Ben Branch
June 2, 2021
This is a rare Rolex Military Submariner, often referred to in watch collector circles simply as the MilSub. The example you see here was made for the Royal Navy specifically for use by British…
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Ben Branch
April 28, 2021
This is a Grumman Avenger, or more correctly this is a 1945 Grumman TBM-3E Avenger, that’s being offered for sale for $495,000 USD – the best part is that it’s 100% airworthy and ready…
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Ben Branch
April 25, 2021
This is a training film from World War II for aircrews who might find themselves flying over desert environments, particularly the Sahara of North Africa. In order to keep people’s attention they made the…
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Ben Branch
April 7, 2021
This is an original 1945 North American P-51D Mustang, it’s been comprehensively restored and it now has just 88 hours of air time since completed. The asking price of $2,250,000 USD will put it…
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Ben Branch
March 31, 2021
It’s thought that just 3,000 or so examples of the Husqvarna Model 258 military motorcycle were ever built, they were developed specifically for the Swedish armed forces who already had a long history of…
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Ben Branch
March 14, 2021
The DUKW, better known simply as the “Duck”, is a six-wheel drive amphibious truck that was designed to land troops and cargo en masse in coastal locations without usable ports, or with hostile combatants…
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Ben Branch
February 17, 2021
The Indian 841 was developed by engineers at Indian specifically to fight the Nazis across the deserts of North Africa. The Germans had one of the great military vehicles of WW2 in the BMW R71….
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Ben Branch
February 14, 2021
The Dodge M37 was developed as an improved version of the venerable Dodge WC Series 4×4 trucks from WWII. When engineers set to work designing the M37 they took everything that worked well on…
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Ben Branch
December 12, 2020
The Rolls-Royce Merlin V12 is one of the most famous engines of the 20th century and almost certainly the most famous of the Second World War – what a lot of people don’t know…
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Ben Branch
November 17, 2020
The Alvis Saladin is a 6×6 armored infantry fighting vehicle developed by the British in the years after WWII as a replacement for the AEC Armoured Car. Unusually for a decommissioned military vehicle…
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Ben Branch
October 4, 2020
This is a 1940 Royal Navy instructional film about the safe operation of ship-based catapults for launching aircraft like the Supermarine Walrus. The film does an excellent job of showing and explaining each…
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Ben Branch
September 5, 2020
The story of the WWII-era Radioplanes can’t be told without mentioning that it was in the Radioplane factory that Marilyn Monroe was discovered, thanks in part to future US President Ronald Reagan who was…
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