Despite the limitations, more than 22 million M1 helmets were made during the war. Despite all of the advances, even today's high-tech, lightweight military-grade ballistic helmets aren't bulletproof.

In March of 1944, Royal Air Force tail gunner Nicholas Alkemade was flying his Avro Lancaster heavy bomber when he was hit by German flak. His parachute then caught fire, and there seemed to be no ...

The last European airborne operation of World War Two was "testament to the skills of the RAF crews" based at Essex and Suffolk airfields, according to a local historian. British-led French SAS ...

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Ivan Kuznetsov and his Bengal mix cat Thoth try parachute-skiing together Thoth is no scaredy cat. The Bengal mix feline loves participating in whatever his daredevil owner, Ivan Kuznetsov, does. In ...

Thoth the Bengal mix cat has also tried snowboarding, cycling and swimming.

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Free bulbs are being offered to schools and people with family links to airborne forces.

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An amateur Guernsey historian who bought a Vietnam War helmet from a charity shop has returned the military piece to the soldier's surviving family. | ITV News Channel ...