Mission de-brief

I, and some junior Intel Officers surveyed the ancient aircraft the SAS had found abandoned in the desert We thought they'd perfect for our clandestine operations. Made of string and wood, y'see, so invisible to the enemy's radar...




As I had heroically volunteered for the most dangerous mission, despite my lovely Carruthers begging me not to, I thought it best to false flag my aircraft in case the bugger got shot down.



Rather classically, I thought, we set off at dawn...


Our mission was two fold...

One: Locate & Destroy the enemy's prototype aerial battleship. Intel Cor thought this might give our ground forces some serious strafing hassle.



Two: Stop the supply trains so they couldn't build another of this terrifying leviathans...



We attacked against all odds...


And destroyed our objectives...







We returned to our base...
..safely, though some not quite as unscathed as others...



However, we all got that al important hero's welcome home!

TTFN!

FE8 over Flanders

Messerschmitt Me323D-1 Gigant

The amazing, huge, slow, but very heavy load bearing Messerschmitt Me323D-1 Gigant

Originally designed as a glider, it used rockets to boost take off spee when loaded.

Six engines, 55m (180 ft. 5.5 in.)Wing span, 28.15m (92 ft. 4.25 in.)long,
10.15m (33 ft. 3.5 in.) high, Weights:Empty: 27,330kg (60,260 lbs.)
Maximum: 43,000kg (94,815 lbs.)
684 miles (1100km)Range.

Five MG 15 nose mounted, Six Mg 34 MG's in beam windows to keep the Allies at bay.

Junkers G38

The G38 was the world's biggest land aircraft of its time, 1929 early—1930s.
With a wingspan of 44 metres, the wings themselves were metres thick and ten metres deep, and each could seat two passengers with a unique view through windows at the leading edge!
Another Thirty four passengers are seated in the fuselage.
The plane even had a luxury bar and comfortable salon.

First full-length flat deck, HMS Argus ( 1918 )

How many do you think would fit in the hold?

Lockheed P-38 Lightning back from dead ( 2 )

July 1942 two Boeing B-17 bombers were being escorted by six Lockheed P-38 Lightning fighters as they flew over Greenland towards Reykjavik, Iceland.
Disoriented by poor visibility, and a decision to return to base and abandone thier mission caused them to run out of fuel.
They had no choice but to crash-land on the icecap of Greenland.

The men were rescued later, but the aircraft left to thier Icy fate, became known as the lost squadron.

Fifty years later a rescue paarty of enthusiasts returne for the aircraft.

The Glacier Girl, the twin-engine P-38 “Lightning” fighter that was recovered from beneath the Greenland ice cap in 1992, is now fully restored and amazing audiences with her story wherever she goes.

More detailed intel here, here and here

ALIENS in WW2

AIRCRAFT OF THE FUTURE ( 7 ) Airship Aircraft Carrier circa 1930

It stalled, no problem...

WW2 Luftwaffe boneyard

Hinderburg over New York

Pearl Harbour Japanese surrender Victory fly past

Ze Zign Zays nein Schmokin!

Tres Icons

Flying boat, Statue of liberty and the Queen Mary

Sea vixen ad

Plane Ugly ( 1 ) JF-2 Grumman "Duck"

FLY PAST '45

Luftwaffe boneyard

Germany, 1945, in Unter Biberg, near Munich Luftwaffe squadrons on the Eastern Front, had been landing regularly in mass fly-ins to surrender to the British and Americans, rather than the Russians, for obvious reasons.

The once mighty Luftwaffe aircraft were left to rot...





Hungarian Air Force wrecked Me109 on a dead lufwaffe Me262