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Can you identify this item, possibly from a Spitfire aircraft?

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 […]

Help us identify this landing gear part: Could it belong to a Spitfire?

By Pierre Kosmidis Photos © Ntinos Mpampakos, submitted to www.ww2wrecks.com and used by permission Another find by Mr. Ntinos Mpampakos in northwestern Greece, awaits its identification by aviation experts. The landing gear part was found in a remote area in the mountainous region of northwestern Greece, off the beaten track and possibly belongs to a Spitfire. During […]

Exhibits at the 42nd Annual International Plastic Modellers Society – Hellas (Photos)

By Pierre Kosmidis Photos by www.ww2wrecks.com The 42nd annual exhibition of the International Plastic Modellers Society – Hellas (IPMS Hellas), at the Technopolis City of Athens, on 27-28 and 29 October 2023, featured some fascinating scale models, including tributes to the Mediterranean theatre of operations during WW2, the Yom Kippur War, Matchbox 50th Anniversary and the 35 Years […]

The story of William John Breed, a British soldier in Greece during WW2: “I fell asleep in a foxhole one night and woke up the next day behind enemy lines”

By Pierre Kosmidis Photos and information provided by Daniel Breed to www.ww2wrecks.com and used by permission Operation “Marita”, the German invasion of Greece, initiated on April 6, 1941, swiftly developed in a chaotic situation for the British Expeditionary Force. The Germans advanced at such a pace, that the few and intermittent stands of the Allies, […]