The Kubinka Tank Museum – The Tank Nut’s Dream!
Kubinka. The place every tanknut, World of Tanks player, modeler or armour enthusiast dreams of going to one day. This Russian museum houses one of…
Having a Heil of a Laugh, German Soldiers Having Some Fun #5 is more than funny
Boys will be boys, especially in war so here are some of the pictures the propaganda ministry would rather have were never made! Hot Seat!…
Color Footage Of How Nukes Were Tested On Marines
The most terrible weapon ever created is, of course, the nuclear bomb. During the Second World War, both the Allies and Nazi Germany were working…
A SUPERB DUO FROM SEAFORTH PUBLISHING – Review by Mark Barnes
Seaforth books always bring a smile to my face. I like the layout and the use of archive photography and their books have been some…
Divers and Historians Find WWII B-17 Bomber’s Gravesite
In a series of events that sounds like the plot of an adventure-action movie, a group of amateur divers who call themselves the “Shadows of…
Hitler’s Mein Kampf Returns To German Book Shops
Mein Kampf has been variously described as a series of rants, or a stream of consciousness. Hitler didn’t write the book in the accepted sense…
China hands over World War Two US crew remains
The US Navy has been handed-over three World War Two US crew remains. The handover took place on China’s one and only aircraft carrier whereby…
How To Assemble A Crated Spitfire From Burma, But This One Was Never Buried!
In 2008 Historic Flight At Kilo-7 acquired a Spitfire, which arrived in a crate from Burma. However it was never buried underneath a runway like…
Search for US and Japanese MIA remains on Saipan
The Second World War battle of Saipan took place between 15 June–9 July 1944. The battle has been described as one of the most important…
Shot Down Over Hungary, Parachuted, Shot In The Heart And Nearly Lynched But Saved At The Last Moment!
A fresh, young, pilot of only 22, Richard Carroll was in the midst of his 15th mission when his B24 was hit by flak. The…
Historic Aircraft Wreck Found. Is This The Wildcat Of US Ace James E Swett? By Roderick Eime
On my last trip to the Solomon Islands in October, I was fortunate to make my first dive on some of the historic aircraft wrecks…
Help Restore Avro Lancaster KB882!
The Alberta Aviation Museum needs your help to relocate & restore Avro Lancaster KB882 to fully operational condition. KB882 Needs YOU! Avro Lancaster Mk.X KB882,…