Just because World War II ended some 67 years ago, doesn’t mean you shouldn’t keep one eye on the sky for air raids with a pair of authentic German flak binoculars. You can just never be too sure.
Over Germany, Italy, Japan, “Flak” (anti-aircraft gun) was, along with enemy fighters, the main threat to Allied bombers. An Army Air Force training film explains FlaK (from the German word for ...
During World War II, millions of anti-aircraft shells were fired into the sky. But when those shells missed their targets, they didn’t simply vanish. This video explores where flak rounds ultimately ...
We Find Treasured Historical Records of Heroism in Celebration of U.S. Memorial Day. October 16, 1944. Inside Douglas A-20G over Bologna, Italy. Staff Sergeant Raymond M. Trzeciak, 86 th Bomb Squadron ...
"Thundering through World War 2's war-torn skies, the German Flak 18, an 88-millimeter anti-aircraft cannon, marked its dominance against Allied Spitfires and Mustangs. As it evolved into the Flak 36 ...
The Martin B-26 Marauder Flak-Bait survived two years of the most intense aerial combat of World War II, taking every punch German gunners and fighter pilots threw at it. Though bullets and shell ...