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They Called His Fighter “Obsolete Junk” – Until He Down 6 Zeros
At 10 o’clock in the morning on December 23rd, 1941, David Tex Hill sat in the cockpit of a P40 Tomahawk, sweating through his flight…
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His P 51 Went Down — So He Flew Home in an Enemy Aircraft
Picture this. You’re a fighter pilot, thousands of feet above enemy territory. Your aircraft is shot to pieces, smoke pouring from the engine, and you’re…
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Luftwaffe Pilot Thought His Life Was Over | Americans Let Him Fly Their Planes Instead
Snow settles on the frozen canopy of the Herkin Forest, December 1944. As a young Leftwaffa pilot named Carl Hines Jagger presses his gloved hand…
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They Ordered Him Not to Fire — 4 Minutes Later, 12 Bf 109s Were Gone
In the freezing skies over a wartorrn continent, a lone gunner is about to make a choice. It’s a choice that everyone from his commanders…
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How One B-17 Gunner Broke the Rules and Took Out 12 Luftwaffe Fighters
March 6th, 1944, approximately 1,130 hours central European time. Altitude 23,000 ft over central Germany, a Boeing B17G flying fortress from the 100th Bomb Group,…
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How One Engineer’s “Broken” Propeller Saved Allied Pilots
In March of 1943, maintenance logs from Republic Aviation’s Farmingdale facility recorded an unusual complaint. Test pilots flying the new P47 Thunderbolt reported a strange…
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German General Couldn’t Believe 13,000 Allied Paratroopers Dropping Behind Atlantic Wall on D Day
June 6th, 1944 0130 hours. General Major Wilhelm Fi, commander of the German 91st Division, receives an impossible phone call from his headquarters in Picavville.…
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The Germans mocked the Americans trapped in Bastogne, then General Patton said, Play the Ball
The other Allied commanders thought he was either lying or had lost his mind. The Germans were laughing, too. Hitler’s surprise attack had just ripped…
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German Pilots Laughed At The P-47 Thunderbolt, Until Its Eight .50s Rained Lead on Them
April 8th, 1,943 27,000 ft above occupied France. The sky was a cruel silver ocean, thin, cold, and endless. A German ace, obelutinant Ralph Hermission,…
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Germany’s Top Pilots Tested a “Captured Spitfire” And Called It ‘Impossible'”
May 1945, Lechfeld Airfield, Bavaria. A quiet hum fills the air as an American test pilot cuts the engine of his P47 Thunderbolt and climbs…
- SS Officer Vanished To South America — Generations Later, His Jungle Hideout Was Finally Found
In 1945, as Berlin burned, one man simply disappeared while Allied forces closed in and… Read more: SS Officer Vanished To South America — Generations Later, His Jungle Hideout Was Finally Found - “Remove Your Bra But Keep Everything Else” — The Command That Left German Women POWs Confused
Remove your bra. Keep everything else on. The translator repeats it slowly like she misheard,… Read more: “Remove Your Bra But Keep Everything Else” — The Command That Left German Women POWs Confused - You Will Share This Bed With Us — The Unimaginable Command That Shocked Japanese Women POWs
The fan wasn’t working. Heat clung to the canvas walls like wet cloth. In a… Read more: You Will Share This Bed With Us — The Unimaginable Command That Shocked Japanese Women POWs - German General Vanished in 1944 — 81 Years Later His Hidden Forest Bunker Was Discovered by Accident
Two men walk into a forest in eastern Poland, carrying metal detectors and shovels. They’re… Read more: German General Vanished in 1944 — 81 Years Later His Hidden Forest Bunker Was Discovered by Accident - German General Vanished in 1944 — 81 Years Later His Hidden Forest Base Was Discovered by Accident
A forestry worker in rural Poland is mapping storm damage when his boot hits something… Read more: German General Vanished in 1944 — 81 Years Later His Hidden Forest Base Was Discovered by Accident - “Lower Your Shoulder Straps for Inspection” — What Officer Did Next Made Japanese Women POWs Go Numb
Lower your shoulder straps. Six words. 43 women stop breathing. The canvas tent flaps hard… Read more: “Lower Your Shoulder Straps for Inspection” — What Officer Did Next Made Japanese Women POWs Go Numb