Showing posts with label Battle of Britain. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Battle of Britain. Show all posts

Tuesday, 26 April 2016

War on a daily basis - moral gap. Luftwaffe on the Channel Islands

Pictures illustrate an article Corey Charlton for MailOnline: 'And here's one of me at the harbor in just bombed': Amazing pictures show German Luftwaffe crew posing for holiday snaps on Jersey Their days after air raid killed 44.


German pilot Gefreiter Ernst Ostheimer poses for a photograph by the sea on the newly conquered island of Jersey in July 1940

Sunday, 21 February 2016

Luftwaffe - different kind of army in reality of Third Reich.

So many times, the size of people testified their skill of finding in fact, despite the experience of the past. War - is a terrifying experience for all side of conflict. Of course, history and facts create the pictures "bad guys and good guys", only people free from the experiences of the event, try to get the best lessons and knowledge from of past events.

Adolfo Galland - Luftwaffe Ace
and iconic character of history
of the Luftwaffe
"Because of people like Skalski, we lost the Battle of Britain, but thanks to such as he disappeared bleak vision of Nazism, which threatened to the world" Adolf Galland
Stanislaw Skalski - polish Ace fighter
and icon of  history of polish Air Force.

Stanislaw Skalski


Some kind of people is just "born to fly" and all stuff around is less important then everything. History in simply way, determines their fate. I don't intend here "bleach" in any way criminal achievements of the people of the Nazi regime, but in an objective way to think about the attitudes of individual people.


Some facts and some legends are formed inexplicable bond between people committed flying in the sky.
Perfectly captures this amazing bond, the story of the funeral of the German ace from WWI Max Immelmann. Some people have told stories about British aircraft, which flew over the funeral and dropped flowers in the name of respect and admiration for the German pilot. Amazing.


Battle of Britain Aces Adolf Galland in the cockpit, Stanford Tuck and Douglas Bader. Fl Lt Pete Thorn from the Battle of Britain Memorial flight nearest on the ground and Peter Rushen Ground Crew behind him. The venue the 1978 Bex air show in Switzerland and the Spitfire a Mk V AB910

Monday, 15 February 2016

A set of pictures of crashed Luftwaffe planes during the Battle of Britain

Troops guard the wreck of Heinkel He 111P (W.Nr 1582: G1+FR)
 of 7./KG 55, which was shot down during an attack on Great
Western Aerodrome (now Heathrow)
 and crash-landed at High Salvington near Worthing, 16 August 1940
"During the Battle of Britain it is estimated that the Royal Air Force shot down 1887 German planes. Some planes crashed nose first into the ground and were completely obliterated but other pilots manged to crash land and remained relatively intact.

These planes were prized trophies for propaganda reasons but also to learn more about the German planes and it’s technology. Last but not least, the remains were recycled back into new planes for the RAF, the crashed planes were full of metals that Britain desperately needed to survive.
The crashed planes were photographed and cataloged and then removed, here are 22 of the best images we could find!"

Tuesday, 29 September 2015

Battle of Britain by Miro Sarić

Introduction

 The Battle of Britain  is the name given to the Second World War air campaign waged by the German Air Force (Luftwaffe) against the United Kingdom during the summer and autumn of 1940. The Battle of Britain was the first major campaign to be fought entirely by air forces, and was also the largest and most sustained aerial bombing campaign to that date.
Air battles and bombing runs was fought mostly around southern England and English Channel, with defending side was RAF (Royal army force)  and RCAF (Royal Canadian air force)  mounting some 1900 planes at the peak of conflict.
And from attacking side Luftwaffe (German air force)  and Regia Aeronautica (Italian air force)  mounting some 2500 planes at the peak of conflict.