A Short History of the RAF Pathfinder Force
RAF Bomber Command was Britain’s greatest and mightiest weapon during the Second World War. It was the only weapon capable...
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French Canberras
After the Second World War, France had no bombers on strength. In the 1950s the French government tried to find...
No master of the sea!
The combination of a flying boat and jet engines seemed in the early fifties a logical development as a replacement...
Douglas A2D-1 Skyshark
With the Douglas AD-1 Skyraider operational shortly after the end of the Second World War, the U.S. Navy was already...
Convair XP5Y-1/R3Y-1 and –2 Tradewind
Based on 1945 U.S. Navy requirements Consolidated-Vultee (later renamed Convair) designed a fast flying boat that was suitable for various...
Martin Mars
When in the thirties the first 'Clipper' flying boats were introduced for trans-ocean passenger transport, this seemed the final solution....
Sopwith aircraft
In aviation history, the name Sopwith Camel represents one of the flying legends and great aircraft from the First World...
Willem de Graaff – KLM and KG 200 pilot!
Willem Eduard de Graaff was the son of a Dutch father and an Indonesian mother. Before the Second World War...
Short Sunderland- The flying porcupine
One of the most outstanding British seaplanes during the Second World War was the Short Sunderland flying boat. It was...
