The Sunderland
Posts from the ‘World War 2’ category
The Bomber
The Seaplane
The Flyboy
The Utter Pointlessness of War
Over 57,000 aircrew were killed during World War 2 (46% death rate). I can’t help wondering how many more young men and women will be killed if fighting breaks out (again) in Iran/Iraq and beyond. Ultimately a pointless and tragic loss of human life. We never seem to learn.
The German Fighter
The Cypher Machine
The Jeep
The Lysander Cockpit
Very brave men flew these Lysander aircraft during WW2. The RAF pilots who flew these aircraft behind enemy lines, landed and either picked up or dropped off resistance fighters. The pilots would land in the dead of night in out of the way fields guided by only three people on the ground who held torches. No GPS or navigational aids in those days. The aircraft were unarmed.
The Tiger
The Printing Press (not just any printing press).
Not just any printing press. This press was used by the Dutch Resistance during World War 2 to print leaflets. More than 20,000 Dutch people were arrested because of their work with the Dutch Resistance. 2,000 Resistance workers were executed. Many Resistance workers were sent to concentration camps. So many brave people.
The Defender of London
Air Chief Marshal Sir Keith Rodney Park, GCB, KBE, MC & Bar, DFC was a New Zealand soldier, First World War flying ace and Second World War Royal Air Force commander. He was in operational command during two of the most significant air battles in the European theatre in the Second World War, helping to win the Battle of Britain and the Battle of Malta. In Germany, he was supposedly known as “the Defender of London”.
The Yellow & Red Nose
The Fighter
The American Warbird
The Spitfire (2)
The Spitfire (1)
The Lancaster (2)
The Silver Bird
The Tiger
The Lancaster (1)
The Night Fighter
The Hurricane
The American Warbird (2)
The American Warbird (1)
