When one thinks of British and Commonwealth war dead one thinks of CWWGC. American forces have their own cemeteries. But what happens when Allied dead come to rest on United Kingdom territory, which is Occupied by the Axis? In the early morning of 23rd October 1943 the Royal Navy Dido class cruiser HMS Charybdis in company with six destroyers sailed [...]
In February 2011, Norbert Swierz slid into the belly of a vintage B-17 bomber for the first time in more than 60 years. With national media filming his every move, the thick man with a thick voice shouted over the plane’s four propellers. “I can look around and I don’t see one German fighter,” he said. The foundation-sponsored commemorative flight [...]
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I spent about 9 years gathering parts for the restoration including a spare engine but I did remove the engine straight away to see just what I was faced with. This is the view into the engine bay showing just how tight a fit it is. This is the engine out, with the empty engine bay below. It’s possible to [...]
Lieutenant Colonel Jenns Robertson, 45, has spent the past six years working on one of the most unusual historical projects in modern times: compiling a database of every bomb dropped by U.S. forces dating back to World War I. “It has proven useful in the real world, in real time,” Robertson told the Boston Globe. “You can pick any place [...]
Looking at the spray paint on the cross and the rusting scooter seat in the weeds, it was hard to argue with the local landowner who lamented, “Iraq is not like Egypt—here, nobody gives a damn about our heritage.” In this town in south Iraq, home to two cemeteries—one for British and Indian soldiers, the other for Turkish veterans—who died [...]
EXPERTS are examining the sunken remains of what is believed to be a World War II bomber found by snorkelers off Magnetic Island. Scientists Dr Rick Braley and Dr Andy Lewis, who were mapping a new tourist snorkeling trail at Geoffrey Bay, have discovered what is believed to be the propeller and engine block from an Avro Anson training bomber. [...]
Welcome to our second newsletter, one of several that will be released from time to time concerning next year’s Exercise Tiger 70th Anniversary commemorative weekend. In addition to this newsletter further information can be found at: www.exercisetigermemorial.com. A lot has happened since the first newsletter in March, I am delighted with the developments and hope that you will enjoy reading [...]
It seems to be a good year for the discovery of old forgotten airframes! There was the P-40 in Egypt earlier in the year, an IL-2 from a Russian lake last month, and now an intact C-47 ‘Dakota’ has been found in Siberia, in absolutely stunning condition. Using the tail number 232892, Live Journal user nordroden was able to dig [...]
Over on HMVF – Historic Military Vehicle Forum a debate has started about if it’s best to have tanks as memorials on battlefields or should they be moved inside and restored? As one member of HMVF stated – “There are armour memorials all over NW Europe, on my tour around Bastogne I was tripping over Tank parts at the side [...]
87 shipwrecks, most from WWII, could leak oil near US, but no ‘ticking time bombs’May 22, 2013
Cold War cartography: Mapping where Soviets could – and could not – go in 1950′s AmericaMay 21, 2013
New monument honors ‘overlooked’ WWII aviators killed in training at Columbia baseMay 21, 2013
P-38 Lightning Crash Site at Siar IslandMay 21, 2013
WWI German submarine has underwater Lake Michigan graveMay 21, 2013
Billionaire Paul Allen gets V-2 rocket for aviation museum near SeattleMay 21, 2013
Pictures emerge of Field Marshal Montgomery visiting pivotal El Alamein battlefield 25 years after he defeated the GermansMay 21, 2013
Blown out of proportion? Student arrested for posing by Russian WWII memorial with an inflatable sex dollMay 21, 2013
Is it illegal to wear medals you weren’t awarded?May 21, 2013
A selection of impressive black and white photographs of that uneasy year 1943May 21, 2013
Fighter pilot reunited with tough little KittyhawkMay 21, 2013
2011: Intact German WW1 uboat found off IrelandMay 21, 2013
Rhidian Brook: my grandfather inspired my bestselling novelMay 21, 2013
Unthinkable? Putting the second world war to restMay 21, 2013
A wonderful tribute to veterans at the PixMay 21, 2013
Monument to the 1,200 Guardsmen, Kaliningrad, RussiaMay 20, 2013
Russia and Japan seek agreement to end WWIIMay 20, 2013
Top Ten United States Fighter Pilot Aces from WWIIMay 20, 2013
Save The Willow Run Bomber PlantMay 20, 2013
New Dam Busters film on hold!May 20, 2013
