The retrieval of the last surviving Dornier Do 17 from the Goodwin Sands off the coast of Kent will be the biggest recovery of its kind in British waters, at a cost of £350,000.

I’m so excited about this.

collectivehistory:

German Fighter Pilots demonstrate fighting tactics on a B24 Model - 1943

ppsh-41:

German fighter ace Hans Philipp with a fox. His Messerschmitt Bf 109 can be seen in the background.

picturesofwar:

Charles Gardner reporting live during a failed German attack on a British convoy, during which a German pilot was shot down and bailed out of his aircraft above the English Channel.

(July 14, 1940)

reparations:

mehrseinalsscheinen

Finland. Midnight. 1944.

Oh.

the-seed-of-europe:

Hans-Joachim Marseille, “The Star of Africa” (1919-1942) - Luftwaffe fighter pilot and flying ace credited with 158 air victories.

Oh hey it’s the person who I read a book about at age twelve that inadvertently launched my Second World War preoccupation. Awkward innit. Arguably, therefore, a contributing factor to why I’ll be up ‘til at least three writing this Blitz essay.

This is hilariously gratuitous, but I found if I upped the definition I got facial hair and was disproportionately chuffed. Dat Luftwaffe jacket though.