GB 29 - Feb 1st- Sunday Jun 5th 2016:
Allied Advance and Defense of the Reich WWII.
Taking in all fronts following the allied invasion across the channel, up through Italy and across from Eastern Europe.
Think that I'll bring out my Airfix 1/24 Hawker Typhoon for this one!
Yip, me think...
This appeared in the February, 1943 issue of Popular Science magazine. I wonder how many other weird designs were proposed on the Allied side? We all know of the strange wonder weapons the Germans were considering.
1/48 P-39 Airacobra - Allied Manufactured Aircraft
User Name: fubar57
Name: George
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Kit: Revell
Accessories: Some wire, seat belts, decals.
My subject is a P-39Q Zebra Training aircraft, used to train air-gunners. This was the forerunner to the...
Tomorrow (March 7th) marks the 70th anniversary of the seizure of the bridge at Remagen, Germany. A lucky coup for Gen. Hodges 1st Army. With allied forces using the bridge to cross the Rhine, the end game began for Germany.
Battle of Remagen - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Why were the control surfaces on the Messerschmitt planes so small (as it is with most other german planes also) compared to their allied counterparts?
The much feared scourge of Pacific, the Mitsubishi A6M Zero, is still a best known Japanese fighter. I'd love to see it's combat record for the early days of it's use, as well as other interesting facts. Spurred by the post of our parsifal, where is this stated, among other:
What Allied fighter aircraft types should earn the medals in 1941? The series produced examples are contenders, ones that made it in service in that year? So no F4U, Spit IX, P-51, La-5 etc. The carrier-based aircraft can also compete, but CV suitabiity yields no points in this thread.
The...
Why such difference between B-17, B-24, B-25, B-26, B-29 on one side and the Hampden, Wellington, Stirling, Halifax and Lancaster on the other, plus others on the axis and allied sides...
Pros and cons of both ways?
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I am new here. I was wondering if anyone out there can help me. I am in the middle of writing a film script that takes place in the European Theatre circa WWII and I hoping to find a plane (Allied) that flew night recon, that can be walked through. E.G. from cockpit to the tail...