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Officially designated as United States Submachine Gun, Cal. 45, M3, the venerable M3 was officially introduced into service in 1944. As noted by Clare...
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Officially designated as United States Submachine Gun, Cal. 45, M3, the venerable M3 was officially introduced into service in 1944. As noted by Clare...
Nakajima B5N, Explained – Last year, I wrote a three-part series for 19FortyFive commemorating the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Midway. One of...
Since I’ve written about both American and Japanese WWII dive bombers – the Douglas SBD Dauntless and Aichi D3A “Val” respectively” – on behalf...
There is a surviving Nakajima Kikka airframe on display at the Mary Baker Engen Restoration Hangar of the Smithsonian’s Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Virginia.
Not too long ago, I argued within the (virtual) pages of 19FortyFive as to why the P-51D Mustang should be considered not just the...
The Consolidated Model 28, better known as the PBY Catalina (U.S. Navy designation; the Royal Canadian Air Force [RCAF] named her the “Canso”) made...
The M4 Sherman is by some considered a strong World War II tank. Other historians hate it. Who has it right? “Quantity has a quality...
Out of 214 Ar 234s built, there remains one sole survivor today. It is on display at the Smithsonian's Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in...
Out of 7,377 Avro Lancasters built, 17 survive today, two of which are airworthy: tail number PA474, which is operated by the Battle of...
After the war, the newly-independent U.S. Air Force converted a number of its Mitchells into unarmed transports and training craft, with the last such...