Were WW2 plane cockpits heated? Here's how pilots stayed warm

When flying at 30,000 feet in the air, it can get rather chilly and in World War II, military planes weren't pressurized, so ...

'Our dad built exact replica of WW2 bomber cockpit'

When Léon Ellison watched the World War Two epic The Dam Busters as a child, it triggered a lifelong obsession with the famous raid. He would go on to spend decades researching the Avro Lancaster ...

Plymouth residents can return home after WW2 device disarmed by bomb disposal experts

Residents in Plymouth have been told they can return to their homes after specialists disarmed a World War Two bomb More than ...

WW2 veteran says working with others eased her fear

A veteran who worked as a cook for the woman's branch of the British Army during World War Two has spoken about the ...
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The Device That Won WW2: A History Of The Cavity Magnetron

[Curious Droid] is back with a history lesson on one of the most important inventions of the 20th century: The cavity magnetron. Forged in the fighting of World War II, the cavity magnetron was the ...