wwii

Looks like Mildenhall, Alconbury and Molesworth in the UK are closing. Lakenheath will be getting the F-35 in 2020. More closures in Germany, Italy and others. Alconbury and Molesworth are the last of the USAAF WWII airfields that were still in use by the USAF in the UK. RAF Mildenhall to...

I have just learned that on New Year's Eve, RedBeard (Ryan) passed away after a long battle with medical problems. He was only 46 years old. He enjoyed the forum, but wasn't able to participate much in the past several years. Although he would check up on us as a guest when he was able...

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WWII P-40 Warhawk wreck discovered in Kailua Bay, North Shore, Oahu, Hawaii Story documents the history of the wreck and its connection to December 7th 1941. An underwater wreck was recently rediscovered and investigated in Kailua Bay. Using information provided by someone who first...

What was the best aircraft-mounted rocket system produced in WWII? Although it could take quite a few shells to take down a fighter, attack plane, and especially a bomber, in most cases the same could be done with a single rocket. Which rocket had the highest velocity, hit ratio, explosive...

Just wanted to see if people here played the amazing (yet sometimes amazingly frustrating) game. Just a little discussion here about it, considering its about WWII planes.

Can modern air cooled inline engines compete with the water cooled engines of WWII? Perhaps there are no modern engines of those ratings being produced, if that is the case, then could modern air cooled technology produce engines competitive with water cooled engines of WWII?

What impact would it have?

Just top of my heid here..... With all the technology around today, does the achievement of becoming an 'ace' carry the same....I don't know, does the word carry with it, the same glory, as it did, or does, in WWI, WWII, Korea and Vietnam?

1/48 Ilyushin IL-2 Stormovik - Winter War / Eastern Front WWII Username: donivanp First name: Don Category: Intermediate Scale: 1/48 Manufacturer: Accurate Miniatures Kit 3409 Model Type: IL-2 Straight wing single seat with skis Aftermarket addons: OOB no after market.

Dixon Man Builds B-17 Bomber Replica Click on the link for a video DIXON (WIFR) -- A Dixon man is recreating history... one sheet of metal at a time. And after nearly 15 years, his handmade WWII replica is starting to take shape. "I've had a lot of fun. Kept me out of a lot of trouble,"...

Hi, We found this photo while gutting our new house. Such an amazing piece of American history and we would love to find out anything more we can. A search of the tail number: 299193 did not turn anything up.

I cannot follow directions.

I recently became aware of some guys in Michigan who are looking to recover and restore a B-25 Mitchell bomber that crash-landed into a Sandbar near Fairbanks, Alaska in 1969. It's a pretty interesting story, and they've started a Kickstarter campaign for funding, too. They are looking to...

Boeing B-29 Superfortress "Tinker's Heritage" at the Tinker Air Force Base Airpark in Oklahoma City, OK

B-25 Mitchell "Yellow Rose" at Tyler Texas Pounds Regional Airport

Boeing B-29 Superfortress "Enola Gay" at the Udvar-Hazy Center of the Smithsonian Museum, Dulles Airport, near Washington, D.C.

Boeing B-29 Superfortress "Bockscar" at the National Museum of the United States Air Force in Dayton, Ohio