The sad fate of pilot officer Frederick Ainley and the RAF Martin Maryland that force-landed on Zakynthos island, Greece, March 29, 1941 Aircraft wrecks, WW2, WW2 in Greece, WW2 Wrecks A detailed look at “Faith”, the only surviving Gloster Gladiator from the Battle of Malta Photo gallery...
30 Aug 1940 Germany RAF Bomber Command aircraft attacked Berlin, Germany. [Bombing of Hamburg, Dresden, and Other Cities | Berlin | CPC]4 Sep 1940 Germany Adolf Hitler addressed a crowd of factory workers, nurses, and relief workers during the Winter Relief Campaign at the Berlin Sport...
On arriving at the target they found the flak defences quite severe and the raiding force had a tough time. One aircraft was seen to suffer a direct hit whilst actually dropping its bombs, and exploded, while another Mitchell was seen with its port engine on fire and a large hole torn in...
Service No: 129058 Service: RAFVR Trade/Branch: Pilot DOB: Squadron(s): 214 (F.M.S.) Sqn Station/Unit/Ship: Chedburgh Group: 3 Command: Bomber Nationality: St Lucia Disposal: KIA Age 21 yrs Date Died: 5 Mar 1943 Aircraft 1: Stirling Mk3 BK662 BU-K According to Chorley the aircraf...
By the Battle of Britain, less than a year after the outbreak of war, WAAFs were actively employed in plotting aircraft and radar signals, interpreting reconnaissance photographs, debriefing aircrew after raids, packing parachutes and running communications. In fact by 1944 almost all the RAF's me...
Lost WW2 RAF Bomber Crew Found. by Germans; FINAL SALUTE 69 YEARS AFTER FATAL MISSIONRead the full-text online article and more details about Lost WW2 RAF Bomber Crew Found. by Germans; FINAL SALUTE 69 YEARS AFTER FATAL MISSION.The Mirror (London, England)...
Fast forwarding to 1986, strong currents revealed the Spitfire from beneath the sands. It was recovered and slowly restored. In 2014, a final push completed the project and the aircraft can now be seen flying once again. It is currently housed at RAF Duxford in the UK in the very same ha...
Gruppen per Geschwader, or wing. German organization was more specialized than that of the RAF or USAAF, as there were Gruppen and Geschwadern not only of fighters, bombers, transport, and reconnaissance units of but dive-bomber, ground attack (mainly anti-armor), and maritime patrol aircraft...
After the war, one aircraft was operated by the RAF for evaluation purposes, but it was lost in a storm while being stored. Hungarian operated Fw 189. Source: G. Punka Focke-Wulf Fw 189 in Action A Soviet operated Fw 189, possibly one of the Slovakian managed to escape in late 1944....
StationRAF LISSETT (6 miles SW of Bridlington) Squadron158 Squadron CrewSgt K D Baracatt [Flight Engineer] CommandBomber Command Aircraft Mark III Aircraft CodeNP-Y Aircraft TypeHalifax Aircraft SerialMZ813 Sgt. K. D. Baracatt, fifth from left. ...