Dr Victoria Taylor
@spitfirefilly.bsky.social
Author, 'Eagle Days: Life & Death for the Luftwaffe in the Battle of Britain'(out now!) | Broadcaster | RAF Charitable Trust & National Spitfire Project Ambassador | Rep: Georgina Capel | [email protected]
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Come enjoy my research rabbit holes via a mix of free & paid #Substack articles on #AllAndSundry!
-Part 1: spitfirefilly.substack.com/p/conquerors...
-Part 2: open.substack.com/pub/spitfirefilly/p/conquerors-of-the-skies-part-2?r=5u3ggw&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
-Part 1: spitfirefilly.substack.com/p/conquerors...
-Part 2: open.substack.com/pub/spitfirefilly/p/conquerors-of-the-skies-part-2?r=5u3ggw&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
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A late Christmaspresent has arrived for me! The book by
@spitfirefilly.bsky.social
@spitfirefilly.bsky.social
January 7, 2026 at 9:20 PM
A late Christmaspresent has arrived for me! The book by
@spitfirefilly.bsky.social
@spitfirefilly.bsky.social
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Today's #AllAndSundry offering is a 3-part
Substack article on Combat Motivation, Experience & Morale in the Luftwaffe:
-Part 1 (free): spitfirefilly.substack.com/p/what-is-ma...
-Part 2 (free): spitfirefilly.substack.com/p/what-is-ma...
-Part 3 (paid): spitfirefilly.substack.com/p/what-is-ma...
Substack article on Combat Motivation, Experience & Morale in the Luftwaffe:
-Part 1 (free): spitfirefilly.substack.com/p/what-is-ma...
-Part 2 (free): spitfirefilly.substack.com/p/what-is-ma...
-Part 3 (paid): spitfirefilly.substack.com/p/what-is-ma...
January 5, 2026 at 11:20 AM
Today's #AllAndSundry offering is a 3-part
Substack article on Combat Motivation, Experience & Morale in the Luftwaffe:
-Part 1 (free): spitfirefilly.substack.com/p/what-is-ma...
-Part 2 (free): spitfirefilly.substack.com/p/what-is-ma...
-Part 3 (paid): spitfirefilly.substack.com/p/what-is-ma...
Substack article on Combat Motivation, Experience & Morale in the Luftwaffe:
-Part 1 (free): spitfirefilly.substack.com/p/what-is-ma...
-Part 2 (free): spitfirefilly.substack.com/p/what-is-ma...
-Part 3 (paid): spitfirefilly.substack.com/p/what-is-ma...
Today's #AllAndSundry offering is a 3-part
Substack article on Combat Motivation, Experience & Morale in the Luftwaffe:
-Part 1 (free): spitfirefilly.substack.com/p/what-is-ma...
-Part 2 (free): spitfirefilly.substack.com/p/what-is-ma...
-Part 3 (paid): spitfirefilly.substack.com/p/what-is-ma...
Substack article on Combat Motivation, Experience & Morale in the Luftwaffe:
-Part 1 (free): spitfirefilly.substack.com/p/what-is-ma...
-Part 2 (free): spitfirefilly.substack.com/p/what-is-ma...
-Part 3 (paid): spitfirefilly.substack.com/p/what-is-ma...
January 5, 2026 at 11:20 AM
Today's #AllAndSundry offering is a 3-part
Substack article on Combat Motivation, Experience & Morale in the Luftwaffe:
-Part 1 (free): spitfirefilly.substack.com/p/what-is-ma...
-Part 2 (free): spitfirefilly.substack.com/p/what-is-ma...
-Part 3 (paid): spitfirefilly.substack.com/p/what-is-ma...
Substack article on Combat Motivation, Experience & Morale in the Luftwaffe:
-Part 1 (free): spitfirefilly.substack.com/p/what-is-ma...
-Part 2 (free): spitfirefilly.substack.com/p/what-is-ma...
-Part 3 (paid): spitfirefilly.substack.com/p/what-is-ma...
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🥈 Top 10 of 2025 – No.2
✈️⚔️ Returning rager @spitfirefilly.bsky.social reminds us the Luftwaffe was never invincible — and the RAF knew it fast. The myth collapses almost immediately.
🔥 Still believing in an unbeatable enemy? Correct the fantasy.
🎧 pod.fo/e/315f0d
#HistoryRage #BattleOfBritain
✈️⚔️ Returning rager @spitfirefilly.bsky.social reminds us the Luftwaffe was never invincible — and the RAF knew it fast. The myth collapses almost immediately.
