparent motto, as inscribed on a photo in her Instagram account? 'Go hard or go home.' In other words, party like you're Prince Harry.<br />
But Lady Amelia is no mere vacuous socialite in the making. On the contrary. She is vocal about her love for Latin, saying she is 'crazy' about it after studying it for A-level and is rather bookish in nature. She's currently reading French and Italian at Edinburgh University. I
    Exclusivepix_AMELIA_WINDSOR07.jpg
  • EXCLUSIVE LADY AMELIA WINDSOR- Backstage Le Bal - Raphael Palace in Paris <br />
A very beautiful (and rather naughty) Royal: Her extraordinary looks have landed her on the cover of Tatler. And Amelia Windsor's giving Harry a run for his money in the party stakes  <br />
<br />
She dances on a yacht, lithe and bronzed in a neon bikini, her long hair gleaming in the sun. She's the picture of rebellion in a nightclub, sitting astride a female friend, her slim legs in revealing floral shorts and her midriff on show under her black crop top.<br />
And, again and again, pictures from her social media accounts show her pouting over cocktails and cigarettes.<br />
So far, so thrillingly wild. But it wasn't this side of Lady Amelia Windsor that was on show this week. On the cover of the latest edition of Tatler magazine, the granddaughter to the Queen's cousin, the Duke of Kent, is portrayed as more demure English rose than party girl. Indeed, the magazine even dubs her 'the most beautiful member of the Royal Family'.<br />
<br />
<br />
While you would be forgiven for not being instantly familiar with Lady Amelia, with her full lips, glossy mane and molten brown eyes, she's tipped as the one to watch among the young royals. And although the 20-year-old student may have a delicate baby-faced beauty, she's certainly not averse to living it up.<br />
Indeed, other pictures from her publicly available social media accounts show her dancing at Notting Hill Carnival (that bronzed midriff on display), posing at Glastonbury Festival and smoking in the bath. She's outspoken about her passion for Bloody Mary cocktails. And her apparent motto, as inscribed on a photo in her Instagram account? 'Go hard or go home.' In other words, party like you're Prince Harry.<br />
But Lady Amelia is no mere vacuous socialite in the making. On the contrary. She is vocal about her love for Latin, saying she is 'crazy' about it after studying it for A-level and is rather bookish in nature. She's currently reading French and Italian at Edinburgh University. I
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  • Artist creates baby image from her pregnant tummy<br />
<br />
Maria Bradley  is an experienced makeup and special effects artist and has been for over 15 years, along with face/body painting. Based in Gillingham kent.<br />
<br />
"A few years ago I was asked by a mum2be if I could paint her baby bump" <br />
<br />
"After I posted the image on my website and on my Social media accounts I got a mixed response, but slowly it's has become more popular. This year 2015 it's picking up a lot"<br />
<br />
"This is a project I have wanted to do for years but have never found a lady that was willing to let me do it to her"  <br />
My special effects work is all self taught and this year I found out I was pregnant, the perfect opportunity to work on my very own baby bump.<br />
I brought a second hand doll and casted the face using clay then pored Kryolan Gelafix skin into the clay mould. removed the cast and glued to my own belly using sprit gum SFX glue. I then used liquid latex and tissue to cover the moulds to try and make it look it the baby is pushing its head through the skin. I then painted it all with foundation to blend it in with my skin tone.<br />
<br />
"I done this look on myself as I have not found another pregnant lady willing to let me do this look on her as it is a bit far out there"<br />
<br />
" Being nearly 9 months pregnant and doing a job like this proved very hard indeed"  I used mirrors both my left and right hand to glue and paint.<br />
<br />
The reaction has been mixed some have said they love it and others say it good but very scary and all in all it has been a great reaction.<br />
©Exclusivepix Media
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  • Artist creates baby image from her pregnant tummy<br />
<br />
Maria Bradley  is an experienced makeup and special effects artist and has been for over 15 years, along with face/body painting. Based in Gillingham kent.<br />
<br />
"A few years ago I was asked by a mum2be if I could paint her baby bump" <br />
<br />
"After I posted the image on my website and on my Social media accounts I got a mixed response, but slowly it's has become more popular. This year 2015 it's picking up a lot"<br />
<br />
"This is a project I have wanted to do for years but have never found a lady that was willing to let me do it to her"  <br />
My special effects work is all self taught and this year I found out I was pregnant, the perfect opportunity to work on my very own baby bump.<br />
I brought a second hand doll and casted the face using clay then pored Kryolan Gelafix skin into the clay mould. removed the cast and glued to my own belly using sprit gum SFX glue. I then used liquid latex and tissue to cover the moulds to try and make it look it the baby is pushing its head through the skin. I then painted it all with foundation to blend it in with my skin tone.<br />
<br />
"I done this look on myself as I have not found another pregnant lady willing to let me do this look on her as it is a bit far out there"<br />
<br />
" Being nearly 9 months pregnant and doing a job like this proved very hard indeed"  I used mirrors both my left and right hand to glue and paint.<br />
<br />
The reaction has been mixed some have said they love it and others say it good but very scary and all in all it has been a great reaction.<br />
©Exclusivepix Media
    Exclusivepix_Baby_image_pregnant_tum...jpg
  • Photographer Sasha Leahovcenco document the aftermath of the Typhoon tragedy that hit the Philippines in these touching images..<br />
<br />
It’s all started with a Facebook status. I remember watching the news of the typhoon going towards the Philippines, and this was my first thought that I posted – “Thinking to fly to South Philippines this week.”<br />
<br />
The Next morning I received an e-mail from a photographer in Southern California asking if I would like to join him on his trip to the Philippines, which he was planning also. The dates didn’t work out, so I left after him.<br />
Yet Preston – the guy who contacted me earlier was kind enough to share his contact person in the Philippines.
