Capital Community Radio
An interview by Tony Howes of Capital Community Radio with Peter Illidge, the Chairperson of the Military History Society of WA.
Entries by Lee Durston
Cecily Sandercock
I wanted to do something useful: the teenager who drew edible maps for Australia’s wartime pilots.
War of Words
The story behind the original misinformed naming of the Kokada battle.
P51 Mustang – “Bad Angel”
The story of how the P51 Mustang – “Bad Angel” – shot down an American airplane.
Aviation Images
Miles Whittam-Seth contributed these links to websites with an aviation theme.
Wings of War Book Review
A review of the book “Wings of War: how the P-51 Mustang gave the Allies the skies”.
Fast Facts – USS Texas
The USS Texas (BB-35) is one of two New York-class battleships constructed for the U.S. Navy prior to the outbreak of WWI. Commissioned in 1914, the USS Texas was considered one of the most powerful warships at the time.
Fast Facts – John Glenn
John Herschel Glenn Jr. (July 18, 1921 – December 8, 2016) was an American Marine Corps aviator, engineer, astronaut, businessman, and politician. He was the third American in space, and the first American to orbit the Earth, circling it three times in 1962.
Fast Facts – Sergeant John Hannah VC
Sergeant Hannah, the youngest recipient of the VC in WWII.
Fast Facts – The TBD-1 Devastator
The TBD-1 Devastator resulted from the US Navy’s desire to equip its growing carrier fleet with new aircraft designs.