Szymon Serwatka's Aviation History

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A Flying Fortress for Christmas - Part 1 of 2
December 26th 1944 was a second day of Christmas in Nazi-occupied Krakow. The locals barely returned home from churches when big news hit the town: an…
In the air and on the air... Part 2 of 2
Is there a connection between heavy bombers of WWII and music and entertainment of that time? If so, what is it? Let’s find out!
In the air and on the air... Part 1 of 2
Is there a connection between heavy bombers of WWII and music and entertainment of that time? If so, what is it? Let’s find out!
The Ghost Flying Fortress – Part 2
This B-17 landed in Poland in March 1945. Typically, an aircraft or its wreck can be found near where the crew abandoned it. But this is not a typical…
The Ghost Flying Fortress – Part 1
This B-17 landed in Poland in March 1945. Typically, an aircraft or its wreck can be found near where the crew abandoned it. But this is not a typical…
Zerlegebetriebe - Nazi wreck salvage yards - Part 2 of 2
What goes up must come down. Nazis set up a few facilities in occupied Europe to the cleanup aircraft wreckage. One of these was near the…
Zerlegebetriebe - Nazi wreck salvage yards - Part 1 of 2
What goes up must come down. Nazis set up a few facilities in occupied Europe to the cleanup aircraft wreckage. One was in Vught, occupied Netherlands…
"All Meat No Potatoes" - a B-24 shot down over Blechhammer - Part 2 of 2
John Ryan was very much interested to find out where exactly his father had landed. An on-site research had to be organized...
"All Meat No Potatoes" - a B-24 shot down over Blechhammer - Part 1 of 2
This is an extraordinary story of a crew shot down during one of early missions to Blechhammer, and of a very special family bond...
"Crop circles" – what is left of Flak at Blechhammer – Part 2 of 2
Google Maps is a great resource not only to visit new places and plan your trips, but is also useful to research history! Add LIDAR to it, and you have…
"Crop circles" – what is left of Flak at Blechhammer – Part 1 of 2
Google Maps is a great resource not only to visit new places and plan your trips, but is also useful to research history!
A Picnic at a Flying Fortress
In the summer of 1945, a group of young people had a picnic at an American plane near Kielce, Poland. Where did this B-17 come from?
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