Total Number Unknown The Cannone-Mitragliera Breda da 20/65 Modello 1935 was the main Italian light anti-aircraft gun during the Second World War. The gun was developed as an anti-aircraft gun but was also used against light armored vehicles, especially if mounted on the numerous… ...
They could only be fired in single salvos, meaning that if they missed their target, enemy aircraft could return and engage them without fear of retaliation. Additionally, the rockets were notoriously imprecise, making the chances of hitting an enemy aircraft quite low despite the large salvo the...
Kingdom of Italy/Italian Social Republic (1943-1945) Reconnaissance Car – 11 Converted From Pre-Existing Vehicles The Camionetta Desertica Modello 1943 (English: Desert Reconnaissance Car Model 1943) was an Italian Regio Esercito desert reconnaissance car that was created in early 1943 by modifying...
Germany 6 RAF Mosquito aircraft attacked Berlin, Germany; one aircraft was lost. [Bombing of Hamburg, Dresden, and Other Cities | Berlin | CPC] Before dawn, while on display at a museum in Berlin, Germany, the Do X aircraft was destroyed by British bombing. [Do X | Berlin | CPC]25...
„Pee Wee“ Martin was on of the many Airborne Soldiers at D-Day. 70 years later he jumped again out of a C-47 aircraft over Normandy. Source: Joakim Steinweden. „Pee Wee“ Martin 101 AB – still skydiving after 70 years
The long-time Baton Rouge resident, then the 14-year-old stepdaughter of a naval officer, witnessed the event that thrust the United States into World War II. It took a few moments to realize what was going on. Aircraft skimmed the tops of the palm trees of her Navy Yard home. ...
If your heart is in aviation, you can accomplish anything, including building a first-class aviation museum filled with the finest examples of WW2 aircraft.
A short news article was published in a Norwegian newspaper shortly after the raid saying that a number of aircraft had landed in Norway and that all of the soldiers on board had been engaged and killed to the last man. However, it was not until after the war that true horror of the ...
Bell P-39Q Airacobra - Aviation Museum of Central Finland Keski-Suomen Ilmailumuseo at Tikkakoski, Finland, has one restored P-39Q Airacobra, "White 26", on static display. The aircraft is originally a Soviet lend-lease plane, shot down and captured by Finnish troops in World War Two. ...
So why don’t South Africans know much about these remarkably brave ‘Hurricat’ pilots, their aircraft and their near suicide missions, why has someone like Flight-Lieutenant Alistair James Hay DFC and his rescue by his fellow SATS General Botha fraternity not entered our realm of standout So...