I suppose it comes down to being careful of generalisations and cliches. I don't think I'd realised just how advanced the later marks of 109G with...
It seems that the three highest scoring German pilots (i.e. the highest scoring aces ever) - Erich Hartmann (352 victories, all confirmed by...
They are talking of keeping the two new carriers that have been ordered, but if the table in the article is correct they are considering having NO...
Spidge If they know of any in South East London, especially the Boroughs of Bromley (where I live) or Greenwich (where I work) I can try to help....
Kyt Thanks for your reply. Working in the NHS in London I do meet people from many cultures including Sikhs and Muslims and when you actually know...
I'm going to stick my head over the parapet here and say that I am a Christian. :peep: I hope I'm not mindless about it; there's lots of doubts...
The other WW2 photos from Shuttleworth
I finally got to the Shuttleworth Collection yesterday, for one of their evening air displays, and if I regret anything its that it took me getting...
A survivor that I can think of is astronaut John Glenn - born 1921 and better known for his post-war career, but he flew F4U Corsairs in the Pacific...
Yes, Bobby Gibbes was another that I was thinking of. And I forgot to mention the late great Neville Duke.
The Mk II did have Merlins, but this wasn't a principal version and the longer nacelles increased the tendency to lateral instability
Thank goodness he didn't sack his CIGS General Sir Alan Brooke. Brooke was prepared to risk head-to-head table-thumping rows with Churchill,...
Yes, this is a very good one. I've used it several times - including for modelling research
Interesting site - worth bookmarking. A few points: So possibly Bismarck was scuttled by her crew? We'll never know. The officers on the...
At best, a strange choice. Even if they don't specifically support Nazism, its difficult not to believe they must have a fascination with the Dark...
Well I'm older than their target audience. I know when I'm not wanted. They can keep their stupid Channel :hurt:
I wouldn't quite say that - she was reduced to a fiery wreck by gunfire from the battleships King George V and Rodney, but they couldn't quite send...
Late night? There was a great programme on Ship's Engines at only 7 p.m. As to the buttock smilie, I just couldn't resist being the first person...
I never watch ITV.... (only Channel 5 :Booty: )
Luftwaffe ace Count Heinrich von Einsiedel has died. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=&xml=/news/2007/09/19/db1902.xml...
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