Bill Patten, a World War II B-17 bomber pilot who flew 36 missions over Germany with the 15th Air Force, died in January at ...
They attend classes in a hangar surrounded by WWII aircraft equipment, training devices, and publications. [Credit: Tim O'Brien/ Plane & Pilot] There is even an administration office with a clerk ...
The remains of a Massachusetts airman whose aircraft was shot down over Germany during World War II have been identified, and ...
An F-15C Eagle is sporting a badass World War II-era paint job in honor of a fallen bomber pilot who gave everything to ensure his men survived a deadly crash By James Clark Updated on Nov 22 ...
The Museum’s collection of 30 World War II-era American military aircraft ranges from propeller-driven trainers, fighters, flying boats, and bombers to the nation’s first generation of jet-powered ...
When the Second World War finally ended, a Martin B-26 Marauder, named Flak-Bait by its first commander, had flown and ...
By mid-1942, half a year after America entered the war, however, the U.S. Navy needed its own land-based heavy bomber capable of flying long ... airplanes of World War II, the B-25 bomber was ...
In the decades following World War II, numerous fighter pilots have emerged from the record books to belatedly receive an honor long denied them: credit for downing five enemy aircraft and ...
Flight Captain Susan Slade joined the Air Transport Auxillary (ATA) in November 1940 The bravery of a "forgotten" female pilot is to be celebrated with a memorial close to where the plane she was ...