Category Archives: History

THE EXPLOITS OF AN AMERICAN PILOT IN WORLD WAR I – ENSIGN NORMAN JACKSON LEARNED, U.S.N.R.-F-C. By Bruce McWhirk (photo: Elmira Star-Gazette) Ensign Norman Jackson Learned, U.S.N.R.-F-C. was the only U.S. Navy aviator who successfully led an attack that sunk a German U-boat during World War 1 ENSIGN NORMAN “JACK” LEARNED STATIONED AT RAF BASEContinue reading ““LIGHTER THAN AIR””

THE BATTLE OF NAUSET BEACH, CAPE COD, MASSACHUSSETTS, USA By Bruce K. McWhirk FRIDAY, JULY 19, 1918: B-12 BLIMP GOES MISSING  THE U.S. NAVY’S B-12 BLIMP PATROLS FROM CHATHAM, CAPE COD LOOKING FOR GERMAN U-BOATS The following article appeared in the Aircraft Journal in 1919. It describes the disappearance from Naval Air Station (NAS) Chatham’s of its B-classContinue reading “CAPE COD’S WILD SUMMER WEEKEND DURING WORLD WAR I”

The Story of the Young British WAAFs who operated “ROMEO”, an R.A.F. Barrage Balloon, over Grosvenor Square, London during World War II MODEL STUDENTS – Four British WAAFS (members of the Women’s Auxiliary Air Force) study a model of a Barrage Balloon. (photo: IWM) WAAF airwomen worked with the Royal Air Force (RAF) during WorldContinue reading “DEFENDING GENERAL EISENHOWER’S HEADQUARTERS IN WARTIME LONDON”