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Share this article When the Spanish Civil War broke out in 1936, the Luftwaffe was a new air force, having been established in…

Bob Hoover was born on January 24, 1922, in Nashville, Tennessee. He enlisted in the Air Corps Branch of the Army National Guard…

LT Ira “IKE” KEPFORD When we talk about the aces of the Second World War, the name of Lieutenant Ira “Ike” KEPFORD is…

Hungary’s skies, raid over Debrecen Marshalling Yards, September 21, 1944: “Sweet Pea”, a Boeing B-17G, tail number 238078 of the 2th Bomb Group’s…

An adjustable spanner (UK and most other English-speaking countries), shifting spanner (Australia and New Zealand), English wrench (Turkey) or adjustable wrench (US and Canada) is any of various styles of spanner…

Enlarge this image Lou Conter, pictured at the 75th anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, in 2016, died on Monday. He…

Gerhard Barkhorn was a legendary, although contentious, aviator who flew for the Luftwaffe  during World War II. Nonetheless, he earned a vast number…

Lieutenant Edwin Wright of the 404th Fighter Group shows off the damage caused by flak to his P-47 Thunderbolt. USAAF a the airfield…

In 1862, Richard Jordan Gatling invented a multi-barreled, rotating gun operated by a hand crank that could fire up to 200 rounds a…

Étienne Lenoir (1822–1900) On January 24, 1860, Belgian engineer Étienne Lenoir  was granted a patent on his newly developed internal combustion engine. Lenoir’s…

Adolphe Sax (1814-1894) On November 6, 1814, Belgian musical instrument designer and musician  Antoine-Joseph “Adolphe” Sax was born. Besides playing flute and clarinet, he…