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2014-05-02

GAR D-Day 70 – Pt.8 – Operation OVERLORD: The Airfields Campaign





Elliott Marsh posted: "In addition to the attrition raids against the Reich, the neutralisation of Luftwaffe airfields in western Europe had also been marked as a priority from the very beginning of the planning of Operation OVERLORD.  Elliott Marsh looks at the next phase of t"

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D-Day 70 – Pt.8 – Operation OVERLORD: The Airfields Campaign

by Elliott Marsh
In addition to the attrition raids against the Reich, the neutralisation of Luftwaffe airfields in western Europe had also been marked as a priority from the very beginning of the planning of Operation OVERLORD. Elliott Marsh looks at the next phase of the bombing campaign against the Luftwaffe in the months immediately prior to invasion, and the effect this had on Germany's ability to launch an aerial counter-offensive against the Allied invasion.






Event Saturday May 3rd, 2014 : 15th ASA Antwerp Aviation fair

Space Galileo : frégate belge dans le sillage des drakkars



26-04-2014 10:53 AM CEST


Les premiers essais maritimes de Galileo en dehors de l'Europe continentale ont livré leur lot de données, qui sont actuellement en cours de traitement. Ces essais de longue portée dans une zone à haute latitude ont couvert la mer du Nord, en suivant la route empruntée historiquement par les Vikings à bord de leurs drakkars il y a douze siècles.