IMHO that hardly counts as the 'last' aerial encounter of WWII - more probably the first encounter of the next conflict.. :salute:
a 'myth' that it was the last combat - it happened ..but surely the last 'real' combat encounter was just as unique - P-38 vs P-39 !
Le Fana de l'Aviation, issue April 2015 - The "myth" of the last combat - the story of this last 'combat' was first related in Cornelius Ryan's...
currently on offer on ebay.de via Marco Meyer according to his caption this is a 1952 pic taken in Paris, note the cross of Lorraine on the...
one of my favourite threads. Currently on ebay.de via my friend Marco at koelssch333 Ebay sales Panzer IV 7,5cm Langrohr KwK - would appreciate...
just re-watched Hungary - after all we've said about boring F1 this season, they put on a classic!
what are you saying, the British didn't have 'Tigers' ? ..the Germans didn't either! Have you some thoughts as to exactly how the Germans were...
Thanks for the clarification; as this thread had been bumped I was looking for more current affirmation of these particular points....
my copy of this large and comprehensive work from Stephan Cazenave arrived! Format A4, 416 glossy pages, 800 photos and documents. French text,...
me neither..perhaps some of it doesn't seem valid IMHO .. for example I must definitely disagree with the first point " if hot, don't touch" ;...
not sure about Bellhof Martin, he was according to most some-one who took terrible risks and his fatal accident was largely his own fault "He did...
..we last discussed this topic in 2008, my contributions somewhere in here http://www.ww2f.com/topic/12750-flying-rams-and-air-to-air-ramming/page-2
well said Skip...on the other hand, as Roger Moorhouse has just tweeted " Royal Family, Nazis ? Karina Urbach's new book 'Go-betweens for Hitler'...
Hi K-P, no mention of Sterling's £49 million move to Man City!..not bad for a kid who's only managed one half-decent season for the mighty Reds!...
who isn't erecting fences or trying to impede 'freedom of movement' at the moment in Europe, everyone's doing it..
....after a few difficult years when they were rightly caught out when over-stepping the limits of acceptable press freedoms into outright...
Zerstörergeschwader 26 Me 410 toting 50 mm Bordkanone BK 5 cannon ( with 21 rounds) Bf 110 equipped with a 37mm Flak 18 gun and twin W.Gr....
agree with you on Bismarck. On the basis that Gibson is more 'famous' than Tibbets and the Lancaster more famous than the B-29 and the Bouncing...
I imagine the responses to this are mostly regional...eg, one weapon that virtually anyone in my part of the world knows something about is the...
OK thanks. I've rated your review too. Putting you on the spot if forced to choose between this and Walden's newie (I'm not going to get them...
