Wednesday, 31 July 2024

Oblt. Werner Schroer Bf 109 G-2 - more ebay senselessness #378

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  So Oliver has gone on holiday and the Petrick archive sale is paused. Time for one particular buyer (no, not me!) to reflect perhaps..The ...

Me 262 - the 'ultimate' aircraft design of WW II ..or an undeserved reputation ?

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  no preamble, no intro, but a heads-up for a must-read piece written by 'Drix' over on his  aviation blog Drix writes in French so ...
Tuesday, 30 July 2024

Melitta v. Stauffenberg " The Countess who crossed Hitler " by Richard Whittle

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  A heads-up for aerospace author Richard Whittle's latest article just published in the 'Summer 2024' edition of the Nationa...
Saturday, 27 July 2024

I./JG 52 at Coquelles - unseen Battle of Britain Spitfire crash footage from Wingleader films

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  During the summer of 1940 a pilot from I Gruppe JG 52 based at Coquelles near Calais filmed the images that follow on his 8mm camera. De...
Monday, 22 July 2024

Arado Ar 196 in the harbour at Kos -archive photo scan #26

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  Arado Ar 196 in the harbour at Kos town, on the Aegean island of Kos. The Neratzia castle ramparts are visible in the background. The Bund...
Sunday, 21 July 2024

yet more late-war Gustav profile artworks from Angantyr

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   A third installment of late-war Gustav profile artworks from Angantyr. First out is a WNF Bf 109 G-6/U4 WNr 441744. Flown by 11./JG 27 ...

Me 163 BV45 'PK+QP'

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  One reason for re-posting some of the better images from Peter Petrick's archive is that they can be displayed at a much larger size t...