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:

Weald Foundation Brings its 45 Ton Tank Killer to Tankfest 2019

Tankfest

Weald Foundation is pleased to announce they will be attending Tankfest 2019 with their Jagpanther. The event takes place at the Tank Museum in Bovington,…

The Jagdpanther is Coming to TANKFEST 2019

JAGDPANTHER

JAGDPANTHER TO APPEAR AT TANKFEST The Weald Foundation and The Tank Museum are pleased to announce a last-minute addition to the TANKFEST 2019 line-up –…

Enigma G Unveiled at the War Museum Overloon New Exhibition

Enigma machine

Enigma G: The War Museum Overloon in the Netherlands unveiled its new permanent basement exhibition: Turning point Europe. In this exposition, they have brought back…

C-47 The Plane & The Invention That Helped D-Day Happen

C-47

The largest fleet of flying Douglas DC-3/ C-47/ Dakotas ever seen since the 1950s is now steadily building up in Duxford, Cambridge, UK. In the…

MEDIEVAL MMO CONQUEROR’S BLADE ANNOUNCES OPEN BETA

Video game

FREE ACCESS FOR ALL BEGINS ON JUNE 4  Channel your Inner-Warlord and Experience Massive Siege Battles – Founder’s Pack Owners Access Launches on May 28…

Battle of The Tennis Court: They Dragged a Tank up a Sheer Face of a Hill

Nambu Pistol

A new display at the Dorset Regiment Military Museum in the UK is dedicated to a battle that turned the tide for the British and…

Sorry to Inform You, But Not All C-47s Can Fly to Normandy

Wrecked c-47

The Dakota Hunter tell us why…. We tried hard but the budget is too tight for the work still to be done, ha.  Over the…

TankFest Tickets Going Fast, Some Rare Guest Tanks Will Be There

Tankfest: A WW2 German Panther, two Russian T-34’s, a Sherman Firefly and a Japanese Ha-Go, will be among the rare and unusual guest vehicles taking…

D-Day 75: Jumping Into Normandy, One Man’s Journey

C-47

D-Day 75 is without doubt going to be the biggest anniversary of the invasion to date and the world is pulling out all stops to…

Nashorn Restoration Update – Help From The Weald Foundation

Nashorn restoration on fire

A few weeks ago disaster struck the Nashorn Restoration Project, the team had devoted their free time and a lot of money to their beloved…

Panther Roars Into Action Ready for Militrack 2019

German tanks

The engine grinds into action followed by a mixture of white and black exhaust fumes that burst from the rear of the Panther tank.  Slowly,…

Daks over Normandy D-Day 75 Programme Biggest fleet of DC-3’s & C-47’s Since WW2

On Monday 28 January The Imperial War Museum (IWM) announced that Daks over Normandy will be part of its programme on an “unprecedented scale” to…