If one could punch a clean hole through the pressure vessel without damaging the surrounding area, the vessel would just vent through the hole....
Roy N Ball's serial number is hard to read on the MACR, but it appears to start with '3' which means he was drafted. There is a series of photos...
I have never found anything that specified this policy in writing, but there is a lot of evidence that it was the policy - at least until late...
The area controlled by Mihailovic's Chetniks was essentially landlocked and surrounded by Partisan controlled areas. Thus Allied airmen who came...
Not always - there was the blue dress...
The point being that those airmen returned by Operation Halyard were from the 1944 air campaign against Ploesti. Operation Reunion repatriated...
Both the Partisans and the Chetniks aided downed Allied airmen. B-24D's flew the 1 August 43 Operation Tidal Wave mission, but the photo you...
Not a complete list, but check here: http://www.ww2troopships.com/crossings.htm Possibly Cape Meyers
The departure date of 6 Dec 43 with a destination of ETO most likely meant he landed in England with either the 8th or 9th AF. Not much help...
Undoubtedly the most famous ski jumping incident to American audiences was the "agony of defeat" clip used in the opener of ABC's Wide World of...
So, did the Spitfire with the kegs on the pylons become a St. Bernard?
The modern Rotec radial should greatly improve flying qualities as the original rotary engines generated some significant gyroscopic effects....
There may be some misunderstanding about bombing on lead. Rarely did an entire bomb group (at least in the 15th AF) bomb on the release of a...
Except it was Athens, TN. Nothing good comes out of Athens, GA.
Yorktown's sister ship Enterprise had 15 TBF-1 Avengers of VT-3 embarked aboard from 15 July '42. Did not CV-5 and CV-6 have the same arresting gear?
I had not used ww2enlistment.org before but it appears well organized. The original source data for WWII enlistment records as well as POW...
He would not be made a pilot without going through military flight training. After successfully completing flight training he would be...
A couple of online sources: This is an article by Richard Frank, author of the book "Downfall" and provides a concise summary....
Fred, There are several titles here which might interest you. http://www.afhso.af.mil/booksandpublications/titleindex.asp In particular: Aerial...
Telenko is putting an awful lot of faith in smoke pots. The defenders at Ploesti had an extensive array of smoke generators surrounding the city...
