Pistol Packin’ Mama
This week, I found a tiny photograph of a plane in my Dad's scrapbook from World War II Sweden. I blew it up and discovered some creative nose art -- a scantily-clad blonde!...
28
Jul
26
Jan
Liberty Lady book trailer
A new trailer for the book Liberty Lady: A True Story of Love and Espionage in WWII Sweden...
29
Mar
Jan-Olof Nilsson, Swedish filmmaker
Swedish filmmaker and author Jan-Olof Nilsson recently visited me while he and his family were vacationing in south Florida....
07
Jan
John Alexander Lönnegren, Swedish spy
Dr. John Alexander Lönnegren, at 65 years old, was known as an independent Swedish businessman. By the end of WWII, he would be involved in one of Sweden's most publicized spy scandals....
25
Oct
Liberty Lady: a True Story of Love and Espionage in WWII Sweden
I have read and reviewed so many World War II books, and now it's hard to believe that mine is finally written and published!...
11
Jan
Shoo Shoo Shoo Baby
Trivia Question: Of all the bombers that force-landed in Sweden during World War II, how many are left for us to see? Sadly, only one....
17
Sep
Interned Aircraft in WWII Sweden
By the time World War II was over, more than three hundred aircraft from various countries had force-landed or crashed in neutral Sweden. ...
21
Aug
Lady Katherine
On August 25, 1944, a B-17 in dire distress is escorted to safety by Swedish fighter pilots. Just in time....
13
Aug
Lucky Strike
Favorite (2015) Lucky Strike: When the Americans Came to Our Village is a new documentary film by Jan-Olof Nilsson based on his 2013 book about the Allied crews who came to Sweden during the Second World War....
17
Jul
Air Force Historical Research Agency
Last week I made my second trip to the Air Force Historical Research Agency at Maxwell Air Force Base in Montgomery, Alabama. This is where historical documents of the Air Force are stored, over seventy million pages....