WW2’s Most Controversial Fighter – The P-39 Airacobra
P-39 Airacobra There was a time when some commercial airplanes were faster than those of the US Army Air Corps,[…]
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Japan Flew a Bizarre Fleet of American B-17s in WW2
American B-17s in WW2 In the spring of 1945, intelligence officers from the US Army Air Forces received several unexpected[…]
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A Fighter with No Forward Guns? Boulton Paul Defiant
Boulton Paul Defiant The Boulton Paul Defiant aircraft was designed and built as a turret fighter, but since it didn’t[…]
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Forgotten Bomber – Martin A-30 Baltimore
Martin A-30 Baltimore During the opening months of 1943, the situation grew direr by the minute for the Germans in[…]
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How A Teenage Girl Helped Win The Battle Of Britain | The Inspiring Story Of Hazel Hill
Hazel Hill is one of those bizarre tales from World War Two The story of Hazel Hill is one of[…]
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How An Eagle Squadron Was Wiped Out In Minutes
No 133 Eagle Squadron RAF in September 1942 Every aviation disaster is caused by a series of minute mistakes and[…]
Read moreWhich British Aircraft Shot Down The Most Aircraft In WW2? | Top 11 RAF Planes
Deadliest to the Enemy Every military aviation enthusiast should know which British-operated aircraft of the Second World War were the[…]
Read moreRamming a Disguised WW2 Ship Full of Explosives into a German Submarine Base
Disguised WW2 Ship Pictured: Little did the Germans know what secret awaited them inside the ship… Operation Chariot has been[…]
Read moreIt was the Army’s Only Air to Air Kill Since WW2
Military History In early 1968, as the Vietnam War raged on, a MiG-17 fighter jet was shot down over the[…]
Read moreOperation Tidal Wave – 178 B-24 Bombers vs. Hitler’s Gas Station
Operation Tidal Wave The city of Ploiești, Romania, was better known during World War 2 as Hitler’s gas station. The[…]
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