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Some of the most satisfying, not to mention poignantly solemn, moments are those when a long-lost ship or aircraft wreck is ...
Baltimore FW282, operated by RAAF's No 454 Squadron, was returning from a mission over the Aegean Sea when it was ambushed.
Baltimore bomber aircraft, which was lost while on an operational mission during the Second World War, has been discovered ...
The British government claimed that eating carrots helped its fighter pilots shoot down German planes at night. In truth, the Royal Air Force relied on top-secret radar ...
The plane, part of the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), crashed off the Greek island of Antikythera, killing Leslie and two ...
The Hawker Hurricane was not as attractive or streamlined as the Spitfire, and it failed to capture the public’s respect in ...
A World War II bomber shot down by Nazi fighters in December 1943 has finally been discovered 82 years later, submerged 61 ...
The wreck of the RAAF plane Baltimore FW282, which was shot down by the Nazis in December 1943, was found in the Aegean Sea ...
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