Dr David Spruce
@sprucey.bsky.social
Lecturer, MA and PhD in First World War and aviation history. Writing a book. RUSI Audit/Risk Com. Alzheimer's Research Treasurer. Former CEO, CFO, pig farmer(!) Harlequins. Wolves. Watch collector. Plays bass badly.Metal 🤘www.gonna-need-a-bigger-shelf.com
Proud to be helping Alzheimer’s Research UK in the quest for a cure to this cruel disease. Humbling to meet the amazing Adams brothers.
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May 8, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Proud to be helping Alzheimer’s Research UK in the quest for a cure to this cruel disease. Humbling to meet the amazing Adams brothers.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Training in the Royal Flying Corps, Canada 1918 style! Lt 'Ned' Ballough from Daytona, Florida had signed up for the US draft in June 1917 but impatient, travelled to Toronto and joined the RFC. He (surprisingly!) survived the war, training recruits in Canada before returning safely to the US.
May 5, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Training in the Royal Flying Corps, Canada 1918 style! Lt 'Ned' Ballough from Daytona, Florida had signed up for the US draft in June 1917 but impatient, travelled to Toronto and joined the RFC. He (surprisingly!) survived the war, training recruits in Canada before returning safely to the US.
May 1, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Afternoon all 🕶️☀️
April 28, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Afternoon all 🕶️☀️
Ladies of the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps, or as this flying cadet called them Warned Against All Cadets 😄
April 28, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Ladies of the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps, or as this flying cadet called them Warned Against All Cadets 😄
Surprisingly moved after finding a roll up with tobacco still inside in Air Mechanic Ernest Dobson’s Pay Book.
He joined the RFC as a boy mechanic in 1917 and left in 1922.
He joined the RFC as a boy mechanic in 1917 and left in 1922.
April 25, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Surprisingly moved after finding a roll up with tobacco still inside in Air Mechanic Ernest Dobson’s Pay Book.
He joined the RFC as a boy mechanic in 1917 and left in 1922.
He joined the RFC as a boy mechanic in 1917 and left in 1922.
Not all corporate days were bad. This was one hell of an evening. How many legends can you name (aside from me 😁🤔)?
April 25, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Not all corporate days were bad. This was one hell of an evening. How many legends can you name (aside from me 😁🤔)?
Trump not without precedent …from 1933 newspapers. #skystorians
April 22, 2025 at 5:43 AM
Trump not without precedent …from 1933 newspapers. #skystorians
An anecdote to the ‘myth of Billy Mitchell’. The real first man of American military aviation. Also helped the RAF grow by lending Texan airfields to boost training in return for the training of hundreds of American pilots and thousands of mechanics.
#skystorians #histbookchat
#skystorians #histbookchat
April 18, 2025 at 1:11 PM
An anecdote to the ‘myth of Billy Mitchell’. The real first man of American military aviation. Also helped the RAF grow by lending Texan airfields to boost training in return for the training of hundreds of American pilots and thousands of mechanics.
#skystorians #histbookchat
#skystorians #histbookchat
Ludlow Castle on a sunny day ❤️
April 11, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Ludlow Castle on a sunny day ❤️
Hmmm if you were thinking of spending the equiv of ~30k on a new car, would you go for the Chinese or US car!? 🤔
April 9, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Hmmm if you were thinking of spending the equiv of ~30k on a new car, would you go for the Chinese or US car!? 🤔
New trainers. Modelled on William Barker VC’s Sopwith Camel ❤️ #skystorians #histbookchat
April 8, 2025 at 8:45 AM
New trainers. Modelled on William Barker VC’s Sopwith Camel ❤️ #skystorians #histbookchat
Hats off to @economist.com for calling out the madness in refreshingly brutal honest language.
April 7, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Hats off to @economist.com for calling out the madness in refreshingly brutal honest language.
A ferocious energy behind British education, army reform and aviation. Shoddily treated by his colleagues and the press. An interesting life! #histbookchat
April 3, 2025 at 6:49 AM
A ferocious energy behind British education, army reform and aviation. Shoddily treated by his colleagues and the press. An interesting life! #histbookchat
Introduced Mum to the Native American black metal band Blackbraid that I saw in France. I think they’ll grow on her 😂 🤟
April 1, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Introduced Mum to the Native American black metal band Blackbraid that I saw in France. I think they’ll grow on her 😂 🤟
Have a small cat with a swishy tail instead…
April 1, 2025 at 6:28 AM
Have a small cat with a swishy tail instead…
After six months of drowning in history books thanks to @needabiggershelf.bsky.social , i have finally catalogued and listed them all and reclaimed my office. And the sun’s out. #histbookchat
March 31, 2025 at 11:44 AM
After six months of drowning in history books thanks to @needabiggershelf.bsky.social , i have finally catalogued and listed them all and reclaimed my office. And the sun’s out. #histbookchat
Controversial, but the two seem to me intrinsically entwined … #histbookchat
March 27, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Controversial, but the two seem to me intrinsically entwined … #histbookchat
Rather incredible find. 1914 book by Maj Gen Altham with letter to the author from Gen Sir Horace Smith-Dorrien #histbookchat #history #book #ww1
March 25, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Rather incredible find. 1914 book by Maj Gen Altham with letter to the author from Gen Sir Horace Smith-Dorrien #histbookchat #history #book #ww1
As I was saying…
Trump today “We'll sell our allies toned down military planes, because someday, maybe they're not our allies” … best advert for Tempest ever.
Trump today “We'll sell our allies toned down military planes, because someday, maybe they're not our allies” … best advert for Tempest ever.
March 21, 2025 at 11:04 PM
As I was saying…
Trump today “We'll sell our allies toned down military planes, because someday, maybe they're not our allies” … best advert for Tempest ever.
Trump today “We'll sell our allies toned down military planes, because someday, maybe they're not our allies” … best advert for Tempest ever.
