By Pierre Kosmidis With information from Themis Vranas, Ioannis Mylonas Photos © www.ww2wrecks.com, except where noted otherwise and © of their respective owners It is considered by many, as the most iconic aircraft ever to grace the skies. The C-47 Skytrain, Gooney Bird or Dakota, regardless of its nickname, was quite probably the most successful […]
By Ioannis Mylonas, Elliott Knox and Kate Siegler Photos submitted to www.ww2wrecks.com by Elliott Knox and used by permission On January 11, 1944, four B-17 Groups (2nd, 97th, 301st, and 99th) of the 5th Wing of the 15th Air Force based in Foggia, Italy, were ordered to attack the docks in the port of Piraeus, […]
By Pierre Kosmidis Photos and video © Ioannis Mylonas, submitted to www.ww2wrecks.com Μια ιστορική ημέρα η σημερινή, Πέμπτη 24 Οκτωβρίου 2024, για τους θιασώτες της αεροπορικής ιδέας, καθώς το εκπαιδευτικό μονοκινητήριο αεροσκάφος Τ-6 S/N 49-3424 της Πολεμικής Αεροπορίας, βρέθηκε και πάλι στους αιθέρες, πετώντας από το αεροδρόμιο του Τατοΐου, στην πρώτη του πτήση μετά από […]
By Pierre Kosmidis Photos © Giannis Liontis and used by permission The dramatic events, which led to the conquest of Kos island by the German forces in October 1943, come to light again, thanks to the combined efforts of locals Giannis Liontis, Antonis Togrou and Minas Kasiou. The three Kos island natives, managed to find the remains of […]
By Pierre Kosmidis Photos © Ntinos Mpampakos, submitted to www.ww2wrecks.com and used by permission The Greek Civil War, lasted from 1946 to 1949 and was a fierce and costly war, that claimed the lives of thousands of Greeks, killing each other. Mr. Ntinos Mpampakos has identified, with the assistance of respected aviation researcher Mr. Ioannis Mylonas the […]
Photos submitted to www.ww2wrecks.com by Karolos Lambrou and used by permission Mr. Karolos Lambrou, contacted www.ww2wrecks.com and provided some photos with the following description: “During a spearfishing excursion in Leros in the summer of 1979, I ran into the wreck of this aircraft engine nacelle that was in front of a car repair shop. Definitely […]
By Pierre Kosmidis Photos © Ntinos Mpampakos, submitted to www.ww2wrecks.com and used by permission Kypseli is a mountain village in the prefecture of Kastoria. It is built at an altitude of 1,080 meters on the slopes of Mount Voio and is one of the most mountainous settlements in the prefecture of Kastoria. Kypseli belongs to the municipality […]
By Pierre Kosmidis Photos © Ntinos Mpampakos, submitted to www.ww2wrecks.com and used by permission Following the positive identification of a Spitfire landing gear part in a remote mountainous area of northwestern Greece by Mr. Ntinos Mpampakos, another item awaits its identification. Since this part was found close to the landing gear, it is highly probable that this part belonged […]
By Pierre Kosmidis A German Arado Ar 196 seaplane, which was lost on February 28, 1944, at a depth of about 480 meters between Naxos and Ikaria islands in the Aegean Sea, Greece, was the unexpected catch of a fishing boat, the “Fearless II”. Surprisingly, Thanasis Sorokos the captain of the trawler found that […]
By Pierre Kosmidis Photos © Giannis Liontis and used by permission Researcher Giannis Liontis, from Kos island, Greece, has come up with yet another intriguing discovery: Wreckage belonging to one of the 7 Squadron SAAF Spitfire Mk.V lost on the island, during Operation “Polar Bear”. On 10 September 1943 six pilots and a DC-3 Dakota […]