🔥 Still believing in an unbeatable enemy? Correct the fantasy.
🎧 pod.fo/e/315f0d
#HistoryRage #BattleOfBritain
December 31, 2025 at 6:30 PM
🥈 Top 10 of 2025 – No.2
✈️⚔️ Returning rager @spitfirefilly.bsky.social reminds us the Luftwaffe was never invincible — and the RAF knew it fast. The myth collapses almost immediately.
🔥 Still believing in an unbeatable enemy? Correct the fantasy.
🎧 pod.fo/e/315f0d
#HistoryRage #BattleOfBritain
✈️⚔️ Returning rager @spitfirefilly.bsky.social reminds us the Luftwaffe was never invincible — and the RAF knew it fast. The myth collapses almost immediately.
🔥 Still believing in an unbeatable enemy? Correct the fantasy.
🎧 pod.fo/e/315f0d
#HistoryRage #BattleOfBritain
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Reading Eagle Days. Brilliant account of the Luftwaffe side of the Battle of Britain
Could do with some German accounts of the same time
Could do with some German accounts of the same time
December 29, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Reading Eagle Days. Brilliant account of the Luftwaffe side of the Battle of Britain
Could do with some German accounts of the same time
Could do with some German accounts of the same time
A pleasure to act as the guest expert for the latest episode of BBC Radio 4 #GreatLives! This episode is on the legendary Spitfire test pilot Jeffrey Quill, chosen by the equally inspirational Tim Peake 😊
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
December 18, 2025 at 9:34 AM
A pleasure to act as the guest expert for the latest episode of BBC Radio 4 #GreatLives! This episode is on the legendary Spitfire test pilot Jeffrey Quill, chosen by the equally inspirational Tim Peake 😊
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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Sat down to polish my shoes, pop on R4. Hang on, who is that? It’s @spitfirefilly.bsky.social talking about Jeffrey Quill and the Spitfire. Only mistake I thought was when Parris said “this aeroplane” rather than the greatest aeroplane in the history of people, EVER! 😉 Good show Victoria.
December 15, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Sat down to polish my shoes, pop on R4. Hang on, who is that? It’s @spitfirefilly.bsky.social talking about Jeffrey Quill and the Spitfire. Only mistake I thought was when Parris said “this aeroplane” rather than the greatest aeroplane in the history of people, EVER! 😉 Good show Victoria.
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Have just finished @spitfirefilly.bsky.social's most excellent Eagle Days.
It would be a great read at any time but doubly so at the moment in the perspective of rule of war dialogue re the US and "threats" from Central America...
Review to follow...
#Booksky
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/eagle-day...
It would be a great read at any time but doubly so at the moment in the perspective of rule of war dialogue re the US and "threats" from Central America...
Review to follow...
#Booksky
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/eagle-day...
Eagle Days
By the summer of 1940, Great Britain watched as France succumbed to the might of Adolf Hitler's forces. Her forces driven off the continent, many rescued from c…
www.bloomsbury.com
December 7, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Have just finished @spitfirefilly.bsky.social's most excellent Eagle Days.
It would be a great read at any time but doubly so at the moment in the perspective of rule of war dialogue re the US and "threats" from Central America...
Review to follow...
#Booksky
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/eagle-day...
It would be a great read at any time but doubly so at the moment in the perspective of rule of war dialogue re the US and "threats" from Central America...
Review to follow...
#Booksky
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/eagle-day...
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What a surprise to see you on Sky @spitfirefilly.bsky.social …!! Was such a delight to hear you talk and finally get to say hello at Petworth last month and hopefully the opportunity will arise again! Wishing you a happy and restful
Christmas and all good things for 2026! 🥰
Christmas and all good things for 2026! 🥰
December 5, 2025 at 4:28 PM
What a surprise to see you on Sky @spitfirefilly.bsky.social …!! Was such a delight to hear you talk and finally get to say hello at Petworth last month and hopefully the opportunity will arise again! Wishing you a happy and restful
Christmas and all good things for 2026! 🥰
Christmas and all good things for 2026! 🥰
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@spitfirefilly.bsky.social I was delighted to meet you in Dublin last September and it was a lovely surprise to see you on Sky News just now. I wish you a merry Christmas a prosperous new year.
December 5, 2025 at 1:34 PM
@spitfirefilly.bsky.social I was delighted to meet you in Dublin last September and it was a lovely surprise to see you on Sky News just now. I wish you a merry Christmas a prosperous new year.
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Come enjoy my research rabbit holes via a mix of free & paid #Substack articles on #AllAndSundry!
