B-29 Superfortress ‘Doc’ Almost Ready For Takeoff – Engine Test Successfully!
B-29 ‘Doc’ – Courtesy of b-29doc.com Volunteers have brought back to life an aging World War Two Boeing B-29 Superfortress bomber known as ‘Doc’. The bomber…
Wolf Pack – The Battle of the Atlantic
U-52 Silver streaks on the dark water. Terrifying explosions ripping across the night sky. Silent marauders slipping away and a few hundred thousand tonnes of…
Spitfire comes to rescue of Vulcan bomber at Scottish Airshow
The Scottish Airshow based out of Prestwick airport featured the last flying Vulcan bomber. As the bomber came into land it experienced a nose wheel…
Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer – The Night Fighter Ace Who Shot Down 7 Lancaster Bombers In 19 Minutes
Once you know the story of Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer, it’s pretty hard to forget. Schnaufer was an incredibly skilled pilot. He was arguably one of the…
Operation Market Garden – September 21st, 1944
A day-to-day account of Operation Market Garden, as it happened in 1944. Written by Joris Nieuwint for Hells Highway tours. Nijmegen The final assault on Arnhem…
FUN: Drive Russian Tanks At German Tank Driving School!
An odd past time that is keeping people occupied in eastern Germany is tank driving. Heyse’s Tank Driving Fun School opened in around 2000 and…
Thirty final pieces of the Twin Towers to find homes
The final 30 pieces of steel taken from the wreckage of the Twin Towers in New York are being sold off. Over 2200 pieces and…
Role of women in Vietnam War
[Via] Thousands of US women took part in the Vietnam War, mostly in support services and most went as volunteers. They participated as air traffic…
Operation Market Garden: Oosterbeek Resupply Drop. 20 September 1944
Stanley Maxted of the BBC reporting from Oosterbeek during a resupply drop for the 1st Airborne Division during Operation Market Garden.
When Gods Collide – Hannibal and Scipio – Titanic Military Rivalries From The Ancient World
Many years after their last battles had been fought, Hannibal Barca and Publius Cornelius Scipio came face to face in the neutral city of Ephesus,…
September 20th 1944 – The Heroic Waal River Crossing
This official After Action Reports start in the morning of September 20th, 1944, the 3rd day of Operation Market Garden and the bridges across the…
The U-2 Spy Plane & SR-71 Blackbird – All The Things You Are Not Supposed To Know!
The Lockheed U-2 and SR-71 ‘Blackbird’ are two planes of which there is not a lot known about them. Here we will learn some facts…