by Stephen J. Chancellor | Sep 29, 2017 | Aquilis Serenade, Article, RAF Eagle Squadron
Chapter III: Falling off the American nest. In the previous chapter, I described how the idea of American squadrons composed of volunteers, well before the actual involvement of their home country, came to be. Charles Sweeny, nephew of Colonel of the same name, had...
by Stephen J. Chancellor | Sep 28, 2017 | Aquilis Serenade, Article, RAF Eagle Squadron
Chapter II: The Hatching of the Eagles under the sky of the Battle for Britain So who were the members of the Eagles squadrons? Aside from a certain required logic in the selection of protagonists for the divided Berlin in “Aquilis Serenade,” which of the...
by Stephen J. Chancellor | Sep 27, 2017 | Aquilis Serenade, Article, RAF Eagle Squadron
Who were the Eagles in Aquilis Serenade? Chapter I: The roots of the Lafayette Escadrille. So where do the Eagle squadron really come from? How did it all started for these few men (“Never was so much owed by so many to so few” W. Churchill)? When were...
by Stephen J. Chancellor | Sep 26, 2017 | Aquilis Serenade, Article, RAF Eagle Squadron
Who were the Eagles in Aquilis Serenade? A short description in episodes of remarkable men, uncommon Americans, and their tale of exceptional and unconventional sacrifice. Should I begin by telling you why I decided to release a succinct biography of this group of...
by Stephen J. Chancellor | Aug 7, 2017 | Aquilis Serenade, Article, Berlin from WW2 to Cold War
How was the life in Berlin weeks from the end of WW2 in Europe? A video shows how life was in July 1945, weeks from the end of the world war II in Europe. For those of you who have progressed into the book “Aquilis Serenade”, you will find yourself in...
by Stephen J. Chancellor | Aug 7, 2017 | Aquilis Serenade, Berlin from WW2 to Cold War, News
Last year on the anniversary date of the erection of the Berlin Wall, I had shared some articles and photos of the first days that saw the Cold War rigify into a durable, inflexible and shameful symbol of Europe´s division of ideas and dominances. I have reposted them...
