We Lose Frank Losonsky Last of the AVG Flying Tigers Aged 99
The American Volunteer Group Flying Tigers was recruited under President Roosevelt before the Pearl Harbor attack dragged the USA into the Second World War in…
P-51D “Little Rebel” Yours For $2.5 Million
For sale – 1945 North American Aviation P-51D “Little Rebel” Some great back ground to the name of this Mustang. Cuthbert “Bill” Pattillo and his…
300 Strangers Attend Funeral for WW2 Hero Who Had no Family
A highly decorated WW2 veteran, who died with no family, was given a grand send-off when hundreds of people turned up to ensure he was…
B-17G “Texas Raiders” Will Visit CAF Dixie Wing in May
A restored B-17G Flying Fortress, “Texas Raiders”, will arrive for the 17th annual World War II Heritage Days, May 2-3, at the Atlanta Regional Airport…
First Transport of Jews to Auschwitz was 997 Young Women & teenagers
27th January 2020 marked the 75th Anniversary of the liberation of the mass extermination camp at Auschwitz in Poland. World leaders gathered to commemorate this…
“Champions of Flight” – Review by Mark Barnes
A good mate of mine loves the classic post war era of magazine advertisements for American cars. He handed over a few copies of Fortune…
Your Chance to Own This Beauty
Yorkshire’s remaining Napoleonic fort, Fort Paull, which is located on the north bank of the River Humber close to the village of Paull, will soon…
5 Unassuming British Intelligence Stations Declassified
To mark the 100th Anniversary of their creation, the British Intelligence Agency has declassified five of their wartime stations. These stations played a crucial role…
For Sale $2 Million: English Country Estate Where Operation Anthropoid Was Planned
An English country estate, Moreton Paddox in Warwickshire, was where Operation Anthropoid was planned. In 1942, the killing of Hitler’s chief architect of the ‘Final…
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…
Survivor of Massacre at Lidice Passes Away Aged 97, Now 1 Left Alive
Miloslava Kalibová, one of the 143 female survivors of the Massacre of Lidice, passed away peacefully just before her 97th birthday. With the death of…