So, I started looking for a small team and invited my two friends Dennis and Avel, who are incredible cinematographers to come with me on the trip to document it and they gladly agreed. A week later we were on our way to the Philippines.<br />
We arrived at 2am, and our new friend Kent Jesalva, picked us up from the airport, and after a 2 hour drive we were already on tour way to a different island. We had no agenda. All we wanted to do is to see what really happened. Who was affected. And how we could help them.<br />
We went to Philippines with one mission – document the aftermath of the tragedy, and share the story with you in hopes that someone out there would like to join and help those less privileged people in Philippines. What we were able to do is make that message known to you, but now it’s up to you to decide if you want to join the cause. It’s amazing what can be done when two or three come together. Now I am asking you to join me in this and help those that are helpless, broken and hurting.<br />
On March 30th of this year, my team and I are going back to the ruins and will be providing people with tools to rebuild, generators for those without electricity, and food for those who cannot afford it. <br />
<br />
Photo shows: A boy sits next to one of the many mass graves on the outskirts of Tacloban
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  • Photographer Sasha Leahovcenco document the aftermath of the Typhoon tragedy that hit the Philippines in these touching images..<br />
<br />
It’s all started with a Facebook status. I remember watching the news of the typhoon going towards the Philippines, and this was my first thought that I posted – “Thinking to fly to South Philippines this week.”<br />
<br />
The Next morning I received an e-mail from a photographer in Southern California asking if I would like to join him on his trip to the Philippines, which he was planning also. The dates didn’t work out, so I left after him.<br />
Yet Preston – the guy who contacted me earlier was kind enough to share his contact person in the Philippines.
So, I started looking for a small team and invited my two friends Dennis and Avel, who are incredible cinematographers to come with me on the trip to document it and they gladly agreed. A week later we were on our way to the Philippines.<br />
We arrived at 2am, and our new friend Kent Jesalva, picked us up from the airport, and after a 2 hour drive we were already on tour way to a different island. We had no agenda. All we wanted to do is to see what really happened. Who was affected. And how we could help them.<br />
We went to Philippines with one mission – document the aftermath of the tragedy, and share the story with you in hopes that someone out there would like to join and help those less privileged people in Philippines. What we were able to do is make that message known to you, but now it’s up to you to decide if you want to join the cause. It’s amazing what can be done when two or three come together. Now I am asking you to join me in this and help those that are helpless, broken and hurting.<br />
On March 30th of this year, my team and I are going back to the ruins and will be providing people with tools to rebuild, generators for those without electricity, and food for those who cannot afford it. <br />
©Sasha Leahovcenco/Exclusivepix
    Exclusivepix_Aftermath_of_Typhoon_Tr...jpg
  • Photographer Sasha Leahovcenco document the aftermath of the Typhoon tragedy that hit the Philippines in these touching images..<br />
<br />
It’s all started with a Facebook status. I remember watching the news of the typhoon going towards the Philippines, and this was my first thought that I posted – “Thinking to fly to South Philippines this week.”<br />
<br />
The Next morning I received an e-mail from a photographer in Southern California asking if I would like to join him on his trip to the Philippines, which he was planning also. The dates didn’t work out, so I left after him.<br />
Yet Preston – the guy who contacted me earlier was kind enough to share his contact person in the Philippines.
