In the WW1 period, and in fact up to the advent of the electric or cartridge starters, they were supposed to use the "Contact" routine. The...
Geoff Thanks; very striking photos; you must have very unusual atmospheric conditions at present (could it be ash still in the atmosphere from the...
I can't resist posting this photo of my model of Kazakov's Morane-Saulnier Type N, which I completed about eighteen years ago! Note the...
I was waiting for this subject to come up; I've written posts for this forum on some of the other aces (perhaps that should read "some of the...
This kind of thing was certainly not unknown in the past when aircraft needed their props swung. But the view would have been that someone had cocked...
I didn't realise that Moffat was a Medal of Honor recipient! Clearly he was also a genius of innovation, perhaps even as much as Mitchell but in a...
Possibly, but he would have been one of the earliest victims.
A non-combatant priest who was awarded the Croix de Guerre and Medaille Militaire! He must have been greatly respected by his superior officers....
Was the 24inch torpedo the one known as the "Long Lance"? Probably the most effective torpedo of the war.
It sounds as though he died of natural causes, presumably a heart attack. He would have been 47 (younger than I am now). It happened, even in war.
It is generally recognised that the Italian General Douhet was the theorist who developed the concept of strategic bombing, and it would not detract...
Curtis had been a Camel ace in WW1, with 209 sqdn I believe, so he knew what he was talking about when he praised Beurling's abilities.
Very sad for his family. Warbird pilots all too often make the ultimate sacrifice for the movement and for our entertainment. The P40 in...
He wasn't the last!
He was right, but not entirely for the right reasons. Very few ships were sunk by conventional bombing in WW2, or any other time. Almost all were...
Its Billy Mitchell! But don't ask me about the medals!
This wasn't a tank as such; it was the first of what became known as caterpillar tractors. The continous track system was the radical thing about it....
I believe that only one man died in this sinking, in contrast to most other minings. Was she the last RN ship to be fitted with a stern gallery?
Ok, I'll post something tomorrow, giving me time to think and for someone to answer Kyt's question
I suppose it is just about possible. If the ship was carrying a few hundred tons of explosive, that would be equivalent to a small nuclear bomb. Look...
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