Too much of my knowledge of WW1 aces comes from books that I read as a boy in the 60's and 70's; these books perpetuated myths that serious later...
The High Seas Fleet would have been scrapped even if they had not been sunk, even if they were distributed among the victorious nations. The...
Was it really among the five worst, though?
. Interesting - but if they had the same name, could they have been of Jewish ancestry but converted to Christianity?
Late as usual, but happy birthday Geoff! Adrian
Undoubtedly a hero who kept on flying despite indifferent physical health (he had had TB) and increasing mental stress. It is said that after he...
Maxwell clearly got into trouble for this but probably he was concerned about hitting another mine.
Whatever happened at Midway, the Americans would have eventually prevailed due to their sheer industrial might. After Midway, in the next four...
From a purely technical point of view the German Tiger and especially the later King Tiger were probably the best. But they were very heavy and...
People are killed every year by picking up WW1 munitions from the ground and fiddling with them. There are numerous museums and cafes along the...
Werner Voss was the most famous Jewish ace of the war. He achieved 48 victories. The last 13 of them were in the last six weeks of his life,...
I think this is a peice of Soviet propaganda - suggesting the Russians invented everything! The first recovery from a spin was made by Wilfred...
The Russian T34 is considered by many people to have been the best tank of the war; certainly the best all-rounder. It is said that the German...
The British Valentine was one with no good points - it is said that when we sent some to Russia on Lend-Lease, they couldn't believe that we used...
Re: The Battle of Belleau Wood in Retropspect The point about Belleau Wood was that the Americans used exactly the same tactics that the British had...
Most of Barker's victories were scored while flying Sopwith Camels, which he continued to fly even when commanding a Bristol F2B Fighter (two-seater)...
I have copied this from the thread on Hauptman Roser, so that Lanoe Hawker VC has his own thread. The passage below is lifted straight from...
Annie thanks for the Youtube link - though I think there must be a second half somewhere as this one only goes up to his training. The SE5a on...
I notice his Wing Commander originally only recommended him for a DFC, and it was Park and Dowding who recommended the VC. Was the Wingco being...
It says that he was a Flight Engineer, but also that he sometimes "also acted as the bomb-aimer in his crew". I thought these were highly...
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