Who was the highest-scoring night-fighter pilot?
De Havilland DH95 Flamingo?
I remember reading the obituary of one officer once - this was before the internet and I can't remember his name. Like Backhouse, he had been...
I doubt they would want to return them to service; many are obsolete. There are some Phantoms in one of the pictures. If only they had preserved...
So it won't be at Biggin Hill, then. :cry_smile: A couple of years back, the airshow commentator was talking about an aircraft that would not be...
Freyberg??
I'm glad this 88 year-old is still flying - though its not clear if this means solo. As to the last bit: the Chipmunk was not used in WW2; the...
By the way, I found this site very useful - it gives information on many Kriegsmarine vessels, and there is a very good section on HSK Kormoran...
I mentioned on another thread that I have just been watching a DVD that one of my Australian contacts sent me, of a programme aired on Australian TV...
Enfidaville Cemetary, Tunisia, according to the CWGC website
I have just been watching a DVD that one of my Australian contacts sent me, of a programme aired on Australian TV about the loss and discovery of...
Quite a "ladette"! Even the wildest of partygoers could knuckle down and take life seriously when they had to; I wonder if today's equivalent would...
Searching my usual sites, I found this photo of Lance Wade but no article that gives more information than the one here. Unfortunately, to become...
They've found HMS Exeter? That would be interesting; she is as historic as HMAS Sydney. Definitely a war grave though.
It looks like a single-shot grenade-thrower, or it could possibly be described as small mortar. It must have been very inaccurate, and the size of...
Hope the move goes well! Are you anywhere near Lysterfield, which is outside Melbourne? My brother lives there! Not that he shares my interest...
One of my references describes the Nakajima Ki-44 Shoki (its Japanese name, meaning "Demon") as "an effective fighter, fast-climbing and...
The archetypal fighter pilot. The world is the poorer for the passing of such men
I was at the RAF Museum (Hendon) for the Cross&Cockade AGM yesterday. Being a WW1 orientated-day, I mainly concentrated on the WW1 exhibits, but I...
Nothing here that can't be found in the pro-Nazi websites and in stuff by David Irving etc. Ok, this chap is a left-winger. But some of these...
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