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Uncovering Luftwaffe treasures in a BIG hole!

"We really hit the jackpot when we stumble upon a dumpsite where the German Luftwaffe left their WW2 artifacts behind foregood. Once these objects were considered trash, nowadays they can be ...
Major Erich Hartmann remains the greatest fighter ace in history, with 352 confirmed victories in 1,404 combat sorties during World War II. Known as the “Blond Knight of Germany,” he survived 16 ...
No sooner the first aircraft rose into the sky the military took hold of the new invention As far back as World War 1 daredevil pilots engaged into the fighting and aces like Manfred von Richtofen or ...
This article first appeared in the Stars and Stripes Northern Ireland edition Feb. 10, 1944. It is republished unedited in its original form. GUN crews of this Negro AA Battalion whose guns are ...
Frankfurt, West Germany, May 1953: World War II veterans of the Luftwaffe’s Werner Moelders wing inspect an F-84 Thunderjet during a visit to Rhein-Main Air Base, where some of them were stationed in ...
Here’s What You Need to Know: By the time that the Hs 129 entered service in quantity, the German army was on the defensive. At first glance, you might think the Henschel Hs 129 was the perfect ground ...