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Carrots Can’t Help You See in the Dark. Here’s How a World War II Propaganda Campaign Popularized the Myth
The British government claimed that eating carrots helped its fighter pilots shoot down German planes at night. In truth, the ...
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RAAF WW2 Baltimore attack bomber aircraft wreck found in Antikythera, Greece
A WW2 Baltimore attack bomber aircraft wreck belonging to the Royal Australian Air Force was discovered off the coast of ...
John Hemingway, last airman from WWII’s Battle of Britain, dies at 105
In terse notations, the logbook kept by Royal Air Force fighter pilot John “Paddy” Hemingway in the summer of 1940 records the deadly struggles in the skies over England as wave after wave of German ...
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Historical Australia’s WWII Bomber Discovered Underwater in Greece
Australia's Air Force Baltimore bomber, which was lost during WWII, has been discovered off the island of Antikythera in ...
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Australian Air Force restores WW2 P-40E Kittyhawk A29-90 aka Ming the Merciless
The Royal Australian Air Force has unveiled the restoration of a World War II P-40E Kittyhawk A29-90 aircraft, also known as ...
Memorials planned for disused WW2 airfields
Memorials will be unveiled at Oakington and Bourn Airfields on 28 and 29 March to remember their contributions to World War ...
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Last surviving RAF fighter ace from the Battle of Britain dies at 105
March 18 (UPI) --The last surviving Royal Air Force fighter pilot who fought in the Battle of Britain in 1940 during World War II has died. He was 105 years old. Announcing the death of John ...
‘Significant’: RAAF plane lost in WWII discovered off Greece coast
A Royal Australian Air Force bomber lost during the Second World War has been discovered off the coast of Greece, bringing an ...
British Royal Air Force Members Damage Paddington Statue
Surveillance footage shows the moment two 22-year-old men broke and stole a statue of the children’s book and film character ...