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Belcher Islands
Belcher Islands c.1,110 sq mi (2,870 sq km), in E Hudson Bay, Nunavut Territory, Canada, off W Quebec. Flaherty Island is the largest of the tundra-covered group. ... Read more
Hemel Hempstead
Hemel Hempstead , town (1991 pop. 80,110), Hertfordshire, SE England. Hemel Hempstead was designated one of the new towns in 1946 to alleviate overpopulation in London. It is a market town and London suburb. Manufactures include paper, electrical and light engineering products, office machinery, a... Read more
Lake Mweru
Lake Mweru , c.70 mi (110 km) long and 30 mi (50 km) wide, alt. c.3,000 ft (910 m), central Africa, on the Congo-Zambia border. It is drained to the north by the Luvua River. The lake has large fisheries. ... Read more
Nore
Nore , river, c.70 mi (110 km) long, rising in NE Co. Tipperary, Republic of Ireland. It flows northeast, then southeast through a rich agricultural region to the Barrow River near New Ross. The Nore valley is noted for its scenic beauty. ... Read more
Amersfoort
Amersfoort , city (1994 pop. 110,117), Utrecht prov., central Netherlands. It is a transportation and manufacturing center. Points of interest include a 14th-century water gate, the 15th-century Gate of Our Lady, and the old town, which has medieval houses. Johan van Oldenbarneveldt, the Dutch state... Read more
Boyne
Boyne river, c.70 mi (110 km) long, rising in the Bog of Allen, Co. Kildare, E Republic of Ireland, and flowing NE through Co. Meath, past Trim, to the Irish Sea near Drogheda. Salmon is caught in the river. In the battle of the Boyne (July, 1690) near Drogheda, the armies of King William III defea... Read more
D'Entrecasteaux Islands
D'Entrecasteaux Islands , volcanic group, SW Pacific, SE of New Guinea, part of Papua New Guinea. Comprising the Fergusson, Goodenough, and Normanby islands, the group, with a total land area of c.1,200 sq mi (3,110 sq km), is mountainous and has several extinct volcanoes, hot springs, and geysers. ... Read more
Fort Knox
Fort Knox [for Henry Knox ], U.S. military reservation, 110,000 acres (44,515 hectares), Hardin and Meade counties, N Ky.; est. 1917 as a training camp in World War I. It became a permanent post in 1932. In the steel and concrete vaults of the U.S. Depository there, the bulk of the nation's gold b... Read more
Tangshan
Tangshan , city (1994 est. pop. 1,110,200), NE Hebei prov., China. A coal-mining center in the Kailan basin, Tangshan is also a major industrial hub with iron- and steelworks. It was completely destroyed by a massive earthquake on July 28, 1976. The government estimated that over 250,000 people were... Read more
Tees
Tees river, c.70 mi (110 km) long, rising on Cross Fell in the Pennines, N England, and flowing generally E between Durham and North Yorkshire and through Cleveland to the North Sea. Its upper valley includes the picturesque falls of Caldron Snout and High Force. The lower valley is a major industr... Read more

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Messerschmitt 109--'Me' or 'Bf'?(Air Mail)
Magazine article from: Airpower; 11/1/2003; ; 361 words ; ...early WWII aircraft designed and built by Messerschmitt carried the designation 'Bf' standing for Bayrische Flugzeugwerke...identified in the first part of thistsory as the Bf-109 as was the Bf-110. The 'Me' designation came towards the...
War hero who had a Defiant role in the downfall of Hess; Mystery crash: The wreckage of Hesss aircraft.
Newspaper article from: The Daily Mail (London, England); 8/30/2007; 700+ words ; ...beforethe pilot reached the enemy aircraft, a German Messerschmitt Bf 110, crashed inRenfrewshire. A farm worker contacted...opened fire, he was hit from behind by shots from a Messerschmitt Bf109. He managed to regain control of his badly...
Misguided Weapons: Technological Failure and Surprise on the Battlefield
Magazine article from: Air & Space Power Journal; 12/1/2003; ; 700+ words ; ...explanation include the fact that experience showed that the long-range escort was a failure (e.g., the Messerschmitt Bf-110). Too, one would have to have understood that there would be no Battle of Britain II and that the British Isles...
M2: BOOK ENDS: Bard, his work and effects of society.(Features)
Newspaper article from: Birmingham Evening Mail (England); 4/16/2002; 518 words ; ...ploughman spotted a parachutist floating to the ground in a field near Glasgow. He discovered a burning twin-engined Messerschmitt BF 110 bomber and an injured officer wearing the uniform of a Captain of the German Air Force. The aviator identified...
Getting back to the battlefield
Newspaper article from: New Straits Times; 3/17/2003; ; 700+ words ; ...an APC or a jeep. Not that bad since in RTR, you'll find eight new vehicles, including the dreaded German Messerschmitt Bf-110 fighter bomber, the celebrated British de Havilland Mosquito, the ugly looking Italian M11-39 Carro Armato...
Hess's flight of fancy; answers to correspondents.
Newspaper article from: The Daily Mail (London, England); 1/15/2004; 700+ words ; ...Hamilton, a senior RAF officer, would keep fighter planes away. Hess took off from Augsburg on May 10 in a Messerschmitt Bf-110, a twin-engined fighter. He had been officially forbidden to fly by Hitler, yet he was supplied with an aircraft...
Pushbike ridden into history
Newspaper article from: The Nelson Mail; 2/12/2008; ; 700+ words ; ...modified plane with an apparent mission to broker a peace deal with the British. Mr Starling remembers seeing the Messerschmitt BF 110 plane flying overhead at about 200 feet (60m), then getting home and seeing the wreckage of the plane on a nearby...
REPORTER'S DIARY
Newspaper article from: The Press; 4/25/1997; 699 words ; ...aircraft have been sold by the Wanaka- based Alpine Fighter Collection to a German museum. The planes -- two Messerschmitt Bf 110 fighter bombers and two Junkers Ju-87R Stuka dive bombers -- were recovered from Russia and bought by the Wanaka...
Scottish village wants to buy WWII PoW camp
News Wire article from: The Hindustan Times; 9/13/2006; 428 words ; ...Prisoner of War (PoW) camp where Deputy Fuhrer Rudolf Hess was kept imprisoned after he crash landed his unarmed Messerschmitt Bf 110 following his flight from Germany in 1941. Cultybraggan Camp, near Comrie in Perthshire, housed some of the...
War hero a pioneer of supersonic flight.
Newspaper article from: New Zealand Herald (Auckland, New Zealand); 4/21/2007; 673 words ; ...display by the new de Havilland DH 110. As John Derry and his observer...the airfield at high speed, the DH 110 disintegrated, killing 28 spectators...Dunkirk in June when he shot down a Messerschmitt Bf 109. In November, he was posted...