On Jan. 28, 1942, The U.S. Army Air Corps assigned seven men to the newly formed 8 th Air Force in Savannah, Georgia. At the time, the prospective pilots did not even have a plane, but before the end ...
Driving rain fell with the ferocity of machinegun fire while thunder bombarded the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force's rotunda as if it were distant air strike's. Yet, the elements could ...
One of the early missions of the famous 8th Air Force in World War II had one of the most incredible stories of the entire ...
POOLER, Ga. (WTOC) - The National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force needs your help to honor the heroes who gave their lives during World War II. The museum is hosting it’s fifth annual “Flags for ...
Denton, Tc.: University of North Texas Press, 2024. Pp. xx, 348+. Illus., maps, notes, biblio., index. $34.95. ISBN: 1574419277 This is not an operational history of ...
Two WWII veterans, Kenneth Beckman and Bruce Cook, shared their wartime experiences at the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force's 5th Annual WWII panel. Both veterans emphasized the ...