Billy W
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Billy W
@willwardy.bsky.social
Into my mil history, art, and bit of a bookworm. Once a Rifleman.

Trying to find everyone I used to follow/interact with over at the other place!

Independent Company.
Some jobs are just tougher than others. ‘One Way Ticket’ by Robin Smith. See Alt text for more info!
#WW2 #History #Hurricane
November 1, 2023 at 9:54 PM
Something about the Vokes filter Spitfires, definitely my favourite!
#OTD in 1942, a shipment of 116 Spitfires and 13 Hawker Hurricanes arrived in Gibraltar. Here, men from the Special Erection Party are assembling, test-flying and cannon-testing the planes, for operation Torch, the Allied landings in North Africa. #WW2 #HISTORY
October 28, 2023 at 8:43 AM
HMS Onslow. Might have only been a destroyer but its actions on NYE 1942 had a strategic impact on the Kriegsmarine’s surface fleet.

#BarentsSea #RoyalNavy
October 27, 2023 at 4:40 PM
Reposted by Billy W
Good morning - I hope you slept like a cricket-stuffed skink - I'm starting with ‘Winter Sunrise’, Paul Evans, ink & acrylic, 2018. Part of our Winter/Christmas card selection for 2023. 5% of all proceeds got to Shelter.
www.rathergoodart.co.uk/product/paul...
October 27, 2023 at 6:13 AM
Convoy Morning, North Atlantic by William Frew
October 27, 2023 at 8:19 AM
HMS Sheffield - imo the better light cruiser candidate for preservation post war - sorry Belfast (you’re great too 😉). Norway, Mediterranean, Bismarck chase, Barents Sea, Salerno, North Cape to name but a few of her escapades.

#ShinySheff
October 26, 2023 at 2:31 PM