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Hi all, I just watched the trailer for the new Lucas film Red Tails and saw what looked like small plane kill markings on the side of a BF109 under the canopy. The shot is about 2 minutes into the trailer and my question is; Did German pilots ever display victory markings this way? as far as im awar...

I think we are forgetting one point here, the Russians. There is no way Stalin would have stood by and watched Germany destroy the anglo-american forces and allow a return to a one front war. Germany could not have completed the destruction of the allies before January 12 and nothing short of a tota...

Hi, Just do a google search on Heinkel he 100 and Heinkel he 112 and you will find plenty of information on both types. Its seems the main reason why the He 100 was not entered into mass production was that it used the same engine as the 109, Daimler apparently couldn't keep up with the demand for t...

One thing I have always been curious about was how common was the use of gun camera's. (one suspects not very considering this debate still continues after 60 years)

Surley there could be no doubt as to scores if they were in common use.

Regards

Hi guys, Just wanted to add a point that I have raised before on this forum. The question of kill confirmation. I have seen before a telegram of official confirmation dated December 5th 1944 for a kill claimed on the 4th of October 1943. (over a year!) My point is how many and should these scores by...

I think the unit you mean was battle Group Pohlman. It was made up of the following companies taken from the Belgiet Battalion. 1st company ( 3 platoons equiped with armoured half tracks) 4th (heavy) company ( 2-3 anti tank platoons and 2 flak platoons) 5th (panzer) company ( panzer III & IV) Th...

The D-9 went along way to addressing the Fw-190s' main problem, that is the types poor performance at high altitude and any Improvement on the A series was a good thing in my opinion. Add to that the Ta-152 wasn't yet ready for service and the deperate situation the Luftwaffe was in late 44, you com...

Hi Liam, When studing the Battle of Britain most people tend to look at it from the British perspective considering they won, but if you look at Operation Sealion from a German point of veiw it looks alot less promising. The plan called for I think about 9 divisions for the first wave and would have...

Most Important battle of the whole war!! No offense, but it was a total and unnessesary waste of men and machines! The Germans didn't have the abillity to Invade even if they wanted to (even if they were able to achive air supremacy which they couldnt) as there navy was to weak and they had no landi...

From memory the stories about the Dowding-Churchill disagreement are true but Dowding was due to retire around the start of the war anyway because of his age but was kept on due to his command expirence. Once the Battle was ended and Britain was considered relatively safe from Invasion he was finall...

Hi Rodger Heres some info you may find interesting. 145 Polish pilots served in the RAF during the battle, 85 in RAF squadrons and the other 60 in the 302 and 303 polish squadrons. They were credited with the following kills: 302 squadron; 17 destroyed, 11 probable, 2 damaged. 303 squadron; 125 dest...

The reason behind the grudge was that in Guderians view Von kluge was the man directly responsible for his dissmissal from command of the 2nd Panzer army in 1941. They always had a difficult working relationship, Guderians "Panzer Leader" describes several arguments and disagreements durin...

I've read about him, was the first private soldier in the waffen ss to win the knights cross I think.

One brave son of a bitch!

Regards.

In "Aircraft of the Aces 6 Fockewulf aces on the Eastern front" there is a picture of an official kill claim notification dated 5/12/44 for a kill claimed on 4/10/43. Is it possible that many of the kills made later in the war never got official confirmation? What would this mean for the m...

Kill ratios are a great way to examine a units combat effectiveness but Im curious, the first tiger battalion was formed in late 42 while others like the 510th were not formed till June 44. Is this reflected in the units kill ratio? One would assume the longer a unit had the vehicle the better their...