jon1944Apr 114 minRODEO 204 - FIRST BLOOD FOR THE P-47After the initial months of combat operations carried out by the crews of the 8th Army Air Forces 'heavies' in 1942, the Spring of 1943...
jon1944Mar 205 minThe Bloody Hundredth - the 100th Bomb Group During WW2, the Bomb Groups assigned to the 8th United States Army Air Force (USAAF) would become the defining Bomb Groups of the entire...
jon1944Nov 24, 20218 min Supermarine Spitfire vs. North American P-51 MustangThis is not a post about the history of each aircraft and how they came in to being. That has been covered elsewhere in numerous books...
jon1944Nov 21, 20212 minJAGDVERBAND 44 - HORRIDO!!!!Munich-Riem airfield, home of the famous Jagdverband 44 commanded by Generalleutnant Adolf Galland. Galland formed the unit in February...
adam2717Jul 21, 20213 min"Night Fright" - A fascinating past, and an exciting future.The Douglas C-47 Skytrain was the workhorse of the Allied Air Forces in WWII and some might argue that it was one of the most decisive...