Tuskegee Airman Promoted to Brigadier General at the Oval Office
For most people, reaching their 100th birthday is a significant milestone, but for Tuskegee Airman Col. Charles E. McGee (Ret.), it was just one more…
Short Stirling Found in a Lake in the Netherlands
Preparations have been started in order to recover the plane from the lake in March. The Bomber Command Museum of Canada is working with the…
Britannic: A Century After Being Lost to the Waves, Opened to Divers
The HMHS Britannic hit a mine off the Greek island of Kea in the Aegean Sea and French underwater explorer Jacques Cousteau was credited with…
Win A Ride In the Only Running Tiger 131 in the World
RIDE IN TIGER 131 AT TIGER DAY 13, 25 APRIL The Tank Museum are offering people the chance to ride in Tiger 131 at a…
Fishermen Accidentally Catch a Secret Navy Device Resting on the Sea Bed
The gathering of intelligence has always been a crucial factor in warfare, but now we have confirmation that the US Navy has taken listening in…
“A Bridge too Far” Tank to Run at TANKFEST!
A WW2 Achilles Tank Destroyer, which appeared in war epic ‘A Bridge too Far’, is to make its first TANKFEST appearance. The Achilles is being…
Rare Photographs Emerge of the One & Only Spitfire-Messerschmidt Hybrid
During the Battle of Britain legend has it that when Head of the Nazi Luftwaffe, Hermann Goering asked Major Adolf Galland what was required to…
USS Orleck: The WW2 Ship Has to Move But Who Wants Her
USS Orleck: A long-held dream of the Jacksonville Historic Naval Ship Association could soon come true. For some time, they have been collecting funds and…
CIA’s Rent-A-Rebel Flying Circus of a PBY Catalina, A-24 Invaders and P-51 Mustangs, Attacking Indonesia, 1958
In this DAKOTA HUNTER Blog, you will find the story of an almost forgotten episode in the long and fascinating history of the Civil Air Transport…
Seven Strange Looking German Armored Cars of WW2
During the Second World War, the Germans made extensive use of military vehicles to master a new form of warfare, in which the combustion engine…
Republic P-47 Thunderbolt: The Most Produced American Fighter of World War II
The “Juggernaut,” the “Jug” – whatever you want to call it, the Republic P-47 Thunderbolt was an absolute beast in the skies over Europe and…
15 Facts About the Sopwith Camel, the Most Effective Fighter of WWI
Kill Rate The Sopwith Camel, Great Britain’s most famous fighter of World War I, was also the most effective fighter deployed by any nation in…