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Fieseler Fi 103R – Reichenberg – a German V1 based Suicide Jet

Like the Japanese manned kamikaze missile Yokosuka MXY-7 OHKA; the German Luftwaffe had their own suicide aircraft. The …

Posted June 4, 2022 (updated February 4, 2023) by Patrick

M2 Carbine with T3-A1 Dual Magazine Holder

The most common accessory for extra ammo on the M1 during WW2 was a belt pouch on its …

Posted May 26, 2022 (updated May 26, 2022) by Patrick

Messerschmitt Me 262 A-1a – Schwalbe – German Jet Interceptor

The Interceptor Messerschmitt Me 262 A-1a Schwalbe was the world's first operational jet-powered fighter aircraft. In the role …

Posted April 12, 2022 (updated February 4, 2023) by Patrick

R4M Orkan – German Air to Air Rocket

The R4M Orkan – hurricane – was a German developed Air to Air rocket during the Second World …

Posted April 10, 2022 (updated February 4, 2023) by Patrick

Rheintochter R1 – Anti-Aircraft Missile - Control Fins - photo 2012

Rheintochter R1 – German Anti-Aircraft Missile

The Rheintochter missile was a two stage anti-aircraft missile. The German army ordered the surface to air rocket …

Posted April 7, 2022 (updated February 4, 2023) by Patrick

Bachem Ba 349 Natter - photo 2012

Bachem Ba 349 Natter – The First Vertical Take-off Interceptor

This plane was more of a manned surface to air missile but it was not a kamikaze plane. …

Posted March 24, 2022 (updated February 3, 2023) by Patrick


Fliegerhorst Twente Featured

Fliegerhorst Twente – Twente, Netherlands

When the Second World War broke out, the airfield was officially closed in 1940 and the hangar blown …

Posted May 9, 2021 (updated June 15, 2022) by Patrick

Featured Fliegerhorst Venlo

Fliegerhorst Venlo – Yankee 55 – The Netherlands

Nachtjagdgeschwader 1 or I./NJG 1 was stationed on this Luftwaffe base, not only Night fighters were stationed here. …

Posted November 3, 2020 (updated December 31, 2022) by Patrick

Featured Torpedo Test Facility Hexengrund

Hexengrund – Torpedo test facility Gdynia – Poland

Grey concrete buildings rise out the sea in the Gulf of Danzig, at first glance it looks like …

Posted May 4, 2020 (updated October 14, 2022) by Patrick

National Filling Factory No.1 - Barnbow, Leeds

National Filling Factory No.1 also known as Barnbow

National Filling Factory No.1, also known as Barnbow, was a First World War munitions factory located at Cross …

Posted March 12, 2018 (updated February 1, 2022) by Patrick

Project Riese Mölke Ludwigsdorf

Project Riese, Dynamit Nobel AG, Mölke – Ludwikowice Kłodzkie, Poland

Near the towns of Ludwikowice Kłodzkie and Miłków in Poland lie the remains of the Dynamit Nobel A.G. …

Posted October 15, 2016 (updated August 6, 2022) by Patrick

Tunnel Complex Rzeczka, concrete room

Project Riese – Rzeczka, Dorfbach – Owl Mountains, Walim Poland

Construction on Project Riese and Rzeczka started in 1943 and the Germans kept on digging until the Russian …

Posted September 25, 2016 (updated August 6, 2022) by Patrick

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