Jack Beckett

Jack Beckett has been editor since 2012. Huge fan of war history and rural history and a motorbike rider.

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Articles by Jack Beckett:

Battlefield Relics: Bolshoy Tyuters an abandoned island – full of WWII relics left by the German army (image heavy)

A collectors dream. Bolshoi Tyuters has been known as the “mined island” because its minefields have not been cleared since WWII.  Bolshoi Tyuters is an island in…

19 Behind-the-Scenes Facts We Didn’t Know About ‘Kelly’s Heroes’

Still from 'Kelly's Heroes'

Kelly’s Heroes (1970) is among the most popular World War II-era films ever released. The basis comes from the famed book by Ian Sayer and…

One of the last SS units to hold out defending Hitler’s bunker in Berlin was comprised entirely of Frenchmen

The French volunteers of the Second World War constituted an entirely separate division in the Wehrmacht and after that the Waffen-SS which consisted of units…

Shot Down & For Sale: This P-38 restoration project is for sale – discovered lying on its belly, undisturbed on the Wewak Plain

P-38G-10-LO Lightning (SN 42-13400) is a warplane built by the Lockheed Aircraft Corporation during World War II and delivered to the US Army for use…

Things we didn’t know about the movie The Great Escape: McQueen was actually arrested for speeding and jailed during filming

Another classic war movie and again with an all star cast (they don’t make them like that anymore). Based upon a daring escape during WW2…

Ghosts of Time: 39 Beautiful Then & Now Pictures of WWII – Including US troops at the water pump in St Marie du Mont 1944 – 2015

On the 1st of September the horror of World War II was unleashed upon the world when the German Army invaded Poland. The Invasion of…

Amazing story: WWII ghost B-17 completed its mission, then landed – no one was on board

A B-17 Flying Fortress landed perfectly at an RAF airbase and completes the full landing pattern as well. The bomber comes to a full stop;…

Fancy restoring a Me-262, this one is for sale for just over a half a million dollars

THE WORLD’S PREMIER WARBIRD AND CLASSIC AIRCRAFT BROKER The Messerschmitt Me-262 was the world’s first operational jet-powered fighter aircraft. and also the world’s first mass-produced jet…

Got deep pockets and a spare $55,000 – good this Jeep is for sale

World War II saw the creation of one of America’s most beloved vehicles, the Jeep. Now primarily produced for consumer use, the Jeep was once…

RARE Barn Find WW2 Jeep for Sale

A gorgeous barn find Jeep that must have been shipped over to England under the Lend-Lease program. World War II saw the creation of one…

B-17 Memphis Belle™ to be placed on permanent display – May 17, 2018

One of the most recognizable symbols of World War II will once again report for duty exactly 75 years after its crew finished their last…

Outnumbered Ten To One – Glorious Defeat At The Battle Of Maiwand – They Rallied To The Flag Until There Was No One Left

It was the 27th of July, 1880. In the incredible heat of the high Afghan summer, an army of two and a half thousand men…