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Fantasy Hanger – Spitfire For Sale Yours for Just $2 Million

Spitfire Mk FR.XVIIIe SM845 was built at Chattis Hill, England in 1945 and it was delivered to 39 MU (Maintenance Unit) on May 30, that…

History Hack – Fantastic Podcasts Beating Lockdown Blues

Timing, as they say is everything. With everyone currently at home under confinement there has never been a better time to launch a series of…

Corsair For Sale – Yours for $3.5 Million

In 1979 the Honduran Military decided to sell all their ageing fleet of seven remaining Corsair Fighters. Built in 1951 for the US Navy. Its…

Lightning Strikes Twice – American Hannibal of the Revolutionary War

It is dawn, August 2, 216 BC and lightning is about to strike the Roman Republic. On a ridge overlooking the expansive plain, Hannibal Barca…

Farewell to US 82nd AB James ‘Maggie’ Megellas

James ‘Maggie’ Megellas, one of the US Army’s most decorated officers, who served in the 82nd Airborne Division, died peacefully at home a few weeks…

The People’s Mosquito Fundraising campaign to Complete Fuselage Moulds

The People’s Mosquito – as work continues on returning a de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito to UK skies for the first time in a quarter of…

Hawker Hurricane For Sale – Yours for Just $1.8 Million

Hawker Hurricane Mk XII, Serial No 5481 C/N 60372 was manufactured by Canadian Car and Foundry (CCF) of Fort William (Thunder Bay) in 1942 and…

Isles of Scilly Garrison Walls

A tiny British island in the western approaches to the UK has over the years been in the forefront of the country’s defences. However, probably…

‘Huey’ For Sale, With Amazing History

The ‘Huey’ – Legendary Workhorse of Vietnam War and this warbird is for sale by Platinum Warbirds. When speaking about the Vietnam War what image…

Avro Lancaster NX611 ‘Just Jane’ Restoration Progress

Avro Lancaster NX611 ‘Just Jane’: This week we have dismantled the number 4 propeller and rebuilt the number 3 propeller. The old number 3 prop…

Iconic Last-of-its-Kind LCT 7074 About to Go On Display

LCT 7074 is the last remaining landing craft of its kind. It participated in the D-Day invasion on June 6, 1944, along with 800 other…

15 Images of Field Marshal Montgomery You May Not Have Seen Before

Field Marshal Montgomery is one of the defining figures of British wartime. In terms of image and influence, he ranks alongside Winston Churchill. Churchill had…