-Part 1: spitfirefilly.substack.com/p/conquerors...
-Part 2: open.substack.com/pub/spitfirefilly/p/conquerors-of-the-skies-part-2?r=5u3ggw&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
-Part 1: spitfirefilly.substack.com/p/conquerors...
-Part 2: open.substack.com/pub/spitfirefilly/p/conquerors-of-the-skies-part-2?r=5u3ggw&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
August 28, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Come enjoy my research rabbit holes via a mix of free & paid #Substack articles on #AllAndSundry!
-Part 1: spitfirefilly.substack.com/p/conquerors...
-Part 2: open.substack.com/pub/spitfirefilly/p/conquerors-of-the-skies-part-2?r=5u3ggw&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
-Part 1: spitfirefilly.substack.com/p/conquerors...
-Part 2: open.substack.com/pub/spitfirefilly/p/conquerors-of-the-skies-part-2?r=5u3ggw&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
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My next article is up on my #AllAndSundry Substack! it's entitled 'Right On The Chin: Operation MILLENNIUM', covering the RAF's first 'Thousand Bomber Raid' against Cologne:
-Part 1 (free): spitfirefilly.substack.com/p/right-on-t...
-Part 2 (paid): spitfirefilly.substack.com/p/right-on-t...
-Part 1 (free): spitfirefilly.substack.com/p/right-on-t...
-Part 2 (paid): spitfirefilly.substack.com/p/right-on-t...
September 24, 2025 at 1:29 PM
My next article is up on my #AllAndSundry Substack! it's entitled 'Right On The Chin: Operation MILLENNIUM', covering the RAF's first 'Thousand Bomber Raid' against Cologne:
-Part 1 (free): spitfirefilly.substack.com/p/right-on-t...
-Part 2 (paid): spitfirefilly.substack.com/p/right-on-t...
-Part 1 (free): spitfirefilly.substack.com/p/right-on-t...
-Part 2 (paid): spitfirefilly.substack.com/p/right-on-t...
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How did Nazi propaganda try to buck up fighting spirit in the Luftwaffe during the Blitz? By using poetry, of course! Check out my latest Substack article entitled "'It's Worth the Sweat!': Luftwaffe Poetry during the Blitz." It's free to read here 👇
spitfirefilly.substack.com/p/its-worth-...
spitfirefilly.substack.com/p/its-worth-...
October 16, 2025 at 8:31 AM
How did Nazi propaganda try to buck up fighting spirit in the Luftwaffe during the Blitz? By using poetry, of course! Check out my latest Substack article entitled "'It's Worth the Sweat!': Luftwaffe Poetry during the Blitz." It's free to read here 👇
spitfirefilly.substack.com/p/its-worth-...
spitfirefilly.substack.com/p/its-worth-...
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My new Substack two-part article is out! Part 1 is free & part 2 can be unlocked by becoming a paid subscriber! Why did the Luftwaffe look down on the Hurricane - and what were the repercussions?
Part 1: spitfirefilly.substack.com/p/a-nice-aer...
Part 2: spitfirefilly.substack.com/p/a-nice-aer...
Part 1: spitfirefilly.substack.com/p/a-nice-aer...
Part 2: spitfirefilly.substack.com/p/a-nice-aer...
'A Nice Aeroplane to Shoot Down?' The Hawker Hurricane Through German Eyes (Part 1)
Dr Victoria Taylor uncovers how the Luftwaffe initially sneered at one of its most significant future rivals
spitfirefilly.substack.com
October 30, 2025 at 2:35 PM
My new Substack two-part article is out! Part 1 is free & part 2 can be unlocked by becoming a paid subscriber! Why did the Luftwaffe look down on the Hurricane - and what were the repercussions?
Part 1: spitfirefilly.substack.com/p/a-nice-aer...
Part 2: spitfirefilly.substack.com/p/a-nice-aer...
Part 1: spitfirefilly.substack.com/p/a-nice-aer...
Part 2: spitfirefilly.substack.com/p/a-nice-aer...
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My newest Substack two-part article is now up! It's entitled 'A Challenge To Fate': The Trailblazing Life of Amy Johnson' - stretching from early accomplishments to her controversial death:
-Part 1 (free): spitfirefilly.substack.com/p/a-challeng...
-Part 2 (paid): open.substack.com/pub/spitfire...
-Part 1 (free): spitfirefilly.substack.com/p/a-challeng...
-Part 2 (paid): open.substack.com/pub/spitfire...
