Tag: WWII

Adrift – Poon Lim survived 133 days at sea on a wooden raft

Chinese native Poon Lim was a steward on a British ship during World War II that was traveling from Cape Town to Surinam. The Germans…

Bark Bread – When you’ve got to survive

We may be living a lifestyle where we hardly miss a meal and even if we sometime do we instantly feel fatigued and dizzy; well…

P-40 Kittyhawk crashed in the desert: Flt Sgt Dennis Copping started walking

This lost and forgotten World War II fighter is a rare survivor and a sad memorial to its doomed pilot. When 24-year-old Flt Sgt Dennis…

Poon Lim – the man who survived 133 days at sea on a wooden raft

Paul Pinkerton

Chinese native Poon Lim was a steward on a British ship during World War II that was traveling from Cape Town to Surinam. The Germans…

The P-40 Kittyhawk found in the desert. The pilot tried to walk out of the desert but didn’t make it

Paul Pinkerton

This lost and forgotten World War II fighter is a rare survivor and a sad  memorial to its doomed pilot. When 24-year-old Flt Sgt Dennis…

The inventive ways people made food during extreme famines – Bark Bread

We may be living a lifestyle where we hardly miss a meal and even if we sometime do we instantly feel fatigued and dizzy; well…