I started Acepilots.com in 1999. As of late 2012, it’s still going strong. It includes biographies of famous aces & aviators and descriptions of many great airplanes: American, German, British, Japanese, and Russian. I recommend it to anyone interested in those topics.
Over time, the site got too sprawling and unfocused, so I trimmed it back to its core content, and moved some secondary content here, notably some summaries of forum discussions, and a large number of profiles of older planes.
Help please. I am interested in an aircraft that was used in WW2. There was a show on the History Channel about this craft and how it was used to “skip” drop a bomb down a river, going over sub netting to hit the traget’ which was a dam.
(Like skipping a stone on a lake).This is a great story and I would like to find a copy of the film.
Thanks and if you haven,t seen this film, take the time
Great film. They were modified Avro Lancaster Mk IIIs of 617 Sqn. The movie was called “The Dambusters,” and should be readily available from Amazon, Netflix, etc.
I just discovered your site. its really terrific.
I have been working on get in touch with the families of my fathers b17 crew. It has been a moving, enlightening experience so far. One thing that occurred to me, however: As brave as our fathers were flying american heavies, imagine being the pilot of an obviously obsolete H111 over Britain against Spitfires. These guys had to have incredible nerve to do that , but I have never heard their story. Is there any compilation of the experiences of german pilots? I’ve read the accounts of Stuka and fighter pilots, but not bomber pilots.
Regards, Tony
I don’t know of any books about He111 pilots. Sorry.