What’s Up, ‘Doc’? – Fundraiser Aims to Return WW2 B-29 to the Skies

“Cash raised will cover the cost of getting the four-engine bomber into the air.” FIFI, THE WORLD’S only airworthy Boeing B-29 bomber, may soon be getting some company if a Kansas-based Kickstarter funding campaign reaches its target….

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Panzerschreck — Five Amazing Facts About the German Bazooka 

“Under ideal conditions, Panzerschrecks were enormously effective. A single shot could usually knock out an enemy tank.” By GermanWarMachine.com THE PANZERSCHRECK OR “tank fright” was a German-built hand-held anti-tank weapon that made life uncomfortable for Allied tank…

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Climb Inside a Warbird – Free Web-Based App Offers Virtual Access to Historic Aircraft

“With a few mouse clicks, users can check out the flight decks, gun turrets and bomb bays of some of history’s most famous aircraft.”  TOUR GUIDES AT the National Museum of the United States Air Force say that…

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Break Out Gear – Five Improvised Gadgets That Helped Allied POWs Escape the Nazis

“Each item helped the fugitives survive on the run inside Nazi Occupied Europe.” By Dr. Mark Felton AT OFLAG VI B Warburg POW camp in Germany on Aug. 30, 1942, 40 British, Australian and New Zealand…

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“Reunion of Giants” – Film About 2014 Lancaster Tour Hits Theatres in November

“The 88-minute feature is expected to screen on Remembrance Day at movie houses nationwide. Admission will be free.” MILITARY AVIATION BUFFS will soon be reliving last summer’s twin Lancaster bomber tour on the big screen, thanks to a team…

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Poison Gas — The Seven Most Feared Chemical Weapons of WWI

“I wish those people who talk about going on with this war whatever it costs could see the soldiers suffering from mustard gas poisoning.”  Vera Brittain, First World War nurse   “The use in war of…

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