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Matt Braddock, the Glossary

Matt Braddock, VC and bar, is a fictional World War II bomber pilot who first appeared in prose adventures in the story paper The Rover in 1952, and later as a comic strip in The Victor (1961–83) and Warlord (1974).^[1]

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1961 comics debuts
1983 comics endings
Fictional Royal Air Force personnel
Fictional recipients of the Victoria Cross
Literary characters introduced in 1952

Aircraft

An aircraft (aircraft) is a vehicle that is able to fly by gaining support from the air.

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Aircraft carrier

An aircraft carrier is a warship that serves as a seagoing airbase, equipped with a full-length flight deck and facilities for carrying, arming, deploying, and recovering aircraft.

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Aircraft pilot

An aircraft pilot or aviator is a person who controls the flight of an aircraft by operating its directional flight controls.

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Aircrew

Aircrew, also called flight crew, are personnel who operate an aircraft while in flight.

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Alps

The Alps are one of the highest and most extensive mountain ranges in Europe, stretching approximately across eight Alpine countries (from west to east): Monaco, France, Switzerland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Germany, Austria and Slovenia.

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Anti-aircraft warfare

Anti-aircraft warfare is the counter to aerial warfare and it includes "all measures designed to nullify or reduce the effectiveness of hostile air action" (NATO's definition).

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Avro Lancaster

The Avro Lancaster is a British Second World War heavy bomber.

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Blank cheque

A blank cheque or blank check in the literal sense is a cheque that has no monetary value written in, but is already signed.

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Bombardier (aircrew)

A bombardier or bomb aimer is the crew member of a bomber aircraft responsible for the targeting of aerial bombs.

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Bomber

A bomber is a military combat aircraft that utilizes air-to-ground weaponry to drop bombs, launch torpedoes, or deploy air-launched cruise missiles.

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Bombing of Cologne in World War II

The German city of Cologne was bombed in 262 separate air raids at www.koelnarchitektur.de "Internet portal for the architecture of Cologne".

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Boxing

Boxing is a combat sport and martial art.

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Court-martial

A court-martial or court martial (plural courts-martial or courts martial, as "martial" is a postpositive adjective) is a military court or a trial conducted in such a court.

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Darts

Darts or dart-throwing is a competitive sport in which two or more players bare-handedly throw small sharp-pointed projectiles known as darts at a round target known as a dartboard.

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DC Thomson

DC Thomson is a media company based in Dundee, Scotland.

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De Havilland Mosquito

The de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito is a British twin-engined, multirole combat aircraft, introduced during the Second World War.

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Dr. Watson

John H. Watson, known as Dr.

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Enlisted rank

An enlisted rank (also known as an enlisted grade or enlisted rate) is, in some armed services, any rank below that of a commissioned officer.

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Fighter aircraft

Fighter aircraft (early on also pursuit aircraft) are military aircraft designed primarily for air-to-air combat.

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Fighter-bomber

A fighter-bomber is a fighter aircraft that has been modified, or used primarily, as a light bomber or attack aircraft.

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Flare gun

A flare gun, also known as a Very pistol or signal pistol, is a large-bore handgun that discharges flares, blanks and smoke.

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Flight engineer

A flight engineer (FE), also sometimes called an air engineer, is the member of an aircraft's flight crew who monitors and operates its complex aircraft systems.

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Gee, sometimes written GEE, was a radio-navigation system used by the Royal Air Force during World War II.

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Gilbert Lawford Dalton

Gilbert Lawford Dalton (1904–1963) was a British children's writer and comics writer.

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Italy

Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern and Western Europe.

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Military rank

Military ranks are a system of hierarchical relationships, within armed forces, police, intelligence agencies or other institutions organized along military lines and also Military rank is a badge of leadership.

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Naked eye

Naked eye, also called bare eye or unaided eye, is the practice of engaging in visual perception unaided by a magnifying, light-collecting optical instrument, such as a telescope or microscope, or eye protection.

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Navigator

A navigator is the person on board a ship or aircraft responsible for its navigation.

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Officer (armed forces)

An officer is a person who holds a position of authority as a member of an armed force or uniformed service.

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Pathfinder (RAF)

The Pathfinders were target-marking squadrons in RAF Bomber Command during World War II.

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Peenemünde

Peenemünde ("Peene Mouth") is a municipality on the Baltic Sea island of Usedom in the Vorpommern-Greifswald district in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.

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Royal Air Force

The Royal Air Force (RAF) is the air and space force of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies.

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Sergeant

Sergeant (Sgt) is a rank in use by the armed forces of many countries.

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Story paper

A story paper is a periodical publication similar to a literary magazine, but featuring illustrations and text stories, and aimed towards children and teenagers.

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Tail gunner

A tail gunner or rear gunner is a crewman on a military aircraft who functions as a gunner defending against enemy fighter or interceptor attacks from the rear, or "tail", of the plane.

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The Rover (story paper)

The Rover was a British boys' story paper which started in 1922.

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The Victor (comics)

The Victor was a British comic paper published weekly by D. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd. Matt Braddock and The Victor (comics) are 1961 comics debuts.

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U-boat

U-boats were naval submarines operated by Germany, particularly in the First and Second World Wars.

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Victoria Cross

The Victoria Cross (VC) is the highest and most prestigious decoration of the British decorations system.

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Warlord (DC Thomson)

Warlord was a comics anthology published weekly in the United Kingdom between 28 September 1974 and 27 September 1986. Matt Braddock and Warlord (DC Thomson) are British comic strips and British comics characters.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Braddock

Matt Braddock, the Glossary

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See also

1961 comics debuts

1983 comics endings

Fictional Royal Air Force personnel

Fictional recipients of the Victoria Cross

Literary characters introduced in 1952

References