Going through my USA archival haul from earlier this year & realised I never shared all my pictures of
@airandspace's collection! One of the most surreal moments was seeing the original Boeing B-29 Superfortress 'Enola Gay', which dropped the atomic bomb 'Little Boy' on Hiroshima The stencilling on the nose is still original. This B-29 was initially neglected in outdoor storage during the 1950s & 1960s. Restoration work began in the 1980s & took nearly two decades to complete, totalling 300,000 man hours - many of which were carried out by volunteers.

Inspired by @militaryhistori & @prior_robin's excellent article on military history, I believe we can only get new people interested if we do not solely cater to those with a niche interest. On that score, here's a user-friendly introduction to the Battle of Britain. 1/ So, what was the Battle of Britain? Well, in British circles, it is the name given to the Luftwaffe’s protracted aerial campaign - concentrated over southern England - to secure air superiority over the Royal Air Force's Fighter Command from 10 July until 31 October 1940. 2/

My PhD thesis delved into the political influence of the Weimar Republic on Luftwaffe receptivity to the Nazi takeover. Günther Rall wrote that "we accepted the activities of the National Socialists as ugly side effects of a policy that had so far kept all its lofty promises"

https://twitter.com/jeff_hawn/status/1669252040801808385

Rall added that "Germany had 37 parties, which was a horrible thing...you cannot run a country with 37 parties." The Me 262 pilot Dieter Kehrberg complained that "there was just no air left to breathe" after the Versailles restrictions & reparations set in Weimar Germany