Manfred von Richthofen's trophy board, with the fabric strips of the serial numbers of his victims cut out and pasted on. The light fitting is a...
Tanks in WW1 were a liability to say the least. They proved highly vulnerable to artillery fire, apart from breaking down and bogging down. They only...
My impression is that he was very reticent about his post WW1 life. He was a rich Flemish aristocrat - the Flemings are more Germanic than the...
He was a rich Flemish aristocrat and I believe he spent WW2 in Switzerland. Perhaps we shouldn't read too much into that, but is possible that his...
Not News, not debate, and not funny. I get the impression that some types of American treat the Canadians the way the English used to treat the...
The propellor appears to be a fixed-pitch type, typical of the late 30's/ early war. There are cowlings from two engines - but unless the dog is very...
In addition to the death of Lt Merz, nine AFC mechanics were trapped in Kut and taken prisoner by the Turks when the garrison surrendered. Seven of...
The aircraft in the attachment picture in Kyt's post #22 above is a Maurice Farman MF11"Shorthorn" , mounted on floats. In the pdf link in #23,...
Thanks for this Annie; I hadn't come across this AFC site before; I've added it to Favourites. Ozzie Watt sounds a great character. There was an...
When Churchill was First Sea Lord just before WW1, he had some flying lessons with the RNAS, under the pretext of needing to gain experience to help...
Well there is the cigar, that appears and disappears. Was the picture doctored to show it there, or not there? Uniform? He was entitled to wear...
I need an early night, so only a quick look. Someday, perhaps!
From Wikipedia: Hmmm.... well, maybe.
"The Eagle of Lille", ObLt Max Immelmann, Pour Le Merite, the leading ace of the world at the time with 17 victories (level with his friend Oswald...
Supporters of a Nazi SS division formed during WW2 march in Riga, Latvia - Telegraph Very few of the people in these pictures looks old enough to...
It reminds me of a picture in a book I have, but the book is upstairs where my wife is sleeping so I can't get it till tomorrow. If I'm right, it...
I'm trying to work out if it can really be that many - 12000 in the flame and only 6000 in the rest? But certainly it is very clever and must...
My wife only does needlepoint of fluffy animals.... :panda:
Apparently the Red Cross have a huge archive collection which could help identify many soldiers buried in graves marked "known unto God"....
Hi Keith I think this must refer to the "Spitfire Mk26" replica which we have a thread on, and which as it happens David just resurrected so that it...
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