Edward Kenna (still-living AFAIK) was awarded his Victoria Cross fighting in New Guinea in 1945, so clearly many Australians fought with great...
I heard an interview on BBC Radio 4 on this today while driving to work; Max Hastings and Maj-Gen Crews were interviewed together. As far as I...
Thought I'd seen it before; I don't think I can have got involved with the previous thread. Welcome over here, Hawkeye!
I rescued this booklet from a shed that was being cleared out, many years ago. Many of the cartoons are Giles. Attached, the front cover and a...
So, presumably they wouldn't have a problem with us, or anyone else, kidnapping American citizens who were wanted for a crime. Especially if the law...
I've been sent this very interesting link on the recovery of a P39 from a lake in Russia. It's been possible to trace its complete history....
Don McVicar flew with Ferry Command, served under Taffy Powell, and wrote several books published in the 80's. I think the first one was called...
Not many aces brought down five bombers from one formation... I didn't realise that Chicago O'Hare was named after him
Agreed, certainly one of the most beautiful aircraft ever. For the last few airshow seasons we've been promised one of the two flyers over here...
A difficult one.. on the one hand, I can see the OU's point: is there anyone who should be exempt from being shocked; why should the extreme left be...
Thanks - an interesting though US-centered article. I'm not sure what he means by the RN using dive-bombing techniques in WW1 - I may ask on one...
You mean the communists in the UK? Extremists never seem to understand that there is a middle ground, in this case between Empire and Communism, and...
Thanks everyone! I don't post at the rate of some of you but still it seems like no time at all since my first one!
There is an unwarranted assumption that the war was about keeping the British Establishment going and that war heroes are always going to be...
A book of sketches by FEPOW Fred Goodwin has come into the public domain: Telegraph | Picture Gallery | SKETCHES BY A WORLD WAR II POW
I've never been in the services, but I did 34 jumps with a club in the 1980's. Which means I have even less excuse than the rest of you because...
Any idea what sort of disks these were? Surely you can't get 25 million entries on two CD-Rs, or even DVD-Rs?
Ian Smith, Prime Minister of Rhodesia under UDI, has died aged 88. Whatever we think of him - and the kindest thing to say is that he was a man...
I must admit I had never heard of this Hollywood film producer, but it seems he was a B24 pilot in the war. Delbert Mann, who has died aged 87,...
A slightly unusual obituary; only a fraction of those who served were the medal-winners, leaders, aces etc Vernon Scannell, who died on Saturday...
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