History

When A German Pilot Escorted An American Bomber To Safety During World War II (Charlie Brown and Franz Stigler incident) On December 20th, 1943, when, after a successful bomb run on Bremen. 2nd Lt. Charles “Charlie” Brown was flying his B-17F Flying Fortress named “Ye Olde Pub” was severely damaged …

When Iraqi jet Aircraft Struck an American Frigate USS Stark and Killed 37 Sailors On May 17, 1987, the U.S. Navy guided-missile frigate USS Stark was on a patrol in the central Persian Gulf At night, Stark came under attack from an apparent Iraqi Air Force jet Aircraft. An Iraqi …

Ramstein air show disaster ! 70 deaths and 346 serious injuries  Footage of the Ramstein airshow disaster where a display by the Italian Air Force display team went horribly wrong resulting in 70 deaths and 346 serious injuries. on 28 August 1988 during the Flugtag 1988 airshow at the US …

Battle of the Heligoland   image from cranstonfinearts The Battle of the Heligoland Bight was the first “named” air battle of the Second World War, which began the longest air campaign of the war, the Defence of the Reich. On 3 September 1939, the United Kingdom declared war on Nazi Germany …

 U2 Spy plane crash still a mystery 50+ years on It has been 50 years since US pilot Francis Gary Powers was shot down over the Soviet Union, marking a turning point in the Cold War. A U2 spy plane was on a mission to film Soviet military bases when …