RAAF deaths D-Day 6th of June 1944
Tuesday, August 5th, 2008 Posted in Discussion | No Comments »While researching these RAAF deaths on D-Day, I came across a couple of interesting crews. A highly decorated and seemingly experienced crew. Looking at the death of one other RAAF death on D-Day, I came across this aircraft that was lost. All ...
Wing Commander Ronald Huie RIP
Tuesday, August 5th, 2008 Posted in Discussion | No Comments »The Cumberland News Quote: For all of his long life, Ronald Huie was fascinated by aircraft. He joined the RAF as a boy entrant, served in far-flung parts during the World War Two and, when a medical problem grounded him, worked in ...
Tribute to victims of 1953 North Wales bomber mystery
Tuesday, August 5th, 2008 Posted in Discussion | No Comments »Tribute to victims of 1953 North Wales bomber mystery - Daily Post North Wales Quote: THE crew of a Washington bomber which plunged out of the skies and crashed in North Wales, killing the 10 men on board, are to be ...
Keeping the memory alive
Tuesday, August 5th, 2008 Posted in Discussion | No Comments »Keeping the memory alive of one of the RAF's top guns (From Worcester News) Quote: AT 20.26hrs on August 27, 1942, a Vickers Wellington Mk III hurtled down the runway at RAF Warboys in Cambridgeshire, pointed its blunt nose into the ...
Divers Plundering Australian Wrecks
Tuesday, August 5th, 2008 Posted in Discussion | No Comments »Pirate Divers Plundering Australian Wrecks - Diving News Quote: ROGUE divers are raiding heritage-listed wrecks in Darwin Harbour, regular visitors to the sites said yesterday. Local divers said artefacts had been stolen from the RAAF C-47 plane wreck in Fannie Bay. Regular diver Peter ...
Vegemite bombs?
Tuesday, August 5th, 2008 Posted in Discussion | No Comments »I was reading this article, nothing special, except the following caught my eye: Quote: Anyways, then WWII started and Australian troops discovered Vegemite was highly flammable and if treated correctly and stuffed into empty artillery shell casings, it could be hurled at ...
WW2 Hero Dog
Tuesday, August 5th, 2008 Posted in Discussion | No Comments »BBC NEWS | Scotland | Tayside and Central | WWII hero dog's tale put in print Quote: The story of a Norwegian sea dog who became an unlikely war hero has been put into print. It is claimed that Bamse - a 14 ...
WWII hero dog’s tale put in print
Tuesday, August 5th, 2008 Posted in Discussion | No Comments »BBC NEWS | Scotland | Tayside and Central | WWII hero dog's tale put in print Quote: The story of a Norwegian sea dog who became an unlikely war hero has been put into print. It is claimed that Bamse - a 14 ...
The Flat Earthers!!
Tuesday, August 5th, 2008 Posted in Discussion | No Comments »BBC NEWS | Magazine | Do they really think the earth is flat? ...Read More
Spitfire
Tuesday, August 5th, 2008 Posted in Discussion | No Comments »To-day is the 70th anniversary of the Spitfire entering service with the R.A.F. Always makes the hair stand up on the back of my neck when i hear that familiar growl. ...Read More