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The Junkers Ju 87, known as the Stuka, was one of World War II’s most feared dive bombers. Introduced by the German Luftwaffe ...
The 101st Gruppo (Squadron), reactivated after a period in "quadro" (dormant) status, will operate the STOVL variant of the ...
Discover the bravery of WWII’s women pilots. Idaho leaders like Jim Risch might draw inspiration from these Spitfire ferry pilots who risked it all.
More than 85 years after his death, the previously unmarked grave of a WWII pilot, has finally been identified and a service of rededication held at his graveside. Philip Anthony Neville Cox, who ...
The Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum has changed the facility’s Spitfire to the markings of Windsor airman Tommy DeCourcy’s WW2 aircraft, which debuted June 7, 2025, at the museum in Hamilton.
Leonard Dowling, who turned 100 on June 21, shared some of his WWII experience about getting shot down in a Liberator bomber over Germany in 1944.
Rebuffed by the U.S. Navy in his quest to become a pilot on the eve of America’s entry into World War II, Richmonder Parke F. Smith made a fairly bold move for a 21-year-old. He joined another ...
Army Air Forces 1st Lt. Charles Woodruff McCook, a Georgetown native and Southwestern alumnus, was identified from remains in April over 80 years after his death.
On Jan. 14 1945, Hucke and 15 other pilots would take off from their base in Metz to strafe nearby German targets on a cold, foggy day. One pilot was experiencing mechanical issues so he and his ...
BETHESDA, Md. — Quentin C. Aanenson, a fighter pilot whose wartime experiences helped millions of television viewers understand World War II, has died.
Tulsan Bill Mildren's exploits as WWII bomber pilot, former POW are filmworthy He was shot down over France, hidden in a cellar, captured by the Gestapo and kept in a German prison for 1 1/2 years.