German architect Rainer Mielke lives in a luxurious, light-filled penthouse atop a Nazi bunker in which his elderly neighbours remember sheltering during the Second World War. The architect has pioneered the art of converting the grim structures into bright living or working spaces, and his work is set to increase as Germany ramps up sales of the above-ground forts, originally [...]
The periscopes of the historic HMS Alliance were returned by a giant crane today as part of a £7m conservation project to restore the only surviving WW2 era A-class submarine sited at the Royal Navy Submarine Museum in Gosport, Hampshire. The periscopes have been conserved by the Babcock International Group at the submarine base Faslane in Scotland. HMS Alliance was [...]
TheAged.com.au: THE smell hits you first. Inside a WWII hangar on the last airfield in Werribee, the scent of engine fuel wafts to your nose just before a stop-start soundtrack of drills and hammers reaches your ears. Its centrepiece is an almost fully restored B-24 Liberator heavy bomber. It is the only one in Australia, and one of only eight [...]
Limited Category N8677E s/n 44-74865 $1,550,000 Airframe: 2,000 Hours TSNEW Engine: Packard V-1650-7 371 Hours SMOH by Vintage V-12s 83.4 Hours since Engine IRAN Propeller: Hamilton Standard Cuff Blade 371 Hours SPOH Exterior: Sweet Mary Lou Polished Fuselage with Stars and Bars, Painted Yellow Rudder and Tips, Red and Yellow Checkerboard Nose- Excellent Condition Interior: Black [...]
It is now about 18 years since I started on this project to build (restore) a flying Mosquito. The fuselage of the Mosquito is built in two halves on wooden or concrete moulds. This is the only way you can get the double curvature in the ply. As the moulds had all been scrapped after production ceased in 1950 I [...]
As I mentioned, I spent several years getting bits together, the single most expensive was new track and roadwheels. However, the wheels turned out to be less good than I had been led to believe but more on that later. I also spent some time getting the vehicles identity. M4A4s have the vehicle serial number stamped on each towing lug, [...]
A 30-year old Michigan man is organizing an effort to rescue a crashed B-25 from Alaska. He plans to restore and fly it again. The Project A 30-year old Michigan man is organizing a small team of volunteers to rescue a crashed B-25 from Alaska. This June, Patrick Mihalek and his friend Todd Trainor, both from Brighton, are planning to [...]
This is the hull after blasting. It seemed a pity to remove all of the original paint and markings but I did record everything I found with photos and tracings. It turned into a long day as the blasters finished about 4.00 pm and I wanted to get it back inside and primed that day. So it was on with [...]
Having finished the blocks, I concentrated on the centre casing which joins everything together. Again, having two sets of everything helped but both sets of oil pumps had pitting on the gears and I had to use some nos pumps I just happened to have. Actually, the reason I had all these parts is because I had spent the previous [...]
The restoration of a World War II submarine is expected to be completed next year. HMS Alliance, based at the Royal Navy Submarine Museum in Gosport, Hampshire, is undergoing a £6.75m revamp.The project, which was awarded £3.4m by the Heritage Lottery Fund, still has a shortfall of £200,000 and efforts continue to raise the cash. Work on the 1940s submarine, [...]
1900s-1920s: Lucky SwastikasMay 23, 2013
British WWII Spying and Propaganda in U.S. Shown in Secret FilesMay 23, 2013
Intelligence archive: Cross dressing spy who caused a headache for British mastersMay 23, 2013
Built by forced labour, Nazi bunkers being converted into modern homesMay 23, 2013
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
