Tales, Anecdotes and Trivia
Sunday, December 15, 2024
Luftwaffe bombing of Ireland
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The Republic of Ireland may have been neutral during the Second World War, but as with so many other neutral countries, the Republic of Irel...
Monday, May 11, 2020
The beginning of Bomber Command's Strategic Air Offensive against Germany
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250-lb GP bombs on trolleys are prepared by armourers, prior to loading into Handley Page Hampden Mark I, P1333 'EA-F', of No. 49 ...
Wednesday, December 25, 2019
1713: the French attack on Curacao
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Curacao, for those readers who aren’t familiar with the island, is part of the Dutch Antillies, and it is located some 70 kilometers north o...
Wednesday, April 3, 2019
The Sheerophone
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During the First World War, there were quite a few attempts to use acoustics to at least estimate the bearing of enemy air activity. The def...
Wednesday, January 16, 2019
The Airco D.H.5 and ground attack in 1917
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Bombing and ground attack has been an aspect of military aviation ever since 1911, when Italian Lieutenant Giulio Gavotti dropped four ...
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