Category: History
USS Gadalcanal versus U-boat U-505
Wars aren’t only big battles fought in the air, at sea or on land. They are also daily struggles...
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Wildcat VI in His Majesty’s Service
It’s really difficult to overestimate the role Grumman’s fighter played in the Royal Navy Fleet...
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Joseph D. McGraw and USS Gambier Bay vs Yamato
The combat of US Navy escort carriers of Taffy 3 Task Group with Japanese battleships near Samar...
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No 113 squadron over Burma in 1944-45
Formed in 1917 in Egypt, No 113 Squadron RAF saw action during the campaign against the Turks in...
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Stewart ‘Bomb’ Finney’s Hurricane IIc
In the Second World War, South African Air Force (SAAF) squadrons sent to the Mediterranean...
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Hawker Hurricane Mk.IIc in No 309 Squadron Polish Air Force
Hawker Hurricane Mk.I became a symbol of Polish victories in the air during the Second World...
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The „Fighting Cocks” – Hurricanes IIc over Algeria
On the 8th November 1942 Allied forces commenced the first big amphibian operation during the...
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Hurricane Mk.IIc – a Jack of all trades
At the end of the Battle of Britain Royal Air Force Fighter Command started replacing one of its...
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Three pilots of GC 3 Normandie
When taking off they knew they were signing their own death sentences. When they landed they were...
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Yak-1b over Stalingrad – Yeryomin’s aeroplane
One of the most recognized Yaks of the war was an unexpected gift for Boris Nikolayevich Yeryomin....
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Smirnov’s Aircraft – Yak-1b in Enemy Hands
During the struggle over Kuban’s steppes in spring 1943, three Yak-1b fighters fall into German’s...
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