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    Aerial mines

    There's also the area 50 miles off Southwold, Suffolk, UK which was the designated jettison area for 8th USAAF bombers 1944-45
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    Heinkel He 111H-22 and V1

    Concur with Nick, only KG.3 and KG.53 were involved operationally launching V-1s. Peter Smith's "Air Launched Doodlebugs" is an excellent reference work on the subject
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    A dogfight under the Eiffel Tower in Paris during WW2

    Great story - but did it actually happen?
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    Christmas Ghost Plane Film

    Wonderful CGI in this one, and unlike some YT posts this sticks pretty much to the facts. Pity they didn't show the dead cows the B-24 killed as it crash-landed, but hey - got to consider how that might traumatise YT viewers and animal loving vegans. Also Ivor described how two of the engines...
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    Which popular WW2 aircraft and air combat "histories" are simply not true?

    The Davis wing on the B-24 was so fragile, one hit made it collapse
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    Pathfinders 635 squadron crash

    Back in the 80s aviation archaeologist the late Alan Brown from Kent, UK located the crash site and recovered some small pieces. There is an exhibition of small parts, including some parachute cords and a harness buckle on display in the Norfolk & Suffolk Aviation Museum at Flixton, Suffolk, UK
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    RAF Loss Probabilities

    A year later those figures would have been vastly different with RAF Bomber Command heavies engaged in the "Battle of Berlin" and taking significant losses. Interesting list though, thanks
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    Greatest aviation myth this site “de-bunked”.

    Luftwaffe ace Heinz Knocke describing his first encounter with P-38s said "It flies like the very devil himself" - close
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    Mosquito Question

    Always good to know there are technical-minded people around to A Qs like this. Many thanks, A Grunt
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    A-20s as night fighters

    The Havocs in the news footage are intruder-type from 23 Sqn. The only 'regular' night-fighter squadron with 'solid' nose was 85 Sqn
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    Indentification of aircraft part found on Norfolk beach (UK).

    It might be helpful if you could identify the beach where the relic was found. There were not too many German aircraft brought down over/off there and I can look at possible candidates.
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    Me410 of Uffz. Loriner

    See "Night Of The Intruders" by Ian McLachlan (PSL, 1994) ISBN 1 85260 450 6
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    Battle Damaged Aircraft of WW2

    "Rose of York" (306BG Thurleigh) went down in the N Sea coming back from Berlin, 3 Feb 1945. All the crew plus a BBC radio correspondent were lost without trace. There is a beautiful "coloured in" pic of this in "Mighty Eighth in Colour" by the late RAF.
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    Battle Damaged Aircraft of WW2

    Just had a major input of "At War" books with a number of interesting BD pictures. No.3 is a first: Jap a/c which survived a ramming attack on a B-29 (some of the B-29 wreckage was reportedly displayed alongside it) Comments welcomed. BC
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    Battle Damaged Aircraft of WW2

    Some excellent NEW pictures for the collection there ! The Wimpy hit by the 250 lb UXB was a completely new incident to me. The first Halifax I believe to be Halifax B.II Series I JD146 'B' of 10 Sqn which was repeatedly attacked by a Ju 88 night-fighter on 2 August 1943 during night ops...
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