Back in France after his leave, on 12th July 1917 Mannock shot down a DFW twin-seat reconnaissance aircraft near Avion. He wrote in his diary: The bus crashed south of Avion. I hurried out at [more…]
An Irish Airman Foresees his Death I know that I shall meet my fate Somewhere among the clouds above; Those that I fight I do not hate Those that I guard I do not love; [more…]
The slug of super-heated copper hit the Land Cruiser at Mach 6, punching through the light metal and Kevlar liner as if it wasn’t there. It entered just behind the driver compartment, some fifty centimetres [more…]
This will be the third and final installment in the Oxcart series. In the first part we looked at the early airborne reconnaissance missions of the Cold War and the requirements which led to the [more…]
Wednesday 19th February It seemed as though Colonel Nguyen was getting frustrated with National Caveats as well. His Environmental Health Officer, Major Stavros Balaskas was due to go up to the Czech military hospital on [more…]
In part one of this series we took a look at the early spy flights of the Cold War and the vital intelligence they gathered from behind the Iron Curtain. We mentioned some of the [more…]
Monday 16th February Margin was constantly amazed at just how little work was completed in the ISAF Headquarters. Most of the day-to-day running of operations in Afghanistan were carried out by the ISAF Regional Commands [more…]
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