Thank you, I will do that - and keep you all informed
I'd suggest the Arado Ar232 - in design terms it was basically the forerunner of all modern military transports
The light fighter supreme was (IMO) the Yak-3. I'm interested in where your boundaries are for light & medium fighters (109 vs Spit) as their...
Nope, married to a Majorie and a Maureen, but not a Mavis! (All the M's though...)
Yes, that is him, birth date 02 November 1913
No, 1977. I thought that was his discharge date, as it says 'overage' next it
His name was indeed Reginald Charles Mason. No idea of his branch of service, unfortunately
Mosquito - the best multi-role aircraft of the war Other aircraft may have been better in individual roles, or possibly even have performed more...
I'm afraid I'm asking a slight favour... We have been told that my wife's Grandad served in the Desert, and that he wasn't around when his son...
I must confess to being a big fan of Warhammer, and the artwork thereof: [IMG]
I was reading a book about Italians serving with the Allies (after Italy changed sides, obviously!), and apparently the Italian technique for...
I've seen pictures of japanese soldiers with small flags tied to their rifles, this could easily be something like that While googling for a...
It meant that turning was much much faster in kne direction compared to the other. The Sopwith Camel was famous for it
AA tech has moved on. Plus ground attack aircraft have always needed an escort if the enemy has fighters, just ask the RAF in 1940
Rotary engines always freak me out. The idea that the whole engine is spinning as fast as the propeller :eek:
Iddle I Po! Genius
Authorities Detain Chinese Ship Suspected of Salvaging U.K. WWII Wrecks - USNI News I had no idea. The utter bastards
Just a comment on '6 more Hamburgs' It wasn't a reaction to the statistics (number of houses lost, acreage of rubble produced, lives list, etc)....
Merely a cynical acknowledgement by them that much of their population were Christians. They actually tried hard to do away with the Church, even...
To be fair to Cooper he spent a good chunk of his war repairing knocked-out tanks in which people had died. I can see how that would colour your...