November 17, 2025 at 5:30 PM
My newest Substack two-part article is now up! It's entitled 'A Challenge To Fate': The Trailblazing Life of Amy Johnson' - stretching from early accomplishments to her controversial death:
-Part 1 (free): spitfirefilly.substack.com/p/a-challeng...
-Part 2 (paid): open.substack.com/pub/spitfire...
-Part 1 (free): spitfirefilly.substack.com/p/a-challeng...
-Part 2 (paid): open.substack.com/pub/spitfire...
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To coincide with the recent cinema release of #Nuremberg, my newest two-part Substack article is entitled 'Ripe for the Gallows: The Luftwaffe at Nuremberg'. It can now be read here:
-Part 1 (free): open.substack.com/pub/spitfire...
-Part 2 (paid):
open.substack.com/pub/spitfire...
-Part 1 (free): open.substack.com/pub/spitfire...
-Part 2 (paid):
open.substack.com/pub/spitfire...
'Ripe for the Gallows': The Luftwaffe at Nuremberg (Part 1)
Dr Victoria Taylor examines how the Nuremberg Trials both revealed and obscured Luftwaffe culpability in the Third Reich's atrocities
open.substack.com
December 1, 2025 at 9:05 PM
To coincide with the recent cinema release of #Nuremberg, my newest two-part Substack article is entitled 'Ripe for the Gallows: The Luftwaffe at Nuremberg'. It can now be read here:
-Part 1 (free): open.substack.com/pub/spitfire...
-Part 2 (paid):
open.substack.com/pub/spitfire...
-Part 1 (free): open.substack.com/pub/spitfire...
-Part 2 (paid):
open.substack.com/pub/spitfire...
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You know what would pair nicely with @spitfirefilly.bsky.social's awesome substack?
A sparkling @holocaustpod.bsky.social episode on Nuremberg and Göring!
thhp.buzzsprout.com/2291653/epis...
A sparkling @holocaustpod.bsky.social episode on Nuremberg and Göring!
thhp.buzzsprout.com/2291653/epis...
December 2, 2025 at 8:58 AM
You know what would pair nicely with @spitfirefilly.bsky.social's awesome substack?
A sparkling @holocaustpod.bsky.social episode on Nuremberg and Göring!
thhp.buzzsprout.com/2291653/epis...
A sparkling @holocaustpod.bsky.social episode on Nuremberg and Göring!
thhp.buzzsprout.com/2291653/epis...
To coincide with the recent cinema release of #Nuremberg, my newest two-part Substack article is entitled 'Ripe for the Gallows: The Luftwaffe at Nuremberg'. It can now be read here:
-Part 1 (free): open.substack.com/pub/spitfire...
-Part 2 (paid):
open.substack.com/pub/spitfire...
-Part 1 (free): open.substack.com/pub/spitfire...
-Part 2 (paid):
open.substack.com/pub/spitfire...
'Ripe for the Gallows': The Luftwaffe at Nuremberg (Part 1)
Dr Victoria Taylor examines how the Nuremberg Trials both revealed and obscured Luftwaffe culpability in the Third Reich's atrocities
open.substack.com
December 1, 2025 at 9:05 PM
To coincide with the recent cinema release of #Nuremberg, my newest two-part Substack article is entitled 'Ripe for the Gallows: The Luftwaffe at Nuremberg'. It can now be read here:
-Part 1 (free): open.substack.com/pub/spitfire...
-Part 2 (paid):
open.substack.com/pub/spitfire...
-Part 1 (free): open.substack.com/pub/spitfire...
-Part 2 (paid):
open.substack.com/pub/spitfire...
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Looking for a fully-funded three year PhD, starting in April 2026?
The University of Portsmouth and The Mary Rose Trust are looking for PHD students to undertake correlative multimodal materials analysis of the Mary Rose hull! #PHDOpportunities
Interested? - maryrose.org/about-the-tr...
The University of Portsmouth and The Mary Rose Trust are looking for PHD students to undertake correlative multimodal materials analysis of the Mary Rose hull! #PHDOpportunities
Interested? - maryrose.org/about-the-tr...
Jobs and volunteering - Mary Rose
Jobs, academic placements and volunteering opportunities at the Mary Rose Trust.
maryrose.org
November 24, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Looking for a fully-funded three year PhD, starting in April 2026?
The University of Portsmouth and The Mary Rose Trust are looking for PHD students to undertake correlative multimodal materials analysis of the Mary Rose hull! #PHDOpportunities
Interested? - maryrose.org/about-the-tr...
The University of Portsmouth and The Mary Rose Trust are looking for PHD students to undertake correlative multimodal materials analysis of the Mary Rose hull! #PHDOpportunities
Interested? - maryrose.org/about-the-tr...
