Hans Wiesman

Hans Wiesman is one of the authors writing for WAR HISTORY ONLINE

Articles by Hans Wiesman:

C-47s as Bombers, P-51 Mustangs vs Corsairs, The Very Last All Piston Prop Aerial War!

Believe it or not, this was a bitter reality in 1969 as the 4-Days War broke out between Honduras and El Salvador, in which only…

Stunning Must See Video Of A Dakota AC-47 T, Acting As Lethal Spooky Killer!

War History Online Presents this Guest Article By Author and Blogger Hans Wiesman – Check Out His Website! In this Dakota Hunter Blog post, you’ll…

The Eve Of Destruction For Ex-Vietnam C-47’s Gooney Birds. Read How They Came To Their Sad End

In this Dakota Hunter Blog, I describe how Vietnam Veteran Douglas C-47’s  Gooney Birds / Dakota’s were dumped in the Andaman Sea, Phuket, Thailand. I…

See The Frozen Hell From Which The C-47 Crew Escaped – Yukon Crash Site Revisited Vol 2

In this Dakota Hunter Blog,  you will see some unique photos of the crashed USAF C-47, that went down over the Yukon in February 1950. …

B-17 Flying Fortress launching Nazi V-1 Buzz Bombs and more odd post-war conversions

This Dakota Hunter Blog is about post-war tests with US built copies of the Nazi V-1 Buzz Bomb from a B-17 Flying Fortress plus loads…

This Transport Company Was Asked To Transport A Dakota, You Will Not Believe How They Crashed It…

In my previous Blogs Ghosts of the Gooney Bird, I showed pictures of crashed, lost and derelict Douglas C-47’s/ DC-3’s/ Dakotas. Most of them are…

President John F Kennedy’s DC-3 Gift To Mobutu Found Back In Congo, SOS For The Scrapper

Chaotic Start of the Congo State. Until 1960, the Congo was under Belgian Colonial rule. On June 30 of that year, a huge new Central African…

Ghosts of the Gooney Bird, a magnificent series of photos of the legendary DC-3 Dakota in her final glory – By Hans Wiesman

During my multiple expeditions since 1990 in search of the legendary Gooney Bird, I ran into many DC-3 derelicts, C-47 wrecks, abandoned Dakotas and fortunately,…

Santa’s Sleigh Flight Manual, It’s Finally Found!

Santa’s Sleigh Flight Manual is finally found back in a time-frozen Arctic lake! Have you heard of the tunnel locked Gold Train in Poland or…

World War II Guided Gliding bombs, Made in Germany & America

The huge explosion and black billowing smoke column give evidence to the incredible success of a secret guided gliding bomb named Fritz X.  Launched 9 Sept.…

“Spooky” AC-47 In Combat Role, 80 Years After DC-3’s Maiden Flight

See photos of World’s only Veteran Aircraft of 3 wars, built 72 years ago, and still in active military service. The SPOOKY AC-47 T Fantasma,…

80 Years Ago, The Douglas DC-3 Was Born: Celebrating Its Maiden Flight, Dec 17th, 1935

On the 80th Anniversary of the DC-3, 12 signed copies of the book “The DAKOTA HUNTER” will be given away by WAR HISTORY ONLINE  Magazine in a random draw, a…