Why was Margate Tasmania the safest place???? To my knowledge its just a little seaside town.
Mick Jaeger! - show us those lips
C'mon guys - lighten up a bit. We all know the old saying about 'War is Hell' but lets face it - WWII is the last war that continues to be...
Try searching for the term 'blasting machine' like these ones: The Collector's Guild The Collector's Guild ActiveCollectibles.com - 10 Cap...
Try the Australian War Memorial Site Australian War Memorial & HMAS Perth [Australian War Memorial] The HMAS Perth Association HMAS Perth...
This sequence is where an Australian B24 in the Pacific is blown out of the sky by following too close to the aircraft ahead of it on a low...
Although there has been some counter claims to this story it is still listed in the Guiness Book of Records as the Greatest Disaster Suffered by...
Losses on the 1st and subsequent attacks which occurred on the 19th Feb 1942 Australian Air Force: 6 Hudsons destroyed on the ground 1 Hudson in...
Looks like someone cut down a Luftschutz helmet to make it look like a Fallschirmjager one [IMG]
The following is from the Commission of Inquiry on the Darwin attacks: "Captain Thomas, the Senior Naval Officer in Darwin, anticipated that such...
My Grandfather was involved in Oboe 6 with the landing on Labuan as a Sapper in the Engineers. Before he passed away I got a copy of his unit war...
Interesting - amazing the amount of animals on both sides that were still used during WWII.
First tank built by Australian industry in WWII
Thats a very good question - villain or hero. I'm sticking with hero along the same line that one of our National heros Ned Kelly was a bushranger...
French policy Detecting in France from Detecnicks An Ace 250 is pretty cheap and can get good results. Minelab X-Terra Series are excellent for...
Bde for Brigade is fairly standard - BASB stood for Brigade Administration Support Battalion but exist no more being replaced by CSSBs (Combat...
Sir Douglas Bader, the legendary World War II fighter pilot, was invited by an upper class girl's school in London to give a talk about the...
Thanks for the warm welcome :) I was a Duntroon boy so didn't stay long in any one unit and went to RAEME - 2nd/14th Light Horse (Queensland...
Quite a few British Commonwealth nations did in fact inscribe WW2 medals whereas I don't believe Britain itself did. I have my Grandfathers WWII...
Bottom far left is American Legion
