On October 8, 1943 John "Lucky" Luckadoo was on his 22nd mission with the 100th bombardment group, or the Bloody Hundredth, in the Eighth Air Force during World War II. Usually, on the later missions ...
POOLER, Ga. (WTOC) - The Mighty Eighth Air Force Museum held their annual “ringing of the bell” ceremony Monday. WTOC talked to one active duty air force member about why visiting the museum Monday ...
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 ...
ELSMERE, Delaware (WPVI) -- We want to wish a very special 100th birthday to a local hero. Raymond Firmani of Elsmere, Delaware, was a B-17 pilot in the 486th Heavy Bombardment Group in World War II, ...
POOLER, Ga. (WTOC) - People are going back in time to World War II through an immersive Bombardier School program to learn about how the bombers mapped, tracked, and dropped bombs with their ...
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 ...