Tragedy At Sea – The Untold Story Of PT347, PT350 & PT346 – Sunk By Friendly Fire
Daniel Williams writes: My father’s story began early on the morning of April 29th, 1944 when during a mission aboard PT347 along with the PT350 to…
VC: Despite 72 Individual Wounds, RAF Pilot John Cruickshank Sank A U-Boat with Depth Charges
For leaders in combat, there exists a strange paradox, where they are to order their men towards very possibly death while simultaneously being inexplicably concerned…
These Two Fishermen Were In For A Big Surprise (Watch)
These two fishermen were sitting in their boat, minding their own business and dozing off when all of a sudden a PBY Catalina comes in…
Stunning Video: Low Fly Pass Of Bolivian Curtiss Commando Before Its Fatal Flight
In this Dakota Hunter Blog, you will hear the roaring sound of a couple of Radial Piston engines R-2800’s and see impressive footage of an…
U-570 – The Only Ship To Be Captured By An Aircraft!
There were many extraordinary events in the Battle of the Atlantic, the contest between the Germans and the Allies for control of the sea lanes,…
Stations of Coastal Command Then and Now – Review by Mark Barnes
Books from After The Battle continue to have a strong influence on me and during this hugely important year for me as a writer I…
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…
Tora Tora Tora – The Best Pearl Harbor Movie Ever! – Facts, Figures and Goofs
Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970) is a film depicting the events of December 7, 1941, when Japan attacked the US Fleet at Pearl Harbour. The producers…
Plane that went Down During Pearl Harbor Photographed for First Time
A plane from the Oahu Air Army Force Base, which was attacked by the Japanese minutes before the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7,…