I never took to Flypast as it just told me superficial war stories about things I already knew. I preferred Aeroplane Monthly because of the purely historical articles like the excellent series they did on the 20s and 30s RAF aircraft, but when they started doing those “specials” on common aircraft some years ago I dropped it as well. I couldn’t see the point in spending money on magazines that just repeated what I already knew.

Certain production techniques like the use of slave labour to the point of death certainly weighed against them – also Nazi Party membership and affiliations at the highest level probably didn’t help. Von Braun and his team were grabbed by the Yanks for their rocket skills but for several years after the war were kept in isolation such was the rightful repugnance felt by many towards von Braun and his use of slave labour. Besides there really wasn’t much room in the west given our existing design and manufacturing teams had leaped ahead of the Germans. Tank and Messerschmitt’s post war designs were pretty pedestrian, even given the reduced circumstances in which they worked while on the run. Don’t forget that these people made a lot of money out of furthering the Nazi cause and actively sought influence at the highest levels.

Lovely to see and good work by the people who restored her.

That’s a tremendous effort, well done so far.

Very pleasant.

Here –

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howland_Island

Good grief!!!!! Wikipedia was wrong. 😮