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What Does a Two-Headed, Venom-Spitting Snake Have to Do With WWII?
I got this patch from my grandfather, who served in the European Theater. I have never been able to find out what outfit the patch is from. Any ideas? This has been…
This Cigarette Lighter has a Tragic Origin Story
French-born Gervais Raoul Lufbery (who makes an appearance in Aviation History‘s feature about the Nieuport 28 ) lived a peripatetic life before World War I. At…
Army and Navy Pilots Joined Together in a Day of Duels Over Vietnam
Among other responses to North Vietnam’s invasion of South Vietnam on March 30, 1972, U.S. President Richard Nixon announced on May 8 the full resumption of bombing…
This French Aviation Pioneer Pushed the Boundaries of Flight… Before it Killed Him
“Contagious enthusiasm.” That phrase describes early French aviator Léon Delagrange, who helped spread the gospel of powered heavier-than-air flight through Europe…
What Happened to the Two Canadian Aviators of Lancaster L7576?
Harry Doe started keeping a diary in January 1944. It was going to be a monumental year and the 21-year-old Canadian wanted a record for posterity.
Harry’s elder…
Finland’s ‘Sisu’ Looks Poised To Be the ‘John Wick’ of Killing Nazis
Quentin Tarantino’s “Inglorious Basterds” is no doubt among the best films when it comes to laying waste to Nazis. The upcoming “Sisu,” on the other hand, appears poised…
John Fetterman Isn’t the First Ill Politician to Serve. Here Are Examples from History.
On May 13, four days before the 2022 Pennsylvania primaries, John Fetterman, the lieutenant governor running for the Democratic Party’s senatorial nomination, suffered a…
When the Soviets Needed a Submarine, They Turned to the Germans
When the Soviet Union began to build up and modernize its military in the early 1930s, it turned to a once and future foe to help them develop a new submarine:…
This Polish Monoplane Wasn’t as Bad as You Might Think
For a brief window in the 1930s, Poland’s PZL P.11 monoplane was considered the most advanced fighter in the world. As World War I’s cloth-covered wooden biplanes…
How the 8th Vermont Defied the Odds at Cedar Creek
Squire E. Howard awoke before dawn on October 19, 1864, to what he thought was thunder. The clamor, though, wasn’t coming from the clouds but from the fog enveloping the…