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…
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…
Eisenhower’s Jeep Could Make $200,000 Auction
A Jeep that was gifted to General Dwight D. “Ike” Eisenhower in recognition of his strategic brilliance as Supreme Allied Commander in World War II…
Yours for Just $1.3 Million 1944 Grumman Wildcat
History: The F4F Grumman Wildcat began life on Grumman’s drawing boards as a biplane, but nevertheless became the Navy’s first monoplane fighter aircraft. The Wildcat…
Archaeologists Study Remnants of SS Concentration Camp on British Soil
Researchers are studying a Nazi concentration camp on the island of Alderney for the first time since World War II. They are discovering details about…
Pearl Harbor Veteran, Edward Bloch, Dies at 97
Pearl Harbor, the morning of December 7th, 1941, nineteen-year-old Eddie Bloch, who had enlisted in the Army Air Corps in March of that year, had…
20 Images of Eisenhower You May Not Have Seen Before
General Dwight D. Eisenhower: respected military commander and 34th President of the United States. Born David Dwight Eisenhower in Texas 1890, he graduated from military…