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CAC replied to the thread Explorer Finds Striking Portraits in Air Raid Shelter.

The brick cammo may have worked...in the pacific theatre anyway...

Sep 21, 2018 at 2:42 AM

jagdpanther44 attached a file to the thread Explorer Finds Striking Portraits in Air Raid Shelter.

Thanks for sharing this, Gordon. It reminds me of the murals of aircraft painted on to the walls of hangars at the former Burtonwood...

Sep 21, 2018 at 2:02 AM

Martin Bull replied to the thread Loch Striven Highball bombs search.

Just taking a bit of a rest.....:)

Sep 21, 2018 at 1:39 AM

Martin Bull replied to the thread My 'Normandy Tank Killers'.

They're getting harder to find over here.....it took me four years to put together the 88 ; projectile, shellcase , correct electric...

Sep 21, 2018 at 1:38 AM

CAC replied to the thread My 'Normandy Tank Killers'.

I got a 40mm Bofors shell from a Derwent Class patrol boat stationed here in Darwin when I was about 12...by the time I was 16 I had...

Sep 21, 2018 at 12:15 AM

rbmutch liked gdnevels's post in the thread Search for Canadian veteran Ernest "Ernie" Davidson.

For some time I am trying to find a Canadian veteran who stayed at my grandparents’ house during the liberation of my hometown...

Sep 21, 2018 at 12:05 AM

George Patton liked kerrd5's post in the thread 29th Panzer Grenadiers in Italy, July - Sept 1943.

The second photo is Cannitello in Calabria, which I found tonight in Google Maps.. The building on the right is the church of Maria di...

Sep 20, 2018 at 11:40 PM

JJWilson replied to the thread My 'Normandy Tank Killers'.

Boy I'd love to have a cannon shell like that, the biggest I have now is a 20mm and a few 50.'s...........I would especially like to...

Sep 20, 2018 at 11:30 PM

JJWilson liked Martin Bull's post in the thread My 'Normandy Tank Killers'.

OK, a cheeky heading - they've probably never been near Normandy. But I recently added something to my collection which has taken me...

Sep 20, 2018 at 11:28 PM

KJ Jr liked Elinor Florence's post in the thread Elinor Answers Your Questions.

I receive so many questions about the content in my wartime novel Bird's Eye View, and my Wartime Wednesdays blog, that I have attempted...

Sep 20, 2018 at 9:24 PM

George Patton liked Martin Bull's post in the thread Loch Striven Highball bombs search.

And after an interval during which both Photobucket & I temporarily disappeared - here's a 'Highball' update ! [IMG] The bomb was...

Sep 20, 2018 at 8:58 PM

CAC liked Martin Bull's post in the thread Loch Striven Highball bombs search.

And after an interval during which both Photobucket & I temporarily disappeared - here's a 'Highball' update ! [IMG] The bomb was...

Sep 20, 2018 at 7:44 PM

JJWilson liked Takao's post in the thread If Germany gained the alliance with Poland it wanted in the mid-1930s.

Ummm...The Mexican land was not conquered...It was bought and paid for. $15 million.

Sep 20, 2018 at 7:42 PM

Takao replied to the thread If Germany gained the alliance with Poland it wanted in the mid-1930s.