Ghosts of War

Category: World War II

  • Searching for The few Part III, England

    RAF Hawkinge and the Kent Battle of Britain Museum It was a short train ride from Ashford to my new base at Folkestone, and with a few hours to kill before I could check in to my accommodation, I headed to the town’s clifftop promenade. The weekend’s rainy weather had finally cleared, and a wan…

  • Searching for The Few Part II, England

    Headcorn Battle of Britain Airshow, 2024 Wearing full wet-weather gear, I sat in the bus as it ploughed through the puddles towards the Headcorn Aerodrome. Having arrived in England a few days before from the south of France, I was experiencing something of a climate shock. I had booked a three day ticket to the…

  • Searching for The Few Part I, England

    It was a typically cold and drizzly day, with leaden clouds sitting low over the flat farmland. Approaching the speed restricted zone outside the town, I backed off the accelerator and flicked on the wipers. ‘Should be…just about…yep…here it is…’ I said out loud, despite being the only one in the car. I indicated left,…

  • The Last Flight of the Tulsamerican, Croatia

    Beneath the waters off Vis Island, Croatia, lies a poignant reminder of the sacrifice made by Allied airmen during World War II

  • El Alamein War Cemetery, Egypt

    Australian families and towns will be forever connected to a dusty, sunburnt place far away on the other side of the world.

  • Diving the Ghosts of Corsica Part I, France

    Our short boat trip to the waters off the village of Miomo would take us to the site of one of Corsica’s World War II aviation mysteries – a United States Army Air Force (USAAF) P-47 Thunderbolt about which very little is known.

  • Red Cross Concentration Camp, Serbia

    I crossed the Nisava River, and headed north through steady drizzle. Another kilometre and I reached my destination: the foreboding walls of the Red Cross Concentration Camp.

  • Exploring the Westwall, Germany

    Exploring the remnants of the Westwall/Siegfreid Line gives an insight into the scale of Hitler’s western fortifications.

  • Hangar 10, Germany

    A big part of why I had traveled to Germany’s Baltic Coast was to visit the small village of Zirchow. And the entire reason I wanted to visit the small village of Zirchow was to go to Hangar 10, a museum which houses a unique collection of rare aircraft.

  • Strange Meeting, Poland

    After seeing the main areas of Birkenau Concentration Camp, Poland, and learning of the horrors that had occurred there, it was a relief to find a tranquil patch of nature. Whilst enjoying the quiet and the late afternoon sun, I had a strange meeting.