Monday, 13 July 2026

Dewoitine D.520 in the air war over France May-June 1940.

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  By the end of WWI the French were the largest producers of combat aircraft and their air force one of the biggest in the world. But during...
Tuesday, 30 June 2026

Me 163 developmental issues (1) - June 1942

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  The development and rigorous flight testing of the Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet are documented extensively in the Luftwaffe test centre Ar...
Thursday, 25 June 2026

Generalfeldmarschall Kesselring visits I./NJG 2 at Gilze-Rijen, late 1940 - archive photo scan #54

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  Two photographs taken during one of Kesselring's visits to I./NJG 2 (Nachtjagdgeschwader 2) at Gilze-Rijen in late 1940. Kesselring...

'Red 12' back in England for the Duxford/Shuttleworth airshows

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'Red 12' spent the night at Headcorn before departing this morning in humungous temperatures for the weekend's flying displays. ...
Monday, 22 June 2026

Storming the bombers - Egon Mayer's first 'frontal' attack, 23 November 1942

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  The air war in the West and over the Reich determined the fate of the Luftwaffe - with a higher percentage of casualties to participants t...
Friday, 12 June 2026

Gefechtsverband Kuhlmey Stuka in colour

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  A Ju 87 D-5 of the Gefechtsverband Kuhlmey seen about to depart on a sortie from Immola during July 1944. Earlier D-series aircraft gener...
Monday, 8 June 2026

more KG 100 He 177s - archive photo scan #53

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  Loading a KG 100 He 177 for a raid on England on a French airfield, perhaps Châteaudun just south of Paris - this is most likely an He 1...