Bread and water now :frusty: Pity about the "edit" - i was hoping for an introduction :becky:
I was intending to be good this month but may just have to "invest" in a second hand copy. I gather the reprint is the one to get because it has far...
World War 2 Awards.com - CRANSWICK, Alec Panton
Just discovered this book (which is infact a reprint). The claim that he was the pilot who flew the most operational missions sounds interesting:...
Owen, did your father ever talk about his personal impressions of the Meteor - what it was like to fly etc. And as the resident Meteor expert can you...
Names, cause of death etc: www.vrb.gov.au/historical/VietnamDeaths.xls (opens as an excel page)
This is a very interesting site covering one of the units that served there: 104 Signal Squadron, Australian Vietnam Veterans, Maps, Images, Names,...
Well, I agree with the chap - I'd rather be flying around than slogging through the jungle :)
Interesting that the site states that the F1 was simple, reliable and popular weapon. From what I've read this was not the case: Australian...
The bull pup idea hasn't really worked - as shown by the SA 80. Just why the British keep insisting on developing over-complicated weapons is a...
The remustering sounds like the situation with the USAAF. Around the time of Ardenne inlate 1944, a lot of aircrew trainees were transfered to the...
For a bolt action weapon it seems a damn daft idea. The bolt seems to far back. Can you provide more details about the weapon as I can't find...
Cutaway, you're posting some interesting weapons but could you please add details of their use etc so as to put the weapon into context. A pretty...
Great poem Digger. What was/is the situation with Nam Vets in Australia. We probably all know about the US vets and the terrible time they had and...
Sword of Honour (Australian TV - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia) Australian Television: Telemovies and Miniseries: 1980s
Blimey! One of those careers would be impressive but being a Commando, and basically training himself to be a pilot?! Owen, do you have any details...
Before going into the main question, I just want to point out that the US Navy had very serious problems with their torpedos during the entire war....
The Wapiti is one I recognised straight away: Westland Wapiti in Indian Air Force Service - Polly Singh (and then I confirmed it by checking the...
Stumbled upon this earlier today. It's a great site on an air force that nobody seems to remember: Latvian Aircraft - 1918-1940
Welcome garyz. I think we're all happy amateurs here so I'm sure you'll fit right in.
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