With some neat nose art, plane named “Lilass.”
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The Forties, including World War Two
Main Website Updates
Saturday, December 13th, 2008
I have added a lot to the main website recently:
December, 2008
Created pages for WW2 stuff: WW2 movies, WW2 music, WW2 games,
Created a page on WW2 in color photographs
Created a page on WW2 Museums
Added a section on WW2 Weapons
Greatly expanded the Pictures of World War Two section
November, 2008
Re-organized the U.S. Military Medals section
Added several pages about [...]
Supermarine Spitfire
Thursday, December 4th, 2008
Probably the most famous British aircraft of all time, the great fighter played a secondary role in the Battle of Britain to the less glamourous Hawker Hurricane. But the Spitfire’s elegant looks, excellent handling characteristics, and huge production give it a unique place in aviation history. There was a bit of happenstance in the Spitfire’s [...]
Mitsubishi A6M, Type Zero
Monday, May 5th, 2008
Early in World War Two, American fliers thought they were facing a “wonder weapon,” in the Pacific: Japan’s A6M2 Zero, the main fighter plane of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN). It flew rings around the Brewster Buffalo’s, the Bell P-39’s, and (to a lesser extent) the Grumman F4F Wildcats. The Zero pilots were superb; [...]
Curtiss SB2C Helldiver
Tuesday, April 8th, 2008
Curtiss dive bomber
“Helldiver!” What a great name!”
Tough to fly, poorly designed, and delivered too slowly, the early models of the Curtiss SB2C would have come somewhere near the top of most lists of “Worst Aircraft of World War Two.” Of course, that judgement is no reflection on the crews who had to fly “The Beast,” [...]