The daily post reports: THE wreck of a rare American fighter plane which crashed during World War II remains hidden under the sand of a Gwynedd beach. The Lockheed P-38F Lightning was found near Harlech six years ago after being covered by sand for more than 65 years. Its pilot, USAF Lt Robert Elliott, walked away unscathed after the plane’s [...]
Early Sunday morning we headed for Nob Nob to visit the site of a downed P-28 Lightning aircraft. It’s now Monday afternoon and I’m just getting started writing Saturday’s post. I will catch up. I must catch up. It’s becoming compulsive, but in a good way. Anyway, here is Monty Armstrong leading part of the pack of rag-tag hikers up [...]
The Daily Mail reports: The 12 human bones were found on some rocks three miles from the wreckage A piece of parachute and a metal button dated 1939 were found nearby Flight Sergeant Dennis Copping crashed at the spot in 1942, and is thought to have wandered off into the desert The perfectly preserved plane was found earlier this year by [...]
The niece of a US pilot who died after hitting a Welsh mountainside during World War Two has made a poignant first visit to the crash site. More than 70 years after Texas-born Early Willson was killed on the Rhigos mountain near Treherbert, Rhondda, Dolcie ‘Dana’ Ehlinger returned. Dolcie hadn’t been born in September 1941 when her uncle Early, a [...]
The Guardian Reports: A German historian has installed a new plaque commemorating one of the Dambuster bombers after locating the spot where it crashed. Of all the commemorations marking this month’s 70th anniversary of the Second World War’s most famous bombing raid, it is perhaps the most poignant. A new plaque has been unveiled in a German field where one [...]
Historians in the Netherlands are searching for a buried Lancaster bomber that crashed in the country during the Second World War. Sent in photos of documents relating to the mission available on the grid. The team is hoping to find the remains of six crew members who died while on a mission from the former RAF Skellingthorpe base, near [...]
Researchers recently uncovered the remains of a Bristol Beaufighter Mk X in northern Italy, drawing renewed attention to a World War II British airplane that was first discovered — and nearly forgotten — years ago. According to a report by Discovery News, parts of the fuselage and the propeller were found by a group of amateur researchers in the small [...]
The Atka B-24D Liberator bomber, located at its crash site in Atka Island, Alaska, played a highly significant role in World War II. In the Aleutian Campaign against the Imperial Japanese forces from 1942 to 1943–the only battles fought in North America during the war–it was a superb weapon. This aircraft flew in at least 18 combat missions before finally [...]
A famous World War II B-17 bomber arrived today at the Pacific Aviation Museum Pearl Harbor. It didn’t fly in, however. Instead, it arrived by the truckload — in seven Matson containers with Honolulu police escort, to be exact. Once at the museum, the history of the “Swamp Ghost” will be retold the way the Flying Fortress was lost in [...]
The remains of a British World War II aircraft known as “Whispering Death” have been rediscovered in Italy by a group of amateur researchers. Consisting of parts of the fuselage and the propeller, the remains were actually found years ago in the small village of Gusano, in the Apennines mountains south of Piacenza, by aviation war enthusiast Francesco Lazzarelli. Nearly [...]
Intelligence archives: Britain bribed Spain to stay out of WWIIMay 23, 2013
Last two living survivors of WWII sinking of HMS Gloucester return to Plymouth for dedication of memorial stoneMay 23, 2013
Obituaries: Major David Taylor, who has died aged 92, won an MC in 1944 at the Normandy bridgehead.May 23, 2013
Bournemouth WWII air raid 70th anniversary memorial to be unveiledMay 23, 2013
Churchill and Stalin made ‘merry’ until early hoursMay 23, 2013
Reluctant hero’ of Warsaw Ghetto uprising dies at 93: Tributes paid to one of final survivors who took on Nazis in 1943May 23, 2013
Hell’s Angels Veteran flys againMay 23, 2013
Huntington State Office Building Will Be Renamed for Rosie the RivetersMay 22, 2013
‘I never knew people could love an old man so much’: WWII vet, 91, ‘saved from daughter’s eviction’ after $138,000 raised onlineMay 22, 2013
Bomber Command veterans boycotting ‘insulting’ awardMay 22, 2013
Countdown to raising the Dornier commencesMay 22, 2013
When wartime appearances were deceiving by designMay 22, 2013
American fighter still hidden under North Wales beachMay 22, 2013
What to Bring to a War: A Packing List for WWII Army NursesMay 22, 2013
Drunkenness, jeep accidents, sexual assault – The Dark Side of LiberationMay 22, 2013
Dame Judi Dench launches £1.5m campaign for maintenance of Bomber Command MemorialMay 22, 2013
Obituaries Brigadier-General Zdenek Skarvada: Spitfire pilot who later underwent forced labourMay 22, 2013
Russia to Scrap World’s Biggest Nuclear SubsMay 22, 2013
Raising a World War II Bomber From the English ChannelMay 22, 2013
New Interactive Timeline and Map Allows You to Explore the History of World War IMay 22, 2013