My newest Substack two-part article is now up! It's entitled 'A Challenge To Fate': The Trailblazing Life of Amy Johnson' - stretching from early accomplishments to her controversial death:
-Part 1 (free): spitfirefilly.substack.com/p/a-challeng...
-Part 2 (paid): open.substack.com/pub/spitfire...
-Part 1 (free): spitfirefilly.substack.com/p/a-challeng...
-Part 2 (paid): open.substack.com/pub/spitfire...
November 17, 2025 at 5:30 PM
My newest Substack two-part article is now up! It's entitled 'A Challenge To Fate': The Trailblazing Life of Amy Johnson' - stretching from early accomplishments to her controversial death:
-Part 1 (free): spitfirefilly.substack.com/p/a-challeng...
-Part 2 (paid): open.substack.com/pub/spitfire...
-Part 1 (free): spitfirefilly.substack.com/p/a-challeng...
-Part 2 (paid): open.substack.com/pub/spitfire...
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From @spitfirefilly.bsky.social substack. Make a coffee, sit back and enjoy Victoria’s article on Amy Johnson.
open.substack.com/pub/spitfire...
open.substack.com/pub/spitfire...
'A Challenge to Fate': The Trailblazing Life of Amy Johnson (Part 1)
Dr Victoria Taylor reflects on the journey of Amy Johnson - aviator, engineer, pioneer - and her enduring challenge to the boundaries of possibility.
open.substack.com
November 17, 2025 at 4:14 PM
From @spitfirefilly.bsky.social substack. Make a coffee, sit back and enjoy Victoria’s article on Amy Johnson.
open.substack.com/pub/spitfire...
open.substack.com/pub/spitfire...
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#histbookchat. Vindication for @spitfirefilly.bsky.social congratulations on a stellar debut
So unbelievably touched that #EagleDays has been included in The Telegraph's "Greatest Books of 2025" List! Thank you to everyone who has supported it so passionately, and to my publisher @headofzeus.bsky.social & agent Georgina Capel for bringing it to life 🥹❤️
www.telegraph.co.uk/books/author...
www.telegraph.co.uk/books/author...
November 16, 2025 at 11:28 AM
#histbookchat. Vindication for @spitfirefilly.bsky.social congratulations on a stellar debut
So unbelievably touched that #EagleDays has been included in The Telegraph's "Greatest Books of 2025" List! Thank you to everyone who has supported it so passionately, and to my publisher @headofzeus.bsky.social & agent Georgina Capel for bringing it to life 🥹❤️
www.telegraph.co.uk/books/author...
www.telegraph.co.uk/books/author...
November 16, 2025 at 10:33 AM
So unbelievably touched that #EagleDays has been included in The Telegraph's "Greatest Books of 2025" List! Thank you to everyone who has supported it so passionately, and to my publisher @headofzeus.bsky.social & agent Georgina Capel for bringing it to life 🥹❤️
www.telegraph.co.uk/books/author...
www.telegraph.co.uk/books/author...
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Very pleased to see @midgegillies.bsky.social and @spitfirefilly.bsky.social in our local #WetRocks.
November 6, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Very pleased to see @midgegillies.bsky.social and @spitfirefilly.bsky.social in our local #WetRocks.
My new Substack two-part article is out! Part 1 is free & part 2 can be unlocked by becoming a paid subscriber! Why did the Luftwaffe look down on the Hurricane - and what were the repercussions?
Part 1: spitfirefilly.substack.com/p/a-nice-aer...
Part 2: spitfirefilly.substack.com/p/a-nice-aer...
Part 1: spitfirefilly.substack.com/p/a-nice-aer...
Part 2: spitfirefilly.substack.com/p/a-nice-aer...
'A Nice Aeroplane to Shoot Down?' The Hawker Hurricane Through German Eyes (Part 1)
Dr Victoria Taylor uncovers how the Luftwaffe initially sneered at one of its most significant future rivals
spitfirefilly.substack.com
October 30, 2025 at 2:35 PM
My new Substack two-part article is out! Part 1 is free & part 2 can be unlocked by becoming a paid subscriber! Why did the Luftwaffe look down on the Hurricane - and what were the repercussions?
Part 1: spitfirefilly.substack.com/p/a-nice-aer...
Part 2: spitfirefilly.substack.com/p/a-nice-aer...
Part 1: spitfirefilly.substack.com/p/a-nice-aer...
Part 2: spitfirefilly.substack.com/p/a-nice-aer...