This video tells the overlooked story of how the most decorated U.S. aircraft carrier of World War II quietly disappeared after the war, and why only a single steel relic remains today. It traces the ...

An incredible piece of history is free to view when you take on one of the most beautiful country walks in the UK. Dating back to WW2, the site amazes visitors.

Apart from mechanical features, other aspects like high-octane fuel, a skilled workforce, and lightweight materials have also ...

DESPITE not having an airbase in Dorset any longer, at one point in history the county had numerous RAF stations to be proud of. .

Eight days into his first boat command, Karl-Adolf Schlitt made a toilet mistake that would get the whole crew captured or ...

The US deployed its forces to defend Greenland, a Danish territory, during World War 2. This has been stated ad nauseam by ...

IN THE pandemic Yorkshire born writer Bryn Evans read again the mysterious letter, which his wife Jean had found after her father’s passing ...

On Jan. 21, 1945, San Diego newspapers reported a wide range of wartime activities as World War II neared its final months.

Those who took the controls of Concorde say it was like no other airplane. Here they reveal the secrets of flying the world’s fastest commercial passenger aircraft at more than twice the speed of ...

There are incidents of Commonwealth airmen being captured after taking off from Malta, such as the case of a Vickers Wellington bomber from No. 458 Squadron RAA (Royal Australian Air Force) the crew ...

Bruce Eames recalls his first flight with Minot pilot Warren Pietsch in the P-51 Mustang “The Dakota Kid.” “I’ll never forget ...

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