Not sure how to post the entire desktop including icons, but this is the picture I am using. Russell Smith's painting of Frank Luke's Spad XIII...
Merry Christmas to all of you and thanks for an entertaining and informative time. :plane:
Thanks for this - I was going to ask if anyone knew about the circumstances of Philip Barwell's death. Friendly Fire has always been a hazard of the...
Eric Barwell, who has died aged 94, was a night-fighter ace who started on Defiants. Given the casualty rate among the Defiant squadrons in daylight,...
Andy Trucks were a sideline of theirs. They have been building Torpedo boats since the 1880s. (But I know trucks are a speciality of yours!)
Another point about the swastika as related to air forces is that it can be thought of as a schematic for a revolving aircraft propeller, hence its...
This government just does not have a clue. Considering the way they are treating the Police at the moment, they seem determined to make enemies of...
I've just been reading the Latvian Air Force site. A slightly odd construction, I would have prefered a narrative history as well as the links....
I see this cites the Air Enthusiast article that I mentioned in the Latvia article as a reference. I'll scan and post the articles when I have...
Obituary of John Hereford, a German Jew who flew with RAF Bomber Command as a teenager, in the electronic jamming role. John Hereford - Telegraph
Thinking more about John Hudson today, his story underlines the fact that the two world wars were very much citizens wars. Ordinary people, who would...
If no-one can find articles on the Lithuanian and Estonian Air Forces, I'll scan the paper articles from Air Enthusiast and post them. Might not be...
Ever feel we didn't bomb them hard enough? Ok that was my first reaction, of course not all Germans were/are like that, but it underlines that WW2...
I'll have to read this properly some time. Many years ago I subscribed to Air Enthusiast (I stopped because I just didn't have time to read it -...
John Hudson who has died aged 96 was an eminent Professor of Horticulture, and it would seem a man of many interests. He was a Bomb Disposal...
Welcome on board - sounds like you come with some useful resources! But we welcome enthusiastic beginners as well.
C-109? Thats a new one for me - anyone got any pictures/ info? As the website describes it as a Consolidated C109, was it a transport version of...
I read the Moth Eaton thread but I've only just got the joke!
I had a speed-read of the chapter (actually, Kyt, I think you missed a page- can't find pages 366-367 - but never mind, got the gist of it). All...
I started a thread on the Great War Forum which came to the conclusion that dive-bombing was indeed used in the WW1, bearing in mind that the...
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