Re: I Think He Flew Mosquitoes ! I don't get the bit about Mosquitoes; am I missing something? :confused: A7553 was a DH4
Slightly more seriously, 1460 men perished from those three ships Aboukir, Hogue and Cressy - three times the number of men the Royal Navy had lost...
Zeppelin L59, the Afrika-Zeppelin or Afrikaschiff, and her sister L57 were the largest Zeppelins to fly during the war, with a length of 741 feet...
Liemba, ex-Von Goetzen, still exists, and still plies the waters of Lake Tanganyika
In much of warfare, the victor is the one who opens fire first, providing they do so accurately. The Kormoran's crew knew they were facing an enemy;...
Note that he got into trouble for refusing to fire on his countrymen in the Irish uprising - he risked being court-martialled or even shot. Not...
A brave and decent man. A longer obit here from the Daily Telegraph - note the description of conditions in the boiler room of a large warship....
I just fart in bed, that way my wife can enjoy it as well. Plastic sheets help... (I said she can enjoy it, that doesn't mean she does!)
I really feel that if I can comment on the flatulent man I should be able to comment on this. Lets just say that this man deserved his old age,...
How stupid can you get? All he had to do was fit a simple non-return valve, about £2 from any plumber's shop, to prevent fluid travelling up the...
By 1918 bombing raid on Britain were conducted entirely by night, and with no radar, and no wireless in the aircraft either, it was extremely...
Vernon Castle is well-known; he was a famous dancer before the war, along with his wife Irene. Having served with the RFC in France, he was an...
Annie I know Kenley well; I belong to a gliding club there (gliding is the only activity allowed there now). I don't have the time or the money to...
My avatar is, for the sake of a consistent "brand", a similar theme to the one I use on certain other WW1 forum. It is the Zeppelin L59, the...
LZ37 was the airship that Warneford downed. His death is a mystery; the aircraft, a Farman F27, turned over in the air and both men were thrown...
He must have left a comfortable job to volunteer as an army chaplain - he can't have been that young if he was a vicar in 1898. If the film "All...
The high profile of a Sherman was a feature that most nations had discarded in the 30's; it made it an easier target. The British produced a...
Very interesting, I've just spent a long time reading this. There's a saying among airmen: "The only worse than being down here wishing you were...
Now this chap really did have an exciting life......Its difficult not to believe that Ian Fleming and John Le Carre had heard of him Colonel David...
Basically, if I was a British or American politician or General and my priority was winning the war, I would have had lots of Shermans, despite the...
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