Was Ball Turret Gunner the Worst Position to Hold During World War II?
There were plenty of positions during World War II that put a serviceman’s life at risk. Arguably one of the worst was being the ball…
Photos of Nature Reclaiming the Fiercest Weapons of War: Tanks and Aircraft
Nature always endures, and every war has its end. No matter what people try to do, the earth and time will always find ways to…
The Trip Of A Lifetime: Bomber Camp 2016 – Last Tickets!
Bomber Camp 2016 presents Battle of the Bombers! Be a part of history as a flight crew member in the B-17 Flying Fortress or the…
MIA: No man left behind? Two B-24 crash sites off the northern Italian Coast – By Bill Beigel
Two crews from the 449th Bomb Group were lost 13 months apart; one in January of 1944; the other in February of 1945. Both went…
Irish RAF pilot and hero dies aged 98
Irish RAF pilot and hero, Terry Bulloch, known for sinking more Nazi submarines than any other pilot during World War Two has died aged 98.…
New Hollywood movie ‘Unbroken’ angers Japan nationalists for “incorrect depiction” of POW mistreatment during World War Two
At the age of 97, US POW Louis Zamperini couldn’t have imagined that his war time experience would come back to life, especially not on…
Wreckage of Flying Coffin Discovered in Italy
During the Second World War, the term “Flying Coffin” was used to describe the Consolidated B-24 Liberator. This aircraft got its nickname from air crew…
Fallen WWII Airmen Doubly Memorialized
A crew of long-dead WWII airmen, who flew a bombing raid in a B-24 Liberator near the end of the war, have been honored in…
German community honors US bomber crew shot down in WWII
Almost seventy years ago, a WWII bomber went down on the outskirts of Vaterstetten in Germany. A B-24 Liberator, the aircraft was commonly referred to…
World War II movie ‘Unbroken’ is all set to be directed by Angelina Jolie in Australia
Photo story (Clockwise from top left): (1) Angelina Jolie in Sydney with her children scouting locations for ‘Unbroken’ (2) Louis Zamperini in recent time (3)…