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American Russian P-39 Recovered
Started by Randy Gann Sep 27, 2011. 0 Replies 1 Like
Cool story about recovery of P-39, it's history and the Rosie the Riveters that made her. Did you know they wrote their name and address inside planes on various parts? Read on........ Links below:P-39 Recovered from Russian Lake After Six…Continue
B-17 crashes outside Chicago, Ill.
Started by Randy Gann. Last reply by Randy Gann Jun 16, 2011. 2 Replies 2 Likes
OSWEGO, Ill. – A B-17 bomber that dates to World War II crashed and burned Monday morning in a cornfield outside Chicago, aviation officials said.The Federal Aviation Administration believes the seven people on board the plane escaped uninjured,…Continue
Helldiver recovered
Started by Randy Gann May 10, 2011. 0 Replies 1 Like
Rare WWII dive bomber recovered. http://video.foxnews.com/v/4318490/rare-wwii-dive-bomber-recoveredContinue
Helldiver recovered
Started by Randy Gann May 10, 2011. 0 Replies 0 Likes
Rare WWII dive bomber recovered. http://video.foxnews.com/v/4318490/rare-wwii-dive-bomber-recoveredContinue
Nazi warplane lying off UK coast is intact
Started by Randy Gann. Last reply by Randy Gann Apr 16, 2011. 2 Replies 0 Likes
Nazi warplane lying off UK coast is intact A rare World War Two German bomber, shot down over the English Channel in 1940 and hidden…Continue
Michael Wittmann: WAFFEN SS - Tank Ace
Started by Randy Gann Mar 27, 2011. 0 Replies 0 Likes
Michael Wittmann WAFFEN SS "Tanks"Videos Running Time 00:47:00 in 5 PartsTanks: " Aces: Michael Wittmann " This episode of Tanks chronicles the exploits of SS-Hauptsturmführer Michael Wittmann (1914-1944)Michael Wittmann's later actions are known to…Continue
Panzer - Panther Tank military training film -RARE
Started by Randy Gann Mar 27, 2011. 0 Replies 0 Likes
Training film made for tank crews using the heavy panzer - Panther type - with British translation. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xB_FDpT8et8Continue
Nakajima Kikka Moves To New Smithsonian Restoration Center
Started by Randy Gann Mar 27, 2011. 0 Replies 0 Likes
The National Air and Space Museum has successfully moved it’s Nakajima Kikka to the new Mary Baker Engen Restoration Hangar. The world class restoration facility will soon be operational and house of the museum’s restoration projects. Museum…Continue
Great aviation site
Started by Randy Gann Mar 27, 2011. 0 Replies 0 Likes
Cool videos here of warbirds. http://www.warbirdradio.com/Continue
Nice write-up on flying in a B-25
Started by Randy Gann Mar 25, 2011. 0 Replies 0 Likes
Take a Ride in a B-25From engine fumes to exhilaration, here’s what to expect.…Continue
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Dr. Guy LoFaro Lectures on the 82nd Airborne Division's Contribution during WWII
By SCOTT LYONS
28 January 2012
Historian and author Guy LoFaro, retired US Army officer, and former West Point professor and alumnus, recently spoke of the research behind his 2011 book The Sword of St. Michael: The 82nd Airborne Division in World War II at the North Atlanta-area independent bookseller ‘Acworth Bookstore’. Full Story »
"With the Old Breed" Conversations of Wartime with a WWII-era US Marine
By SCOTT LYONS
21 January 2012
I had the recent privilege of learning World War II history first-hand from Mr. and Mrs. H. Paul Bailey, through in-person interviews. Paul was a U.S. Marine from 1943 to 1946, who fought in the same division, 1st Marine Division (3/7), on Okinawa as Eugene Sledge (3/5), author of With the Old Breed and subject of HBO’s ‘The Pacific’. Full story »
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Italy trip 2012
by Erwin Leydekkers Added February 19, 2012 at 5:16am
German cemetery Pomezia, Italy
by Erwin Leydekkers Added February 18, 2012 at 11:34am
Hall of Heroes: Our WWII veteran family members: 'Album One'
by Scott Lyons Added May 15, 2009 at 2:25pm 3 Comments
Hall of Heroes: Our WWII veteran family members: 'Album Two'
by Scott Lyons Added June 18, 2011 at 12:42am 2 Comments
resistance AS/GL Belgium
by Gilbert Joosten Added February 8, 2012 at 10:34am
WWII NEWS: THE TELEGRAPH
Wartime population faced 'eating plankton to avert food shortages'
Britain's wartime population would have been fed plankton by scientists under proposals to avert critical food shortages, newly discovered documents have disclosed.
Nazi leader Heinrich Himmler a fan of yoga
Heinrich Himmler, the infamous Nazi leader of the SS, was enthralled with eastern mysticism and always carried an ancient text on yoga wherever he went, a new book has claimed.
Hitler had son with French teen
Adolf Hitler had a son with a French teenager while serving as a soldier during the First World War, according to new evidence.
World War Two: air ace in an unmarked grave found
The body of a decorated flying ace who was killed in his first week of war has been found in an unmarked grave in France after 71 years.
Adolf Eichmann exhibition reveals how he was captured by Israeli agents
An exhibition telling the story of how Israeli agents captured Adolf Eichmann has opened in Tel Aviv.
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