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  1. Fairey Battle Pilot's Notes

    Pilot's Notes for the Fairey Battle Mk.I
  2. Junkers Ju 87B-1, when and where....?

    Found a couple Junkers Ju 87B-1 in Norway....Question is, was there any still in use during the Battle of Britain?
  3. Repairing the Yorktown After the Battle of the Coral Sea

    The battle report. Including damage information. https://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/ships/logs/CV/cv5-Coral.html I wish this went into more detail and had more pictures. But it's still an interesting read. Battle of Midway: Repairing the Yorktown After the Battle of the Coral Sea |...
  4. Polish mine detector.

    The British 8th Army clashes with Erwin Rommel’s Afrika Korps and his Italian Allies at the Second Battle of El Alamein, a decisive Allied victory achieved with the help of a new Polish device. Winston Churchill later stated “Before Alamein we never had a victory. After Alamein we never had a...
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    Did the skill of U.S. Naval Dive Bombing Pilots decrease Steadily from 1942-1945?

    I was re-reading Shattered Sword, about the battle of Midway, and started to think about how much more bang-for-the-buck the first team of US naval aviators gave compared to later pilots. In the Battle of Midway, for example, three squadrons of pre-war trained SBD pilots sunk 3 carriers in one...
  6. Battle of Agincourt....

    What if the outcome had been the opposite?
  7. New 'Battle of Britain'books series from Wingleader.

    The Battle of Britain Combat Archive. 'Wingleader', publishers of the excellent 'Luftwaffe Crash Archive' series of volumes, have just announced the future publication of their new series of ten volumes, title as above, which will be available as of the 15th September, and can be pre-ordered...
  8. **** DONE: 1/48 Supermarine Spitfire 1 - Defense of Britain/Atlantic.

    Username: Ozhawk40 First name: Peter Category: Advanced Scale: 1/48 Manufacturer: Airfix Model Type: Supermarine Spitfire Mk. I Aftermarket additions: Montex paint masks, Eduard seat belts, decals from the spares box. For this build I have chosen the aircraft of Flight Lieutenant...
  9. Polish pilot's Battle of Britain uniform.

    Marek Stefanicki, Polish Air Force reenactor and grandson of a Polish WWII airman, describes the features of a Polish pilot's Battle of Britain uniform. View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZuMX5AB76o
  10. Map may hold key to lost World War II bones at Pacific battle site

    In todays LA Times. Map may hold key to lost World War II bones at Pacific battle site - LA Times
  11. Stuff for Spielberg

    Learned via tank-net forum - the strangest battle: http://www.tank-net.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=37695
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    New Member - WWII Japanese Flag Translation?

    Hi Everyone, My father was in the 127th Reg., 32nd Div. as a mortarman in WWII. One of the items he brought home was a Japanese Flag. I've had the flag for over 30 years having taken it out of my grandmother's (his mother) attic after her death. My Dad never talked much of the War, but told me...
  13. Oberleutnant Otto Carius, Wehrmacht, has passed away at the age of 92

    From an article today: "Today, the 24th of January, one of the last surviving well-known 'Tiger' commanders, Otto Carius, passed away after a short, but serious illness, aged 92 Otto Carius was a German Panzer ace of WW2, fighting on the Panzer 38(t), Tiger and finally the Jagdtiger. It is...
  14. Battle of the Bulge vets speak..

    Battle of the Bulge Veterans Speak | Military.com
  15. IL-2: Battle of Stalingrad

    I don't whether to post this in this sub-forum, or in the other games sub-forum. Anyway, don't know if y'all have been keeping up with the latest IL-2 release, Battle of Stalingrad. It's a completely different/stand alone sim from IL-2: 1946, but it's pretty cool so far. Also, I figured...
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    How many Yak-3s participated at Kursk?

    As always it is sometimes hard to find good info about Russian planes on the internet. Something i am wondering is in regards to the Yak-3's prevalence during the battle of Kursk. All i can find so far is that there were enough of them that the Luftwaffe seemed to notice them enough that this...
  17. Cold War Mayhem- How the Soviets Were Going to Attack the Carrier Battle Groups

    Interesting read. https://www.usnwc.edu/getattachment/b2ec1735-8652-40b0-ae04-a9e30a5597cd/Kamikazes--The-Soviet-Legacy.aspx
  18. 70 years ago, the battle of Samar Straight

    70 years ago, the greatest fight between a numerically inferior force against a Goliath took place. The US kicked the asses of the IJN fleet off of Samar. A salute to you veterans of the battle. You are in the very last twilight years of your lives, and a final salute to you is in order! Well...
  19. F4F Wildcat at Midway - 70th Anniversary

    Aviation artwork of Ron Cole ColesAircraft.com
  20. War Birds From Our Dioramas

    Scratch made dioramas using various War Birds from Battle Scene Productions. Google our name to see what else we have made using miniature figures, vehicles, buildings and aircraft.