D-Day Remembered
My friend, the late Archie Maltbie, had a pretty interesting D-Day story. That day he flew his first combat mission, as a pilot in the 365th "Hellhawks" Fighter Group of the 9th Air Force. From my article in this month's [...]
1/72 Horsa Glider. D-Day, Operation Deadstick – Part 3 of 3
Building the Diorama
This post is part of a group of 3, the first being the construction of the glider and the second the painting of the figures.
The scene represents the “Operation Deadstick", which occurred precisely on this same [...]
On This Day…June 5th.
Stanley Winfield ‘Swede’ Vejtasa’s first assignment was with Scouting Squadron 5 (VS-5) aboard the carrier USS Yorktown from August 1939 to May 1942, during which time he shot down 3 Japanese fighters and damaged 1 while flying an [...]
TV heads up
"The Cold Blue," the highly-anticipated documentary on the 8th Air Force is on HBO Thursday with multiple screenings then through the weekend. I just realized it seeing an ad earlier tonight.
Anybody here with HBO who doesn't [...]
Tamiya 1:48 Scale, P-47D-27 Ra, "Thunderbolt"
Typical Tamiya build...Loved it from end to end, (Except the decals,...YUK)
Kit was a pleasure to build, and I am currently working on another, as well as a Razorback version.
Markings are those of a P-47 flown by Capt. Edward Curry [...]
Italeri Leopard 2A4 – Chilean Army
The Leo 2 is the MBT chosen by the chilean army to defend the country. Here you can see it with the scheme of the 8th tank group “Exploradores”, mounted on a part of a original Leo2 track.
Enjoy.
El Leo 2 es el tanque elegido por el [...]
On This Day…June 4th.
There’s not much left one can say about Midway. My approach to this singular conflict is try and set up this first day of battle proper, and let the images tell the rest of the tale.
Early on June 4th, Vice Admiral Nagumo launched his [...]
77 years ago today
From my coming book "I Will Run Wild", quoted from the memoirs of John Bridgers, a naval aviator who experienced the Doolittle Raid, the Battle of Midway, the Battle of Guadalcanal, the Battle of the Philippine Sea and the [...]