So, I started looking for a small team and invited my two friends Dennis and Avel, who are incredible cinematographers to come with me on the trip to document it and they gladly agreed. A week later we were on our way to the Philippines.<br />
We arrived at 2am, and our new friend Kent Jesalva, picked us up from the airport, and after a 2 hour drive we were already on tour way to a different island. We had no agenda. All we wanted to do is to see what really happened. Who was affected. And how we could help them.<br />
We went to Philippines with one mission – document the aftermath of the tragedy, and share the story with you in hopes that someone out there would like to join and help those less privileged people in Philippines. What we were able to do is make that message known to you, but now it’s up to you to decide if you want to join the cause. It’s amazing what can be done when two or three come together. Now I am asking you to join me in this and help those that are helpless, broken and hurting.<br />
On March 30th of this year, my team and I are going back to the ruins and will be providing people with tools to rebuild, generators for those without electricity, and food for those who cannot afford it. <br />
©Sasha Leahovcenco/Exclusivepix
    Exclusivepix_Aftermath_of_Typhoon_Tr...jpg
  • Photographer Sasha Leahovcenco document the aftermath of the Typhoon tragedy that hit the Philippines in these touching images..<br />
<br />
It’s all started with a Facebook status. I remember watching the news of the typhoon going towards the Philippines, and this was my first thought that I posted – “Thinking to fly to South Philippines this week.”<br />
<br />
The Next morning I received an e-mail from a photographer in Southern California asking if I would like to join him on his trip to the Philippines, which he was planning also. The dates didn’t work out, so I left after him.<br />
Yet Preston – the guy who contacted me earlier was kind enough to share his contact person in the Philippines.
So, I started looking for a small team and invited my two friends Dennis and Avel, who are incredible cinematographers to come with me on the trip to document it and they gladly agreed. A week later we were on our way to the Philippines.<br />
We arrived at 2am, and our new friend Kent Jesalva, picked us up from the airport, and after a 2 hour drive we were already on tour way to a different island. We had no agenda. All we wanted to do is to see what really happened. Who was affected. And how we could help them.<br />
We went to Philippines with one mission – document the aftermath of the tragedy, and share the story with you in hopes that someone out there would like to join and help those less privileged people in Philippines. What we were able to do is make that message known to you, but now it’s up to you to decide if you want to join the cause. It’s amazing what can be done when two or three come together. Now I am asking you to join me in this and help those that are helpless, broken and hurting.<br />
On March 30th of this year, my team and I are going back to the ruins and will be providing people with tools to rebuild, generators for those without electricity, and food for those who cannot afford it. <br />
©Sasha Leahovcenco/Exclusivepix
    Exclusivepix_Aftermath_of_Typhoon_Tr...jpg
  • Photographer Sasha Leahovcenco document the aftermath of the Typhoon tragedy that hit the Philippines in these touching images..<br />
<br />
It’s all started with a Facebook status. I remember watching the news of the typhoon going towards the Philippines, and this was my first thought that I posted – “Thinking to fly to South Philippines this week.”<br />
<br />
The Next morning I received an e-mail from a photographer in Southern California asking if I would like to join him on his trip to the Philippines, which he was planning also. The dates didn’t work out, so I left after him.<br />
Yet Preston – the guy who contacted me earlier was kind enough to share his contact person in the Philippines.
So, I started looking for a small team and invited my two friends Dennis and Avel, who are incredible cinematographers to come with me on the trip to document it and they gladly agreed. A week later we were on our way to the Philippines.<br />
We arrived at 2am, and our new friend Kent Jesalva, picked us up from the airport, and after a 2 hour drive we were already on tour way to a different island. We had no agenda. All we wanted to do is to see what really happened. Who was affected. And how we could help them.<br />
We went to Philippines with one mission – document the aftermath of the tragedy, and share the story with you in hopes that someone out there would like to join and help those less privileged people in Philippines. What we were able to do is make that message known to you, but now it’s up to you to decide if you want to join the cause. It’s amazing what can be done when two or three come together. Now I am asking you to join me in this and help those that are helpless, broken and hurting.<br />
On March 30th of this year, my team and I are going back to the ruins and will be providing people with tools to rebuild, generators for those without electricity, and food for those who cannot afford it. <br />
©Sasha Leahovcenco/Exclusivepix
    Exclusivepix_Aftermath_of_Typhoon_Tr...jpg
  • Photographer Sasha Leahovcenco document the aftermath of the Typhoon tragedy that hit the Philippines in these touching images..<br />
<br />
It’s all started with a Facebook status. I remember watching the news of the typhoon going towards the Philippines, and this was my first thought that I posted – “Thinking to fly to South Philippines this week.”<br />
<br />
The Next morning I received an e-mail from a photographer in Southern California asking if I would like to join him on his trip to the Philippines, which he was planning also. The dates didn’t work out, so I left after him.<br />
Yet Preston – the guy who contacted me earlier was kind enough to share his contact person in the Philippines.
