Second World War C-47 Transport Plane Arrives At Flying Tigers Heritage Park
A venerable C-47, the transport workhorse airplane during the Second World War that was seemingly used everywhere, is going on permanent display at the Flying…
Rare PT Boat Is On The move From New Orleans, Scheduled For Launch In 2017
The launch of the PT-305, which will take passengers at $350 a pop, is set for March 25, 2017. The motor torpedo boat, nicknamed U.S.S.…
Family’s 100-Year-Old Mystery Solved As Lost First World War Submarine Wreck Is Found
British divers discovered the British submarine E5’s intact hull recently off the Netherland coast following an agreement that temporarily suspended the shipping lane under which…
The United Kingdom’s Most Extraordinary Female World War Two Pilot
Very few pilots can brag that they flew an unknown airplane without training, using only a preflight checklist. Lettice Curtis, who died in 2014 aged…
Shooting In Slow Motion – The Invention That Gave The Germans The Advantage In The Air In WW1
Imagine the dilemma faced by a First World War fighter pilot in 1914 who risked damaging or shooting his airplane’s propeller off with rapid-firing machine…
The Slow Disappearance Of Second World War Wrecks At The Hands Of Illegal Salvagers
Dutch defense minister Jeanine Hennis has told Members of the Dutch Parliament in a written briefing that three of the nation’s warships sunk in the…
One Of The Last Of The Tuskegee Airmen Has Died Aged 101
The death of Willie N. Rogers, one of the oldest surviving members of the Tuskegee Airmen, severs another historical connection to the Second World War.…
The Normandy Landings In Color – A Rare Insight (Watch)
The first shot of the Normandy Landings on June 6, 1944, came not from a gun, but from a camera. One George Stevens, a Hollywood…
An Appeal To Find Relatives And Friends For Funeral Of US Navy Veteran
Connie Jacobson, the coroner of Wyoming’s Natrona County, had a challenge on her hands: trying to find the relatives or a friend of a 63-year-old…
Pilot And Plane Reunited One Last Time
He did not fly the twin-engine P-38 Lightning fighter from his flying days during the Second World War, but Francis Royal was fortunate enough to…
Poetry Handwritten By Anne Frank Sells At Auction For A High Price
A handwritten verse by Anne Frank, who died at Bergen-Belsen concentration camp only months before World War II ended, sold recently for €140,000 – that’s…
Date Set For Completion Of Historic Hawker Typhoon Restoration
After a 70-year absence, the sound and sight of a Hawker Typhoon will be heard in 2024 over England’s skies. The Hawker Typhoon Preservation Group…