Remark 3: after WW1, a first prefix letter was to become standard from 28 March 1919, this was introduced for WW1 Veterans with an ASN lower than 6,000,000 who re-enlisted, such as ASN R56595, R316459, ASN R1239164, ASN R2376621, ASN R5422378 (highest number recorded in WWI was...
Soviet Union (1920) Light Tank – 15 Built On March 19, 1919, the young Soviet state acquired its first FT tanks. This acquisition followed the victory of General Grigoriyev Nikifor’s 2nd Ukrainian Soviet Army over the Interventionist White Forces in a battle near the German colony of Worms...
Click here for some photos taken on the visit to the White House and Andrews Air Force Base on June 19, 2009 Caribbean Glory tribute to the British West Indian Veterans of World War II. More photos here [Copyright Ian Edwards] Our sponsor Promoting the Noble Heritage of Caribbean Air Cr...
The main body of this site consists of a list of names of aircrew that are known to us. The names are accessible either by country of origin, rank or decoration or by entering a name in the search-box. Each entry offers the option to add a comment.Here you can submit your information...
In fact the scope, the size of this sacrifice will come as a surprise to many South Africans – including our Naval veterans fraternity and current Navy personnel. The ‘elephant’ of sacrifice To give you an idea of just how BIG this ‘elephant in the room is, lets cover the Honour ...
Among these varied files were a casualty list compiled by the veterans of the 165th Regiment possibly as late as the 1950's. These records may not be totally comprehensive as comparison of these lists compared to the records of the American Battle Monuments Commishion show that there are ...
Fred Jr. joined the Calgary Flying Club and learned to fly in 1938, and then joined the RCAF where during World War II he served as a volunteer pilot initially with 400 and then with 414 Army Co-operation Squadron, flying the P-40 Tomahawk and the Mustang Mark I. As an Army Co-opera...
Many WW2 veterans did the same. I’ve always been moved at Winston Churchill’s statement about the RAF fliers; that…”never has so much been owed to so few.” In Andy Rooney’s book, My War I got a real glimpse of the courage it took for the fliers to get back in their planes...
• added about 400 new names to this online archive • 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 ...
This booklet also contained a copy of the list of Caribbean aircrew who served in the RAF during World War II as published in Cy’s war memoir. This was by no means a complete list, since only about seventy names – some fifteen percent of the total – were known to the author at th...