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Hastings WWII pilot and veteran on Anzac Day and making it to 100
The Hastings veteran recently reached the milestone and knows he is one of the “lucky ones” who returned home to loved ones ...
Remains of 3 U.S. airmen killed in WWII identified 82 years after their bomber crashed
Three airmen who died during a World War II bombing raid have been accounted for, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency ...
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For World War II Pilots, the Race to Be an Ace Sometimes Turned Deadly
In the southwest Pacific Theater ... story of the WWII airmen who risked it all in the deadly race to become the greatest American fighter pilot. In 1942, the Fifth Air Force was a ragtag ...
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The Last American Aces
Like many U.S. Air Force pilots, Cleveland loved ... U.S. Navy ace to have scored combat victories in both the European and the Pacific theaters of World War II. “I found both German and ...
WWII dive bomber found on Pacific floor — with a bomb still attached, NOAA says
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 ...