d-day

Username: PlasticHero First Name: Alan Category: Intermediate Scale: 1/72 Manufacturer: Eduard Spitfire Mk.IXc late Extras: None I will be doing NN M; serial MH819 of 310 Squadron, Appledram air base mid June 1944. This kit has a ton of options, with different wing tips, rudders, elevators...

It's no surprise that American guided missile tech in World War 2 was rather primitive, given that most early American guided missiles were either pilotless, explosive-filled planes or simply radar-guided bombs (e.g. Azon, Razon). However, the Northrop JB-1, with its jet propulsion and flying...

My grandfather W.G.Batham (Guy) was a FAA pilot in 1943-45. He was in 885 Squadron where he was a spotter flying Seafire III’s on D-Day before he went to the Pacific on HMS Ruler and joined 1844 Squadron on HMS Indomitable flying Gumman Hellcats. Incredibly he never felt it necessary to tell any...

Normally i would leave these quality pictures but it is a very nice album, one that gives a little bit of insight in the daily things and doings prio D-Day 1944. Notice the captured Brequet Bizerte. Enjoy History: Seenotstaffel 3

Waco CG-4A #42-77588 (made by Ford). During the D-day operations, it is part of the Mission Galveston 34 437th TCG taking off from Ramsbury to land on the LZ "W" Les Forges, town Blosville at 7:00. It carries a jeep and two men of the "A" Company, 307th Eng Bn AB. According Phillipe Esvelin...

A friend on another forum steered me to this DVD which is available cheaply (ex The Daily Telegraph). The blurb on the back says it is widely regarded as one of the greatest war documentaries ever made 8) and I enjoyed watching it as the main thrust is that it was the people at the bottom who...

We would be interested to hear from anybody who might have information about the cabin lights and the 'jump' lights that were fitted on the C-47 that carried paratroopers during the D-Day landings.