Aviation Archaeology: Solving the mystery of the RAF Halifax bomber, EB140 624 squadron, crashed on Wednesday, December 1st, 1943 Interviews, WW2, WW2 in Greece, WW2 Wrecks Letters from the front: Greek soldiers write back to their families in 1941 WW2, WW2 in Greece Prelude to war: The...
• shared information with the RAF Museum to put together the successful exhibition 'Pilots of the Caribbean' • been presented at a Bomber Command tribute in the House of Lords in 2010All this without financial backing or official affiliation. But now we ask your support to continue our wo...
While they continued bringing down many more Soviet pilots, the rapid deterioration on the frontlines caused some of these pilots to second-guess their place in the war. In May and June, at least three pilots defected to the Soviet Union. Fearing that more would follow, the Germans prohibited...
• inspired and promoted various new publications, websites and documentary films • shared information with the RAF Museum to put together the successful exhibition 'Pilots of the Caribbean' • been presented at a Bomber Command tribute in the House of Lords in 2010All...
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No. 5 Group, RAF Bomber Command was established under the command of Air Vice-Marshal Arthur Travis with its headquarters at RAF Mildenhall in Suffolk, England, United Kingdom. [Mildenhall, England | AC]12 Oct 1937 United Kingdom Hurricane prototype fighter K5083 took its final flight; ...
1944 B-24D Liberator aircraft 'Pete the POM Inspector', Lead Assembly Ship of 467th Bomber Group, US 790th Bomber Squadron, RAF Rackheath, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom, Mar-Oct 1944 Blood Chit issued to United States Marine Corps fighter pilots with seven languages including French (Indo...
However, early in World War II, RAF fighter pilots found it difficult to fire their machine guns accurately. This was due to the fact that their machine guns were sighted at a distance greater than their guns’ range. As opposed to German aircraft like the Messerschmitt Bf. 109, which had...
this fighter shocked RAF pilots and inflicted cruel punishment to Allied bombers flying over Europe. Highly respected by Allied pilots, the Fw-190 was a superb fighter, fighter-bomber and anti-tank aircraft. Oberleutnant Otto Kittel scored most of his 267 kills in a Fw-190, forever immortalizi...
Bader had joined the RAF in 1928 and in 1931, while performing some aerobatics he crashed and lost both his legs. When war broke he insisted on flying, even as a double amputee. His determination saw him become a Battle of Britain icon using a “Big Wing” of fighters to attack enemy...