A story, years in the making, came to an end for the city of Oak Harbor when a CH-47 Chinook air crew from the Washington ...
The Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bomber was trapped inside the USS Yorktown with this bomb still attached to its cradle. The aircraft carrier was sunk by a Japanese submarine after the 1942 Battle of ...
Editor’s Note: A Good Thunder farm boy and pilot Ensign Jack Carl Fuller died 80 years ago Monday in one of the key battles to the U.S. winning World War II in the Pacific Theater. Research by his ...
In January 1945, during World War II, American intelligence officers examined an intact Japanese bomber and uncovered a design choice that explained years of catastrophic losses. The Mitsubishi G4M ...
The remains of the pilot of a downed World War II Army bomber that was the subject of a pioneering recovery project in the Pacific Ocean have been identified, the Defense Department said Tuesday.
Key Points - The Consolidated B-24 Liberator, a key Allied heavy bomber in World War II, was the most produced combat aircraft in history (18,482 built). -Making its maiden flight in 1939, the B-24 ...
WAPPINGERS FALLS, N.Y. — As the World War II bomber Heaven Can Wait was hit by enemy fire off the Pacific island of New Guinea on March 11, 1944, the co-pilot managed a final salute to flyers in an ...
Because of its ability to attack targets that were hundreds of miles away from its airbases in England, the bombers of World War II were vital assets to the Allied war effort. Tasked with the ...
In the beginning -- Dr. Vince Splane -- Arthur H. Millard -- Kent Zimmerman and Stephen M. Perrone -- Tom Bonney -- Roland T. Fisher -- Trevor Bevan -- Frank C. Kotouch, Sr. -- Edward G. Harris -- ...