Editorial Team
Nippo Maru Wreck – Imperial Japanese Navy
Hit and sunk by three 500 pound bombs in its stern, the Nippo Maru was a 106m (350ft) transport ship mostly carrying water. Originally a passenger and cargo freighter, she was…
Voices of First World War – Life in the Trenches
http://www.argunners.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Podcast-20_-Trench-Life.mp3 That bloody great thing’d come up there and stand up on its back legs and gnaw something like that, you know. I used to line the sights up and…
1Lt. Clayton A. Nattier, B-17G Pilot veteran, receives medals
A bomber pilot held as a prisoner of war during World War II visited the Air Reserve Personnel Center to receive his POW Medal among various other medals, then took…
USAAF images of B-24, A-26 & A-20 in England during WWII
Argunners Magazine is fortunate enough to feature its readers with some beautiful images from the United States Army Air Force, taken in England during WWII. Most of the photographs depict…
Remains of WWII P-47D Pilot Edward F. Barker Found
The Department of Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced on June 23, 2015 that a U.S. serviceman, missing from World War II, has been identified and is being returned to…
San Francisco Maru Wreck in Truk Lagoon
One of the deeper wrecks in the lagoon sitting upright from 45 to 63m (145-205ft), it is unique as there is not much growth due to its depth. It is also…
A Falkirk soldier’s adventures on the front line in WW1
Towards the end of last year The Falkirk Herald included a number of articles about the outbreak of the Great War – some were harrowing stories about local men who…
Secret of World War II: B-17 Lady Jeannette
A series of articles, laying out the true events behind the creation of: “The Best Kept Secret Of World War Two!” In December, 1945, when it became known that General Patton…
WATCH: Fallschirmjager FG42 Rifle
The German Fallschirmjäger FG42 rifle was a very impressive design, managing to meet a very strict set of performance criteria. The first production model in particular was exceptionally light and…
Missing SB2C Helldiver since WWII Discovered
A United States Navy Curtiss SB2C Helldiver aircraft lost in World War II and missing for over 70 years was recently found resting in the tropical waters of the Republic…
