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Ilyushin Il

Uniquely for a World War II attack aircraft and similarly to the forward fuselage design of the World War I-era Imperial German Junkers J I armored all-metal biplane the Il-2's armor was designed as a load-bearing part of the Ilyushin's monocoque structure thus saving considerable weight

Remains of German bomber Ju 88 from Second World War found

Sep 14 2018The Junkers Ju 88 was the backbone of the German Luftwaffe's bombing fleet during the Second World War Picture: BUNDESARCHIV Chris Gleadell dug out what is thought to be what's left of a Junkers Ju 88 that crashed on the beach about a mile west of Sheringham after aborting a bombing raid on Liverpool on May 3 1941

The Army Air Corps to World War II Air Force Historical

Jan 12 2011The first Army Air Force bomber mission over western Europe in World War II is flown by B 17s of the 97th Bombardment Group against the Rouen-Sotteville Railyards in France Dec 4 1942 Ninth Air Force B-24 Liberator crews based in Egypt bomb Naples--the first American attacks in Italy

The Hump

The Hump is a line drawn across the eastern Himalayas and the forest of Burma by American blood and courage It is a sky road 525 miles long that is flown by the Air Transport Command carrying cargo to China from India Born out of confusion and chaos it barnstormed its way to maturity and now performs its missions with a streamlined efficiency that has profound significance for the postwar

Nazi Eagle High Resolution Stock Photography and Images

Black and white photograph of World War II (1939-1945) Spanish dictator Francisco Franco (1892-1975) delivering a speech in Madrid upon receiving membership to the Order of the German Eagle instituted by Hitler in 1937 as an award for foreign diplomats who supported Nazi Germany

Escape and Evasion files at the National Archives

Sep 29 2010Escape and evasion files are firsthand accounts of a military personnel's escape from behind enemy lines In World War II thousands of U S troops crashed in Nazi territory and had to evade capture or escape from German prisons The National Archives recently digitized 2 953 firsthand accounts of escape and evasion during the war

The Weather War of WWII

Dec 11 2018The Last Active German Units of World War II By 1944 the tide of war had turned against Germany and its resources were dwindling But weather reporting was still so important that the Nazis continued to send furtive expeditions to the Arctic In July the Northland had located and destroyed a German weather station at Cape Sussie

Guts and Gumption: Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Wore Their

Like the soldiers who fought in World War II most of the men and women who served in the U S military during the Vietnam War in the '60s and '70s were remarkably young between the ages of 18 and 25 Those who volunteered to man the primary aircraft of the war the helicopter put their lives at a risk every day they were on tour

The Weather War of WWII

Dec 11 2018The Last Active German Units of World War II By 1944 the tide of war had turned against Germany and its resources were dwindling But weather reporting was still so important that the Nazis continued to send furtive expeditions to the Arctic In July the Northland had located and destroyed a German weather station at Cape Sussie

Nose Art

During the early years of World War II a civilian flying auxiliary was formed (initially from a collection of smaller auxiliaries) called the Civil Air Patrol intended to help organize civil aviation to support the US war effort (this was inspired by similar efforts in pre-war Nazi Germany) Once the US entered the war CAP pilots typically

Sticking intake valve leads to crash — General Aviation News

Aug 31 2020Reminiscent of the World War I German Fokker D VII fighter the elephant ear Travel Air 2000 gained a nickname as the Wichita Fokker Designing aircraft for the U S Army Air Service in 1922 In the 19 years since the Wrights first flew the design of aircraft

Suicide weapon

The Pacific War of World War II bore witness to the Japanese Kamikaze suicide attack pilots Late in the war as the tide turned against Japan Kamikaze pilots were deployed to attempt to crash their aircraft into American ships in the Pacific The Japanese even developed specialized aircraft for the tactic such as the Yokosuka Ohka flying bomb

Escape and Evasion files at the National Archives

Sep 29 2010Escape and evasion files are firsthand accounts of a military personnel's escape from behind enemy lines In World War II thousands of U S troops crashed in Nazi territory and had to evade capture or escape from German prisons The National Archives recently digitized 2 953 firsthand accounts of escape and evasion during the war

Pictures of African Americans During World War II

Select Audiovisual Records Enlarge These drivers of the 666th Quartermaster Truck Company 82nd Airborne Division who chalked up 20 000 miles each without an accident since arriving in the European Theater of Operations View in National Archives Catalog During the 50th anniversary of World War II as we honor those Americans who undauntedly and courageously contributed to

56th Fighter Group in World War II

Website dedicated to the 56th Fighter Group in World War II : After a succession of vectors onto friendly aircraft by MEW control the 56th strafes the airfield at Neuberg resulting in claims of 14-1-12 (ground) Inspection of a P-47M which is crash landed by George Bradley after an engine failure reveals the cause as another case of a

WWII Netherlands Escape Lines

Introduction by Bruce Bolinger For the last sixteen years I have been researching the aid given to downed Allied airmen by the Resistance during World War II in The Netherlands Belgium and France Most of my research has concentrated on three subjects: An American airman Tom Applewhite a bombardier on a B-17 "The Wild Hare " who

Top 10 Worst Aircraft of World War 2

Apr 04 2011There are countless books dvds and websites about the great aircraft of World War Two Almost everyone would recognize the Spitfire P-51 Mustang Me109 or Lancaster However there were hundreds of aircraft types used between 1939 and 1945 and inevitably some were abject failures I've always enjoyed 'worst of' lists and had an interest in aviation so I thought it time to combine the two

USS Midway (CV 41)

An SH-3G helicopter assigned to HC-1 crashes off MIDWAY's bow on take-off for an SAR mission All three crew on board are killed The helicopter was supposed to get underway to the crash site of two other MIDWAY aircraft that had a mid-air collision Involved in the mid-air collision were an A-7A (VA-56) and an EA-6A (VMCJ-1)

The Cold War in Germany: Decoded 1945

Jun 17 2012The collar insignia closely resemble those of World War II era Luftwaffe personnel but feature wings the emblem of the Luftwaffe encircled by a wreath Shoulderboards of the Luftwaffe are lined with the yellow gold piping of the Air Force and on the example shown here display the rank of Oberstleutnant (Lieutenant Colonel) with two silver pips

Cleaning up after WWII – wwiiafterwwii

Feb 20 2017The GMSA sailors received a salary and continued to wear their Kreigsmarine uniform (less any nazi insignia) until they wore out at which time they adopted surplus Allied naval uniforms From June 1945 until it's disestablishment in January 1948 2 721 mines were swept (a small fraction of those laid) and 10 GMSA ships were sunk by mines

Lockheed P

These planes began to arrive in October 1941 just before America entered World War II With the P-38D came self-sealing fuel tanks and armor protection for the pilot The fastest of the Lightnings was the P-38J with a top speed of 420 mph and the version produced in the greatest quantity was the L of which 3 735 were built by Lockheed and

9th Air Force

Second World War formation badge for the United States 9th Air Force (United States Army Air Force) The shoulder sleeve insignia was approved by the US Quartermaster General on 16 September 1943 Formation note: the 9th Air Force (US Army Air Force Ninth Air Force) was formed on 8 April 1942 at the New Orleans Army Air Base in Louisiana