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RAF To Name Aircraft After Reykjavík
The Royal Air Force is naming its fourth Poseidon MRA1 maritime patrol aircraft ‘Spirit of Reykjavík’, in honour of Iceland’s role in enabling Allied victory in the Battle of the Atlantic during World War II. This information was announced in a status…
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WW2 Era Mortar Found In Borgarnes Campgrounds
A mortar discovered in a Borgarnes camping area has been destroyed with no damage to person nor property. The Icelandic Coast Guard (LHG) announced that they were called to a campground in Borgarnes, west Iceland, yesterday when a mysterious bomb-shaped object was…
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Mysterious “Bomb” Found To Be Harmless Airplane Part
A device found on Eldey island that was thought to be a bomb from WW2 has been revealed to be something else entirely. The tale begins in early 2013, Vísir reports, when electrical engineer Sigurður Harðarson traveled with a television crew from…
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A Strange Message From Blooming Berlin
Is it 2015 or is it 1935? When I moved to Berlin seventeen years ago, I was 25 years old and I couldn’t understand why older Germans were still talking about World War II. It felt as if it had happened such…
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“Research Vessel” Possibly Hunting For Treasure Off Iceland’s Coast
A foreign ship conducting unauthorised undersea investigations may have been looking for treasure, possibly within sunken ships and submarines from World War 2. Vísir reports that the ship in question is registered in Togo, but belongs to an American company. Called Endeavour,…