Tag: WWII

The SS Thistlegorm was carrying Bedford trucks, Universal Carrier armored vehicles, Norton 16H and BSA motorcycles, Bren guns and cases of ammunition when it sank. Pictured: A BSA M-20 motorcycle took off from the SS Thistlegorm shipwreck

British WWII munitions ship that was sunk by a German bomber has formed an artificial coral REEF

By Jacky
Frank Murphy, pictured here, survived nearly two years in a prisoner of war camp after his bomber was shot down from the sky in October 1943.

‘Trials by Fire’: How WWII Hero Bomber Survived Hundreds of Hours Behind Enemy Lines and POW Camp

By Jacky
World War II Boston bomber arrives in Melbourne.

From the archives, 1998: WWII Boston makes safe landing in Melbourne

By Jacky
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