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Here's a quote from Joe Marcus as published in Studs Terkel's book "THE GOOD WAR". " There were two important secret projects. They had code names. One was the Manhattan Project. We all know what that is now. The other was the Arctic Circle Project. I didn't know what the hell it was...

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I found this very interesting.

Movietone News "The Mosquito" http://youtu.be/-cb6SmK_c2g

While researching some Martin aircraft, I came across this most unusual picture. Why unusual? 1°) It depicts a Martin Model 187 in U.S. marking. The "Baltimore", as the British called it, was never procured by the U.S. for their own purposes and the planned XA-23 prototype was cancelled before...

he classic Steve McQueen movie immortalized three tunnels at Stalag Luft III POW camp. Now, astonished archaeologists have discovered a fourth called George. It has lain hidden for nearly 70 years and looks, to the untrained eye, like a building site. But, this insignificant tunnel opening...

Filed in 1941 and approved for patent in 1945, the first tank was designed by Harry M. Pflager for GSCC seems based on the M4 though the application was filed after the U.S. Army had already selected the M4 design. Was this one of the competing designs which lost out? The second, designed by...

Alongside the training and cargo gliders already in service at the outbreak of World War II, an idea that received more attention with the U.S. Army Air Force was the assault glider. Major Lewin B. Barringer, a glider specialist, on the staff of AAF, presented blueprints for such a glider in the...

During WWII the British Army came up with the idea of an Assault Tank to defeat German emplaced anti tank guns (PAK) via artillery suppression. Trialled with Churchills the idea was that the assault tank unit would advance into a friendly artillery bombardment that would suppress the anti tank...

And the Australian Sentinel ACIV tank with 17 pounder had a turret ring of 70” (1,778mm).

Dear All Does anyone know if therew are any photos/plans/sketches of this project? - "Supermarine Spitfire Mk II, P7674 had been delivered to Hucknall and was fitted with a Crecy [Rolls-Royce prototype engine] mock-up to enable cowling drawings and system details to be designed." taken from...

http://cgi.ebay.com/CURTISS-XP-55-ASCENDER-TAILLESS-PROTOTYPE-42-78846-1943_W0QQitemZ370244184141QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item563445e84d&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14 $99? Seems expensive.

There is a lot of info out there on Axis, especially German, prototypes and projects for emergency fighters--generally small, simple, easy-to-mass produce alternatives to exisiting fighters often using non-strategic materials like wood and mild steel. I'd like to learn more about Allied...

I came across this neat OSS briefing film referenced in the Wikipedia article on the M29 Weasel. The 10 minute video--worth the wait, I promise--includes some discussion of the various alternative approaches to travel across ice and snow that were evaluated as well as a lot of footage of the...

Was those projects real or fake ?. http://www.ww2incolor.com/forum/showthread.php?t=4101

XA-44, later became XB-53 From http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil

Aircraft illustrated August 1974

Hi folks, Looking for information on rare Supermarine Spitfire variants (either one-offs or paper projects). I am especially interested in any possible radial engined proposals. Regards, Greg