Absolutely correct. The attached chart shows the MAAF's range from it's bases in Southern Italy. Operations from Crete move that arc south and...
I stepped out of Mississippi when I was ten years old With a suit cut sharp as a razor and a heart made of gold. I had a guitar hanging just about...
The aerial victory database used to be available here http://www.afhra.af.mil/aerialvictorycredits/index.asp but has been taken down. Some time...
Each heavy bomb group consisted of four bomb squadrons. Replacement crews rarely flew the same aircraft all the time. They would be assigned to...
A look at the specifications of the two you mentioned supplies the answer - not competitive. The XP-77 was neither fast or well armed. It was...
Not sure what your complaint is here...
Similar story - S. Vietnamese Major Bung-Ly loaded his wife and 5 kids in an O-1 Bird Dog on 29 April 1975 and flew out to sea. He found the USS...
The Squadron Operations Officer under the direction of the Squadron Commander made flight assignments.
Hydro accounts for about 7% of US power generation. It is profitable, but there is no free lunch. Take a quick tour through Google and see how...
Its a start, but doesn't include some major musuems that are not specific to WWII but have large WWII related galleries. I.E. the National Museum...
For our next installment of "you can't fix stupid"... "Florida man bitten while kissing venomous snake"...
The photo has "560" on the back, which I can't find any connection to. Below is a list of RAF units that operated from Grottaglie. I also found...
Seems kinda expensive. Why doesn't he just use the transporter to beam down some water?
The Doolittle Raider's goblets at the National Museum of the Air Force in Dayton. At the time this was taken last August, there were 4 goblets...
A salute for this thread and for your dedication in preserving the legacy of Mr. Sanford and the other veterans of the 30th Reconnaissance Troop.
Today marks seventy-one years from the start of dad's combat tour.
The attached photo was among those in the 449th Bomb Group archives. The bombed out dirigible hanger in the background is at Grottaglie, Italy....
