The last article about our most recent WW2 Airplane Packs series presents the Yokosuka D4Y Suisei, probably the least familiar to many people. If the subject of “Japanese Dive Bomber” is mentioned, many people quickly think “Val” – the Aichi D-3, famous for its fixed landing gear (sort of the Japanese Stuka) and its impact in the early years of the war. Ask someone about the …
Work in progress for a new game in the War of the Ring line. The game designers Francesco Nepitello and Marco Maggi, co-authors of the “War of the Ring” strategy board game, and Gabriele Mari, author of “Letters from Whitechapel”, “Mister X”, and “Garibaldi”, are developing the hidden movement, deduction and adventure game “The Hunt for the Ring”, recreating the initial chapters of “The Lord of …
Getting back to the WW2 airplanes recently featured in Wings of Glory, let’s learn more about the Douglas SBD Dauntless – the US Navy’s main carrier-borne scout plane and dive–bomber from mid-1940 through mid-1944. These airplanes delivered the fatal blows to the Japanese carriers at the Battle of Midway in June 1942. The SBD (“Scout Bomber Douglas”) was noteworthy for its long range, good handling characteristics, …
And let’s close this series of articles about the new WW1 Wings of Glory Airplane Packs series presenting the Albatros C.III, one of the German two-seaters most used during the war, gloriously piloted by many aces of German Empire. Built by Albatros Flugzeugwerke, the general purpose Albatros C.III was a improved version of the successful Albatros C.I and was eventually produced in greater numbers than any …
Let’s learn more about one of the airplanes included in the latest series of WW1 Wings of Glory Airplane Packs, the Sopwith Strutter 1 ½ / Comic, a real protagonist of World War I, adopted by many nations during and after the war. First ordered by Royal Naval Air Service, in need of both a single seat light bomber and a two seater fighter, the Sopwith …
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