From Wartime Base To Modern Airport: England’s Stansted Airport Has Distinguished History
The United Kingdom is filled with ancient buildings that are a marvel of architecture and attract millions of tourists each year, anxious to see the…
Werner Goering, The US Bomber Pilot Whose Name Almost Got Him Assassinated By The FBI
A famous quote from William Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice states that “the sins of the father are to be laid upon the children.” In…
Top Bombers & Pilots of WW2
The intense fighting of World War II produced many missions. Many pilots received a break after 25 missions, but others pilots flew more. This sometimes…
“Sawn-Off Lockie” The Most Successful British Pilot During the Battle of Britain
Eric Stanley Lock might have been called “Sawn-Off Lockie” due to his rather petite stature, but he was more than just a short airman from…
Fuel Tanks Empty, He Engaged The German, Shot Him Down & Somehow He Managed To Get Back to Base
When, on a fateful night, Jack Adams saw an aircraft belonging to the enemy, he had no idea that his choice to go after it…
Landed ‘Blind’: Shots Devastated the Hurricane’s Perspex Canopy, Throwing Splinters of Perspex Into His Eyes
His flying career reached its end just three years after he joined the Royal Auxiliary Air Force (RAuxAF). But the events surrounding his fate, and…
Shot Down But Stayed in His Plane to Save Crashing On a Village
The Battle of Britain wasn’t a battle fought with soldiers in trenches or tanks. Instead, it consisted of repeated fighter plane engagements between the desperate…
B-24 Pilot Saved 1000’s of POWS But Never Said a Word About His Wartime Heroism
The loss of life and the destruction caused by conflict is one of the greatest tragedies of war. A more personal tragedy is that many…
Ghost Blimp Mystery of WW2 – Crashed in San Francisco & Crew Was Never Found
To date, many people who took part in hostilities are on the missing in action list. They can be lost in the annals of history.…
Routinely Tortured, Jet Fighter Ace & The Only Man To Be Awarded The Air Force Cross 3 Times
The Air Force Cross is the second highest decoration that can be awarded to a member of the United States Air Force for an act…
Incredible Man – John Hannah, Putting Out Flames With His Bare Hands
The Battle of Britain was witness to many heroic stunts from numerous gallant servicemen who metaphorically danced with Death for the sake of defeating an…
Sunken Treasure! A Wartime Discovery Is One-of-a-Kind Find
Benjamin Franklin once said: “Three people can keep a secret if two of them are dead.” He meant, of course, that sharing a secret with…