Bruce Carr: The Dead Chicken Around My Neck Was Beginning To Smell After carrying it for several days, 20-year-old Bruce Carr still hadn't decided how to cook it without the Germans catching him. But, as hungry as he was, he couldn't bring himself to eat it. In his mind, no meat was better than...

My five (victories) in the late afternoon and evening of April 6, 1945, was a piece of cake - thanks to good training, equipment, maintenance, wingman and fighter direction ( plus plenty of bogies in the immediate area.) Reiteration of the details would be boring to any of you who have pulled the...

Hello, anyone into reenacting or just want a really nice custom made Leather Squadron or Group patch for your A-2 or G-1 , I make them , 30 years experience, WW2 era any USAAF/USN/USMC type , 5-6 inch $50.00 total/each including postage(in the US).(overseas $60.00 each/total including postage,I...

Where can I get a hand on flight charts WW2 pilots used to navigate in Europe? I like to see what kind of information they had for navigation. Emilio.

Say I dropped 1000 tones over a long period of time in a city in the region 50 square kilometers. Does anyone know of any tables or formulas that can tell me how effective in WW2 air bombing of a city would reasonably be? Also any information on the effect of over hitting would be appreciated.

WW2 and Korean ace Edwin Heller has passed away. Many of us will best remember him as the pilot of the 352nd FG P-51's marked "Heller-Bust".He also flew F-86's in Korea, and spent two years as a PoW of the Chinese after his plane was shot down by a MiG-15 while he was pursuing another MiG. May he...

Can anyone tell me what the difference is between a "standard" airspeed indicator and an F-1 airspeed indicator is? Was there any external difference when one was installed? I'm looking at B-24's. Ed "'Twas a woman who drove me to drink, and I never had the courtesy to thank her for it." W. C....

I came across an interesting reference in a history of aircraft markings book to an apparently short lived, early war upper-wing national marking for WW1 RAF night bombers. The reference described it simply as a white disc used only on night bombers. This marking was different from the white...

A new book will shortly be published: 'Flying Guns: World War 1' by Emmanuel Gustin and myself (FG:WW2 was published earlier this year). My publishers, the Crowood Press, would like to know where it might be useful to advertise the book or send review copies, particularly any magazines dealing with...

WW II glider pilot reunites with aviators in England (EXCERPT) By Toni Marshall Staff Writer Posted October 19 2003 Margate · Pilot Sam Fine waited for the snatch. Then the towline jerked, signaling the start of the symbiotic relationship between the glider packed with troops and supplies and the...

This book, which I found in the public library, expresses a different point of view regarding aces in World War One. The Dream of Civilized Warfa World War I Flying Aces and the American...

I'd like to make an even trade: My Osprey Combat Aircraft #34; PV Ventura / Harpoon units of WW 2 for the Schiffer Publications Vega Ventura: The Operational Story of Lockheed's Lucky Star. Curtiss Knowles Scott AFB, IL 62225 USA

Have a very nice condition original A11 Pilots Helmet for sale. Leather in nice shape with no cracks and is still very supple. Inside is in great shape also. All stitching is intact as is the chin strap. Picture available upon request. Asking $300 shipped.

Wright-Patterson AFB Former Air Force Museum Official (EXCERPT) Blamed For Missing Artifacts August 25, 2003 An audit conducted last year shows that a thousand artifacts were missing from the Air Force Museum. The 2002 audit concluded that poor management caused the museum at Wright-Patterson...

Back in the mid 70's, I made a trip to the Air Force Museum. My entourage included my two young children, and my maternal grandfather. It is important to point out that my grandfather was Naval Aviator #711, a number which will sound spectacularly low to the Naval Aviators who read these...

http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1071660144004_47/?hub=CTVNewsAt11 .... as expected... despite $1.2 mil invested and painstaking attention to detail. At least the two GW No.21 replicas both flew easily. IMO, the Wrights lucked out last century with a rail, right wind,...

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A40516-2003Sep20.html Awww, too bad. The two Gustav Weisskopf replicas flew easily enough, proving that the Wrights were dead wrong when they claimed the GW No.21 CANNOT FLY... just look at the design. Time to admit the real first to fly sustained...

My aviation co-worker claims that the Wright brothers had a secret name for their Flyer- the Bullam. He claims that the brothers had nicknames for themselves when they were growing up. Apparently Wilbur was Ullam and Orville was Bubbo or Bubs. Bullam comes from this combination of childhood...

Wreckage of Privately Owned MiG-17 Found in New Mexico; Pilot Dead The Associated Press Published: Mar 27, 2004 TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES, N.M. (AP) - Searchers found the wreckage Saturday of a Soviet-era MiG-17 fighter plane that crashed, killing the pilot, while en route to an air show two days...

I live next door to the US Air Force Museum in Dayton Ohio, and for $10.00/hr to cover my expensives and lost time, I do private Research in the Archives, Collections, and displays at the Museum . Believe me when I say that the Material is Extensive! Let me know if you'd like me to spend a few...