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The Bombing of the Major V-Weapon Sites – The Fortress of Mimoyecques

3rd February 2019 Blown Periphery 0

There were a multitude of Crossbow V-Weapon sites throughout northern France and most were attacked from the air and later overrun by the advancing Allied armies. The light bombers of the Second Tactical Air Force [more…]

The Bombing of the Major V-Weapon Sites – The Siracourt V1 Bunker

25th January 2019 Blown Periphery 0

The Allies could finally claim air superiority over France and Belgium by 1943. It had been a hard-fought battle that started after the Battle of Britain in the Circus and Rhubarb sweeps over France, the [more…]

The Bombing of the Major V-Weapon Sites – Wizernes and La Coupole

18th January 2019 Blown Periphery 0

As discussed in the previous article, the successful air attacks against the Watten bunker forced the German Army to find an alternative location for a V-2 missile launch site nearby. They had already taken possession [more…]

The Bombing of the Major V Weapon Sites – The Watten Bunker

11th January 2019 Blown Periphery 0

Following on from the bombing of Peenemunde in August 1943, the Allied bomber offensive continued to attack precision targets in France with heavy bombers. The “Crossbow” offensive lasted from June until September of 1944, much [more…]

The Disappearance of the Lady be Good

30th December 2018 Blown Periphery 0

The Lady be Good was a B-24 Liberator bomber, newly assigned to the 514th Bomb Squadron, based at Soluch Field in Libya, near Benghazi. The aircraft and its crew arrived at the Libyan base around [more…]

The Eagle

7th August 2018 Æthelberht 0

So far we’ve covered the Eagle’s inception, its design and features and its combat record as an air superiority fighter. There’s one more part to the Eagle’s tale, and that one involves dropping bombs on [more…]

The Eagle

24th July 2018 Æthelberht 0

In part two of this series we examined the design features and capabilities of the F-15 and how they compared to its predecessor. In this third part we’re going to take a look at the [more…]

The Eagle

10th July 2018 Æthelberht 0

In the first part of this mini-series we looked at the background of the F-15’s gestation, the combat experience in Vietnam, the development of new Soviet fighters and how these all influenced the F-X programme [more…]

The Eagle

28th June 2018 Æthelberht 0

In my last mini-series of articles we had a look at the Boeing 737. I hope you came away from that with a better appreciation of what a remarkable machine it is and a testament [more…]