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We Lose Frank Losonsky Last of the AVG Flying Tigers Aged 99

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The American Volunteer Group Flying Tigers was recruited under President Roosevelt before the Pearl Harbor attack dragged the USA into the Second World War in…

Walter Mitty ‘Sir John’ Claimed he Was a Royal Marine During the Falklands

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He claims to have a knighthood and that he served as a Royal Marine in the Falklands War, where he was mentioned in dispatches for…

300 Strangers Attend Funeral for WW2 Hero Who Had no Family

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A highly decorated WW2 veteran, who died with no family, was given a grand send-off when hundreds of people turned up to ensure he was…

B-17G “Texas Raiders” Will Visit CAF Dixie Wing in May

A restored B-17G Flying Fortress, “Texas Raiders”, will arrive for the 17th annual World War II Heritage Days, May 2-3, at the Atlanta Regional Airport…

In last 10 Years, U.S. Veteran Suicides More Than Vietnam War Fatalities

Veteran: The US Military has been involved in a number of actions over the years, none so controversial, or as long lasting as the Vietnam…

Your Chance to Own This Beauty

Yorkshire’s remaining Napoleonic fort, Fort Paull, which is located on the north bank of the River Humber close to the village of Paull, will soon…

5 Unassuming British Intelligence Stations Declassified

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To mark the 100th Anniversary of their creation, the British Intelligence Agency has declassified five of their wartime stations. These stations played a crucial role…

For Sale $2 Million: English Country Estate Where Operation Anthropoid Was Planned

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An English country estate, Moreton Paddox in Warwickshire, was where Operation Anthropoid was planned. In 1942, the killing of Hitler’s chief architect of the ‘Final…

We Lose Mike Hoare aged 100:The Wild Geese Movie Was Based on Him

The world has lost one of its larger than life figures, Mike Hoare, aged 100.  It is unusual for a mercenary to become a household…

Tuskegee Airman Promoted to Brigadier General at the Oval Office

For most people, reaching their 100th birthday is a significant milestone, but for Tuskegee Airman Col. Charles E. McGee (Ret.), it was just one more…

Short Stirling Found in a Lake in the Netherlands

Preparations have been started in order to recover the plane from the lake in March. The Bomber Command Museum of Canada is working with the…

Britannic: A Century After Being Lost to the Waves, Opened to Divers

The HMHS Britannic hit a mine off the Greek island of Kea in the Aegean Sea and French underwater explorer Jacques Cousteau was credited with…