Shape of War / YouTube A Marine’s Obsession In 1944, somewhere in the South Pacific, Sergeant Jack Hawk Harrison, a Marine known for his determination and ingenuity, grew frustrated with …
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YouTube / Australian Military Aviation History During WWII, both Germans and Japanese developed various fighter aircraft. With a multitude of planes rolling off the production line, both air forces continued to …
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RAAF Official photograph, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons A New Fighter Emerges In the early 1950s, Australia faced a growing challenge in the skies. Pilots flying British-built Meteors were outmatched …
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They Took a Lickin’ and Kept on Flyin’ This Focke-Wulf 190 pilot was very lucky to be alive, much less land the plane. That would be the exit hole, with …
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A prototype Tiger tank was demonstrated to Hitler on his birthday; 20 April 1942. 366 days later, the first complete Tiger 1 fell into Allied hands. It was Tiger 131. …
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Junkers Ju 88 Ju 88A-1 Specifications Crew: Pilot and three gunners/navigators/bomb-aimers Powerplant: Two 1,200 hp Junkers Jumo 211B-1 twelve-cylinder liquid-cooled engines Span: 59 ft 10¾ in (18.25 m) Length: 47 ft 1 in (14.35 …
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Removing blackheads is one of the most satisfying yet misunderstood practices in skincare. While the immediate gratification of “popping” a blackhead is tempting, the wrong technique can lead to permanent scarring, …
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The Ju-87 Stukas were the nearest thing to precision bombers the Germans had, and they were used as such right up until the Battle of Britain. The Junkers Ju 87 or Stuka (from Sturzkampfflugzeug, “dive …
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Some years ago I was lucky enough to spend some time with a rear gunner of a Swordfish (“stringbag”) that was one of the planes that attacked the Bismarck with …
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For the same reason that they decommissioned the Supermarine Spitfire and the Avro Lancaster and all the other aircraft they have flown over the years. It had become obsolete and …
Why did the RAF decommission the Vulcan bomber when it was the most terrifying war plane in history? Read More