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Suren Ratwatte

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The Airbus A380 Superjumbo

The Airbus A380 Superjumbo

A tribute to my last airplane and a personal memoir

2020

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Visit to the Somme

The D163 is a quiet rural road in eastern France that runs from the village of Auchonvillers east towards the small town of Beaumont-Hamel…

Apr 20, 2023

Visit to the Somme

Apr 20, 2023

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Tante Ju

The Junkers were the Prussian German-speaking aristocracy who controlled vast estates in what is now Eastern Europe. The story of that…

Oct 30, 2020

Tante Ju

Oct 30, 2020

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Rev. Alec Garden Fraser

Oct 20

Rev. Alec Garden Fraser

Oct 20

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Sailing off to War

When war broke out in August 1914 between the Triple Entente (Britain, France and Russia) and the Central European Powers (Germany and…

Oct 11

Sailing off to War

Oct 11

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Trinity College Route March to Colombo 1914.

A great feeling of patriotism gripped the people of Ceylon as war broke out between Britain and Germany in 1914. This was especially strong…

Sep 26

Trinity College Route March to Colombo 1914.

Sep 26

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The forgotten soldiers

The neglected and almost forgotten Kanatte memorial to the Ceylonese fallen of World War 1 (Sunday Times, 17 August, 2025) is interesting…

Aug 27

The forgotten soldiers

Aug 27

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A Quiet Stone: Ceylon’s forgotten war memorial

By Suren Ratwatte

Aug 17

A Quiet Stone: Ceylon’s forgotten war memorial

Aug 17

The Saga of Sunetra Devi— Part 2

Guest column by Roger Thiedeman

Feb 18

The Saga of Sunetra Devi— Part 2

Feb 18

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The Saga of Sunetra Devi -Part 1

Guest column by Roger Thiedeman

Feb 16

The Saga of Sunetra Devi -Part 1

Feb 16

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Vickers’ Alliterative Flying Family — Part 3

The Second World War ground to a halt in Europe in the Spring of 1945. Large swathes of the world had been destroyed. Millions of people…

Feb 9

Vickers’ Alliterative Flying Family — Part 3

Feb 9

Suren Ratwatte

Suren Ratwatte

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I love airplanes and history. Trying to combine both interests in this blog, with stories of the old aircraft and the recollections of those who flew them.

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