So, I started looking for a small team and invited my two friends Dennis and Avel, who are incredible cinematographers to come with me on the trip to document it and they gladly agreed. A week later we were on our way to the Philippines.<br />
We arrived at 2am, and our new friend Kent Jesalva, picked us up from the airport, and after a 2 hour drive we were already on tour way to a different island. We had no agenda. All we wanted to do is to see what really happened. Who was affected. And how we could help them.<br />
We went to Philippines with one mission – document the aftermath of the tragedy, and share the story with you in hopes that someone out there would like to join and help those less privileged people in Philippines. What we were able to do is make that message known to you, but now it’s up to you to decide if you want to join the cause. It’s amazing what can be done when two or three come together. Now I am asking you to join me in this and help those that are helpless, broken and hurting.<br />
On March 30th of this year, my team and I are going back to the ruins and will be providing people with tools to rebuild, generators for those without electricity, and food for those who cannot afford it. <br />
<br />
Photo shows: Two boys stand next to the ruins in the village where their homes used to s
    Exclusivepix_Aftermath_of_Typhoon_Tr...jpg
  • RARE PHOTOGRAPHS - AIRCRAFT SALVAGE DURING THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN AND THE BLITZ,<br />
<br />
Clearing away the debris and detritus of modern mechanised warfare is some- thing that warring nations have had to deal with since the end of the First World War, and the inevitable result of twentieth century warfare was the<br />
large-scale littering of land and sea with the wreckages that combat left behind. The massive and widespread land battles across Europe during the first and second world wars left their own particular trails of destruction and debris that had to be cleared away before normal life could once again resume in the post war periods, and those clear-up operations presented their own challenges, dangers and difficulties. In the British Isles during the Second World War, and for the first time in modern history, the country was faced with widespread destruction caused by bombing, and disrup- tion and damage to infrastructure caused by almost six years of conflict – some of that damage resulting from defensive measures taken by the military with the estab- lishment of aerodromes, fortifications and other defences.<br />
Putting things back to how they were took very many years, although during the 1939–1944 period itself a far more immediate problem faced the authorities in Britain: the collection and disposal of shot down or crashed aircraft, allied and enemy. Such crashes needed almost immediate attention for a variety of reasons. How were they dealt with, and what subsequently happened to them?<br />
<br />
Photo shows: In the late 1970s the Kent-based Brenzett Aeronautical Museum finished off the work of 49 MU using a mechanical excavator to retrieve this deeply buried and chalk-encrusted DB601 engine. The difficulty in 1940 of extracting engines that were buried like this generally made such salvage jobs impractical. The wrecks were more often than not left buried, surface wreckage cleared, and the impact craters filled.<br />
©Pen and Sword/Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_RARE_PHOTOGRAPHS_AIRCRAFT_SALV...jpg
  • RARE PHOTOGRAPHS - AIRCRAFT SALVAGE DURING THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN AND THE BLITZ,<br />
<br />
Clearing away the debris and detritus of modern mechanised warfare is some- thing that warring nations have had to deal with since the end of the First World War, and the inevitable result of twentieth century warfare was the<br />
large-scale littering of land and sea with the wreckages that combat left behind. The massive and widespread land battles across Europe during the first and second world wars left their own particular trails of destruction and debris that had to be cleared away before normal life could once again resume in the post war periods, and those clear-up operations presented their own challenges, dangers and difficulties. In the British Isles during the Second World War, and for the first time in modern history, the country was faced with widespread destruction caused by bombing, and disrup- tion and damage to infrastructure caused by almost six years of conflict – some of that damage resulting from defensive measures taken by the military with the estab- lishment of aerodromes, fortifications and other defences.<br />
Putting things back to how they were took very many years, although during the 1939–1944 period itself a far more immediate problem faced the authorities in Britain: the collection and disposal of shot down or crashed aircraft, allied and enemy. Such crashes needed almost immediate attention for a variety of reasons. How were they dealt with, and what subsequently happened to them?<br />
<br />
Photo shows: In the late 1970s the Kent-based Brenzett Aeronautical Museum finished off the work of 49 MU using a mechanical excavator to retrieve this deeply buried and chalk-encrusted DB601 engine. The difficulty in 1940 of extracting engines that were buried like this generally made such salvage jobs impractical. The wrecks were more often than not left buried, surface wreckage cleared, and the impact craters filled.<br />
©Pen and Sword/Exclusivepix Media
    ExPix_RARE_PHOTOGRAPHS_AIRCRAFT_SALV...jpg
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