The First Into France – Meet the Elite “Pathfinders” of the Normandy Invasion
“Nearly 300 pathfinders took part in the pre-invasion.” IN HIS LANDMARK book D-Day: June 6, 1944, author Stephen E. Ambrose tells the story of Sgt. Elmo Jones of the 82nd Airborne Division. Moments after leaping out of a C-47 Dakota…
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…
“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…
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…
Ivor Thord – Meet the Swedish Adventurer Who Fought in a Dozen Conflicts With Six Armies on Four Continents
“Thord fought in more than ten wars while serving in the armies of the British Empire, Germany, China, Mexico, Russia and the United States, among others.” FORGET THE Dos Equis beer pitchman, the title of…
P-82 Twin Mustang – Meet America’s Strangest Piston-Engined Fighter
“The plane’s innovative airframe featured two slightly elongated P-51 fuselages to offer additional fuel capacity.” WORLD WAR TWO ended before one of the most improbable piston-engine fighter planes ever designed had the chance to see…
