By Pierre Kosmidis Photos © Leonidas Sboukis, submitted exclusively to www.ww2wrecks.com and used by permission Spitfire LF Mk IXc MJ755 was built at the Castle Bromwich factory and delivered to No. 43 Squadron RAF in August 1944, which was operating over Southern France. In 1947 MJ755 was transferred to the Royal Hellenic Air Force, along with 120 other Spitfires and used by the RHAF […]
By Pierre Kosmidis TEXT BY PIERRE KOSMIDIS PHOTOS BY DIMITRIS GALONOn November 14, 1916 the luxury liner S/S Burdigala, formerly known as “Kaiser Friedrich” struck a mine and sunk between Kea and Makronissos islands. 2016 marks the centenary of this shipwreck, the second largest in the Greek Seas, after the “Brittanic”, which was lost in 1916 too. The […]
By Pierre Kosmidis Photos © www.ww2wrecks.com A true legend of the skies, a Hellenic Air Force F-104 Starfighter, with a unique paint scheme, has been given a full refurbishment, making it once again a proud warbird. The paint scheme depicts Mount Olympus, the tallest mountain of Greece, known as the “home of the ancient gods” in Greek […]
By Pierre Kosmidis Captioned photos by Lt. (GM) Nikolaos Christofilis HN, Author and Independent Researcher Wartime propaganda mechanisms are generally inflating the numbers of enemy aircraft shot down, while downgrading the numbers of their own losses. This general rule applies to every nation at war and as time goes by, many myths are shrouding the truth and […]
By Pierre Kosmidis Lt. Colonel (ret.) Ilias Kotridis has dedicated his life and efforts unearthing the lost secrets of the “Metaxas Line”, a complex of concrete bunkers and fortresses that withstood the German invasion. The Germans launched their attack on April 6, 1941 and the Greek army stationed at the bunkers caused a significant number […]
By Pierre Kosmidis Photos submitted by Tony Rogers Following the book “Swastika Over the Aegean”, acclaimed author and researcher Tony Rogers worked on the new edition of “Churchill’s Folly”. With updated information, details that only recently came to light and lots of other important elements, Tony Rogers’ revised edition “Churchill’s folly” is a “must have” for anyone […]
By Pierre Kosmidis Military archaeology, the research for battlefield relics dating to World War 1 and World War 2 is a widespread practice in many areas across the world. In Europe, the fierce battles fought on the Eastern Front during WW2, produced millions of dead soldiers, many of whom lay where they fell. Groups of […]
By Pierre Kosmidis Colour photos by Lancashire Aircraft Investigation Team, used by permission Black and white photos by Russell Brown collection, used by permission An exemplary research and excavation of a Luftwaffe bomber crash site, shot down in 1941, was conducted by the Lancashire Aircraft Investigation Team, resulting in the positive identification of this WW2 aircraft and the unraveling […]
By Pierre Kosmidis Photos submitted to www.ww2wrecks.com by Kostas Tsipas and used by permission A legendary aircraft, one of the most iconic WW2 fighters, a Spitfire, is currently under extensive restoration, with the aim to bring it back into the skies, possibly in 2020. Spitfire LF Mk IXc MJ755 was built at the Castle Bromwich factory and […]
By Pierre Kosmidis The evacuation of the British Expeditionary Force from mainland Greece towards Crete and Egypt is in full swing, during the last chaotic days of April 1941. A repetition of the Dunkirk operation on a smaller scale sees thousands of allied soldiers fleeing the nazi advance in mainland Greece, following the capitulation of […]