Sunday, 31 May 2026

Maj. Helmut Leicht - St.G 77 - archive photo scan #53

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Helmut Leicht enrolled at Luftkriegschule 4 (Air Warfare School No. 4) in Berlin-Gatow on 6 April 1936 and, on 1 July 1937, joined I. Gruppe...
Saturday, 30 May 2026

Ju 87 Stukas in the Blitzkrieg

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  On 10 May, 1940, the Wehrmacht launched the Westfeldzug, code-named 'Fall Gelb', the campaign in the West. All Ju 87 units (excep...
Monday, 25 May 2026

German WWII warbirds at La Ferté-Alais 2026

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'Red 12' calling in at Headcorn on Sunday evening for a first stop in the UK. Louis Prebble photos. Displays representing...

Fw 190 A-8, WNr.732197, Fw. Rudolf Artner JG 5

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  Fw 190 A-8 'White 10' WNr.732197, Herdla. Photos dated 8 March 1945, after Fw. Artner (standing on the wing and then seated on the...
Friday, 22 May 2026

Fw 190 Jabos - archive photo scan #52

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  Two armourers preparing to mount an SC 250 bomb on the belly rack of Fw 190 A-2/U1 WNr. 2081, ‘Blue 3’ of 10.(Jabo)/JG 2 at Saint-André-...
Tuesday, 19 May 2026

Establishment of II./JG 77 - Oberfeldwebel Georg Ries (Stabskompanie JG 77) - archive photo scan #52

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  Ofw. Georg Ries seen in Norway during 1940 with II./JG 77  In 1934, the Kriegsmarine had formed a Staffel in Kiel to protect the German Bi...
Monday, 18 May 2026

"On Freedom's Wings " - life-size Lancaster memorial sculpture opens to the public

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  " Aviation enthusiast Gary Lewis travels to Lincolnshire to take a sneak (but totally above board) preview of the incredible instal...