I know the article says this, but it would be slightly more accurate to say "Poland's most famous pilot!"
I believe one of the others is being restored to flying condition, though it will require so many new parts as to be virtually a replica. They are...
So she does still exist? Can't be more than a shell now though. Reminds me of the "jinx" of the Porsche Spyder in which James Dean died. It was...
I expect most of us know about the B24 "Lady Be Good" which was discovered in the Libyan desert sixteen years after she disappeared in 1943. But is...
This debate will run and run. But the article below suggests the opposite, that the casualty figures at Dresden were much lower than some figures...
Yeah, he tried to shoot some harmless camels and frightened the poor calves. B*****D.
Obituary here of Leslie Hardman, Jewish Chaplain who entered Belsen after its liberation. I found his recollections extremely moving. The Reverend...
I don't think the theory that Leslie Howard was a Secret Agent is entirely new, but it has been floated again. Actor Leslie Howard kept Spain out...
One of the guys on the aircraft was a sailor who hitched a lift to try and see his dying father.
Very sad, but inevitable to hear of his passing. I remember seeing the documentary which featured Ted lowering a plaque onto the wreck. He...
Yes, it was it bit sloppy of me to describe these as freak shots; the thrust of what I was saying was that these men were not defeated by the skill...
McCudden, Little and Dallas were WW1 aces. (Little and Dallas were Australian - shame on you for not knowing them!!) Kittel was the fourth...
Slightly more detail in this Telegraph obit. He helped deliver Blenheims to Finland in February 1940. John Fancy - Telegraph
That peice of research must have taken a bit of lateral thinking!
Its been said before how few of the top aces were killed in air-to-air combat. Many were brought down by shots from the ground (Finucane, von...
Sorry, yes, Mercuries. The are some Hawker Sea Furies flying with the Bristol Centaurus, the final development of the Bristol radial..
The youngest Wing Commander the RAF ever had, and probably among the top five highest scoring British Empire aces of WW2
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This should be filed under "music" (at least when it warmed up)! Can any of you think of any aircraft still flying with Hercules engines? I...
You've got the "drawing pin" symbol right over it! My video is the old-fashioned tape so I can't download it! But I'm sure there will be a clip...
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