Wellington P9232 9 Squadron 5/6th June 1940 Shot down by Flak soon after crossing the Dutch coast, on mission to Duisburg. Crashed near...
Squadron Leader Jimmy James obituary - Times Online “Jimmy” James was one of 76 officers who escaped from Stalag Luft III on the night of March...
Milton Wolff Milton Wolff - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Abraham Lincoln Brigade Archives: ALBA in the Classroom
FresnoBee.com: California: Last commander of American forces in Spanish Civil War dies Milton Wolff, the last American commander of anti-Fascist...
NZ's biggest reward offered for medals - 18 Jan 2008 - Defence News - NZ Herald
General Sir Geoffrey Musson - Telegraph General Sir Geoffrey Musson, who has died aged 97, took command of 2nd Battalion The Duke of Cornwall's...
Another great reference site Sniper. Cheers. I'm going to have to start a new bookmark folder entitled "Sniper's Stuff" :)
The Australians have been absolutely amazing in their efforts to make as much information as possible about the country's war service available on...
I think the Swordfish was actually a good aircraft for the role it ended up playing. It was indeed obselete by the time the war started, having been...
True, as a delivery system for the A-bombs it was probably the only aircraft capable of doing it, though the Lanc was adapted for the Tallboy and the...
RANT: 18 days without a ciggie and I'm now almost psychopathic. Who said it would get easier? :mad2: RAVE: Being sad enough to actualy read the...
Not a bad idea Sniper. As for the Aviator, all I can say is that we have been proven right in our assessment as he didn't last long on Talk either....
One that I'd only heard of in passing but seems to have been a failture was the Curtis SO3C Seamew: SO3C Seamew - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Tempsford Special Duties Squadrons An Unofficial History Of The Squadrons That Operated From Tempsford Airfield.... primarily 138 & 161: The...
It was a typical example of how Ministry requirements issued in the early months and years of the war took too long to be realised in pracice. Due to...
Last week I finally settled down and started reading Hasting's Nemesis. So far I'm thoroughly enjoying would recommend it to anyone interestedin the...
OK this is more tongue in cheek as it never flew operationally but still there were flight tests! Blohm und Voss BV.40 By 1943 the enormous swarms...
And reading Nemesis it appears the B-29 had an atrocious service record, with more aircraft lost to technical problems than enemy action. Hastings...
Another one that caused more problems than contributions to the war effort Heinkel He 177 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Well done Spidge. I, and Andy (tut tut), missed that one. I shall have to get posting top keep my lead. And it looks like you also made the 10,000th...
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