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Fallout: The Hiroshima Cover-up

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On 6th August 1945, Colonel Paul Tibbets, flying the ‘Enola Gay’ a B-29 Superfortress named after Tibbets’s mother, dropped the first atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima.

The bomb, ‘little-boy’, devastated the city; exploding with the energy of approximately 15 kilotons of TNT....read more

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15 Amazing Images of P-51s at Iwo Jima - The Mustang’s Long Legs Made the Difference !!

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"The P-51 was the best prop fighter of World War II. It was the top air fighter and, hence, best for escort missions. The P-51 was a relative latecomer to the Pacific Theater. As the war in Europe wound down, the P-51 became more common: eventually, with the...read more

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The final two aerial kills of WWII took place in the Pacific, they were made without firing a shot by the P-61 Lady in the Dark!

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The P-61B Black Widow, manufactured by Northrop, is distinguished by being the first American military aircraft specially designed to use radar. Distinctive in shape with its twin engines and twin-boom, this night-fighter flew in all theaters during WWII, including the...read more

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Rare Uncut Footage of the F4U Corsair Fighters at Pacific Base

This is a very rare uncut footage of the F4U-1 Corsair at a Pacific base. Corsair #13 is Kenneth Walsh, awarded the Medal of Honor. This is VMF-124 (Marines) on Guadalcanal during the F4U-1 first deployment at Henderson Field in February 1943 . 

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Weapon of Denial Air Power and the Battle for New Guinea by Gary Null

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Gen. Douglas MacArthur, commander of Pacific forces in World War II, viewed the Battle of the Bismarck Sea as a disaster for the Japanese and a triumph for the Allies. In that great air-sea confrontation, U.S. and Australian air forces proved that air power could be decisive in preventing the ...read more

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Broome (Australia), 3 March 1942

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In 1942, nine Japanese Zero fighters and a reconnaissance plane descended on Roebuck Bay. The attack killed more than 80 people, many of whom were women and children, and destroyed 22 Australian, Dutch and US aircraft. It was Australia's second worst mainland wartime attack and many of the...read more

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B24 Bomber Shot Down in Caroline Islands - Incredible Footage

Cameras capture the incredible moment when a B24 Bomber plane is hit and crashing in flames. This plane was nicknamed "Brief". Serial Number 44-42058. It had taken off from Angaur Airfield, flying on a bombing mission against anti-aircraft installations on Koror, Palau Islands. Whilst over Koror...read more

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