When the Soviets Shot Down A U-2 Spyplane, The Cold War Turned Hot!
The Lockheed U-2 also known as the “Dragon Lady” is a high altitude recon aircraft that was built in 1957 to gather a range of…
They Flew A Drone Over The D-Day Beaches, The Result Is Stunning!
On D-Day – June 6th 1944 – thousands of Allied soldiers disembarked on five beaches; Gold, Juno, Sword, Omaha and Utah. It was the beginning of the end…
Truscott, The General Who Apologized To The Dead Soldiers, Memorial Day 1945
When asked to give a Memorial Day speech in 1945, General Lucian Truscott who had just spent the past 3 years retaking Europe from Nazi…
Pilot Killed In P-47 Crash In Hudson River, New York City – Thunderbolt Has Been Recovered
At around 7pm on Friday, May 27th, the vintage Republic P-47D Thunderbolt flown by Bill Gordon, 56, started experiencing engine trouble. Gordon broke away from…
Polish Codebreakers Cracked Enigma In 1932, before Alan Turing
The Polish government is calling for recognition for the Polish mathematicians who provided indispensable aid to Alan Turing in cracking the German Enigma code during…
Where Are The Men Buried From The 1776 Battle of Brooklyn?
In New York City, there is a legend that scores of Maryland soldiers from the Revolutionary War are buried somewhere within the city limits. In…
Wheatcroft Collection: American Sherman M4 105mm Tank Engine Runs For The First Time! (Watch)
The Wheatcroft Collection’s rare American Sherman M4 105mm tank is nearing completion. Pictures show the freshly restored 9 cylinder radial engine being dropped into the…
Spitfires Helped Lead the Way to Supersonic Flight
What U.S. test pilot Chuck Yeager achieved, on October 14, 1947, had long been considered impossible. In his Bell X-1 rocket plane, he became the…
Guest blogger Dan Snow: Dunkirk – Day by Day – 30 May 1940 (Watch)
Dan Snow gives us a day by day account of the miraculous evacuation at Dunkirk during WWII. On 30 May 1940 the British cabinet meet…
Couple’s Quest to Thank Every Fallen Commonwealth Soldier of World War I
Steve and Nancy Binks of Colwyn Bay – Conway, in the UK – set off with a trailer in 2012. This was not a typical…
Rare Japanese Bomber Goes On Display At Pacific Aviation Museum
There were three different types of Japanese aircrafts that rained down bombs on Pearl Harbor in the early morning of December 7, 1941. The Nakajima…
Jelly Belly Family Sued After Man Died In WWII Tank Accident
A family reunion for the owners of the Jelly Belly Candy Company turned tragic when a guest was killed by a World War II-era High…