side story

It is clear that the Battle of England, a fight in the air that was unprecedented, marked the final death knell for the aspirations of the Third Reich. The loss of aircraft and the limited production of new aircraft due to the many strategic bombings of the Allies, resulted in an Allied force majeure in […]

Alan MageeIn 1943, Alan Magee, serving as a crew member of a B-17, took part in a bombing raid on Saint-Nazaire. The raid caused massive destruction. Magee, however, had not yet seen enough, and he leapt from his B-17, seemingly determined to cause even more damage below. The result of his freefall without a parachute