2019

SUnknownHorrible Bombing Mistake Pays Off! - A True Story - WWII Mini-Documentary Cinematic Recreation

Thu, Jul 01, 2021

In June of 1943 fifty Allied bombers were dispatched to bomb a Nazi controlled airfield near Brussles Belgium. The lead bombardier used a park in the city to calibrate his sights then accidentally released his bomb load. The disaster turned to victory as the Nazis had commandeered the houses surrounding the park for their soldiers.

0 /10

SUnknownThe One Man Air Force - The True Story of American Pilot James Howard - Historical WWII Recreation

Thu, Aug 12, 2021

This is the story of James Howell Howard 's solo engagement of approximately thirty Nazi fighters which were attacking a group of B-17 Flying Fortresses.

0 /10

SUnknownUnauthorized Revenge Attack on the Gestapo - The True Story of Baron Jean de Selys Longchamps

Thu, Aug 26, 2021

Jean Michel de Selys Longchamps, a Belgian flying with the Royal Air Force, received condemnation then commendation for single handedly conducting a strafing attack on the Gestopo Headquarters in Brussels where they had tortured his father to death.

0 /10

SUnknownHow a Mathematician Saved the American Bombers in World War II - Abraham Wald & Survivorship Bias

Thu, Oct 28, 2021

During World War Two the Allies began to realize that their aircraft losses in their strategic bombing campaign were unsustainable and began looking for ways to make the bombers more resistant to antiaircraft fire. Armed with data where planes were being hit from maintenance records they approached a team at the Columbia University. Abraham Wald prepared an analysis recommending introducing more armor to areas of the plane that did NOT show damage in maintenance records.

0 /10

SUnknownThe Most Incredible World War II Story You've Never Heard - Henry Erwin's Medal of Honor

Thu, Mar 17, 2022

During a B-29 raid on Japan a phosphorus targeting bomb detonated in one of the aircraft. Henry Erwin managed to oust the bomb from the plane while burning from the white phosphorus.

0 /10

SUnknownWhen America's Greatest Ace Took on 9 Japanese Zeros - True Story of Richard Bong

Thu, Mar 31, 2022

An account of P-38 pilot Dick Bong's solo encounter with nine Japanese Zeros.

0 /10

SUnknownHow a WWII Pilot Destroyed TWO Enemy Aircraft Carriers - The Story of Richard Halsey Best

Tue, May 10, 2022

By bombing the aircraft carriers Akagi and Hiryu in the Battle of Miday Richard Halsey Best is like the only pilot in history to strike two aircraft carriers in one day.

0 /10

SUnknown5 Things You Never Knew About the P-51 Mustang

Thu, May 12, 2022

Here are a few of the obscure historical moments involving the iconic P-51 fighter.

0 /10

SUnknownThe Deadly "Kamikaze Killer" Pilot of World War II

Thu, Jun 23, 2022

An account of the legendary day when the Death Rattlers squadron shot down seventeen kamikaze with Jeremiah O'Keefe alone dispatching five.

0 /10

SUnknown5 Things You Never Knew About the B-17 Flying Fortress

Thu, Jul 07, 2022

Like most aircraft Boeing's Flying Fortress had some curious birthing problems. But on combat missions it proved to be a tough beast. Here's are the stories of how it almost didn't make into the air and why the Luftwaffe struggled to bring it down.

0 /10

SUnknownWhat History Never Told You About the B-29 Superfortress

Thu, Dec 15, 2022

Beoing's B-29 Superfortress, the most advanced bomber of World War Two, was already in development before the war but still suffered from start up issues in the rush to push it into production. Production was low so it was limited to the Pacific theater where its long range was critical.

0 /10