Jack Beckett

Jack Beckett has been editor since 2012. Huge fan of war history and rural history and a motorbike rider.

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Articles by Jack Beckett:

Mine Craft: Old mines turned into furniture – expect they cost a bomb (See what we have done there?!)

When Russia pulled out of Estonia in the 1990s, they detonated or burned all remaining ordnance, leaving a sea of scrap in their wake. Much…

Hanbury Crater: Britain’s biggest WWII explosion site 71 years on

Seismologists in Switzerland at first thought it was an earthquake, hardly guessing the seismograph recorded the effects of a massive explosion in far distant England.…

Time for an argument!!!!! Top Ten Worst Aircraft of WWII….incoming!!!

For the most part, the aircraft at the top of the WW II era are easily accessible and known by anyone who has studied, or…

AMAZING! German WWII Halftrack Pulled Out of a River – Incredible Condition!

Look at this amazing find that has just been recovered from the river Pilica in central Poland. This looks like it could be driven away. The level of…

Watch: Nazi Germany’s Heavy Tank: Panzer VIII Maus

In late 1944 the Germans completed the first Panzerkampfwagen VIII Maus, the heaviest fully enclosed armored fighting vehicle ever to see the light of day. The…

Abandoned Submarines

Submarines, the hunter killer ships we all know from the first and second world war. Or the missile submarines that hide in the deep oceans,…

Fort Drum, the unsinkable concrete ‘battleship’ of Manila Bay

Anyone who pays a visit to Manila Bay will not easily forget the enchanting sight of the ruined concrete fort that looks as if it…

Normandy Invasion Beaches From a Different Angle

Ten years or so ago I was lucky enough to fly along the invasion beaches at 800′ in a C-47. If you ever get the…

P-38 Warbird: £7,500 grant to protect Gwynedd site of crashed WWII aircraft

On July 31, 2007, a family was having a day out on a beach in Wales. They made an amazing discovery – a World War…

Collectors, ready to cry? What happens to weapons after war….

It is simultaneously both a collector’s wildest dream and worst nightmare. After the war is over and the smoke has cleared from the battlefield, what…

How Low Can You Go? WWII Warbirds Hugging The Dirt!

Warbirds from WWII Flying extremely low, to impress their mates, to escape from harm or to execute an attack. Either way, it makes for some…

Ready to cry? Amazing images of the war dump – Million Dollar Point

In the South Western Pacific Ocean, there is an island that is part of the Vanuatu archipelago, called Espírito Santo. Just off the coast of…