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The Last Flight of Flak Magnet On April 22, 1944, Crew 33 took off for Hamm, Germany, on a B-24 Liberator dubbed “Flak Magnet.” It would be their last mission.
Zamperini's dream of participating in the 1940 Tokyo Olympics was thwarted by World War II. The games were canceled and he ...
As one of the most prolific bombers in the Allied war effort, the B-17 came to represent American air power in WWII. The B-17 pushed the limits of precision bombing technology with its innovative ...
Luftwaffe Major Heinz Baer in his FW-190 saw the bomber heading away and fired a burst into the ship, mortally wounding Spaven. The rest of the crew bailed out, and the bomber went down. All the crew ...
It was Thursday morning at Mission BBQ restaurant in. Seated at the center of a bench was World War II veteran Jack Einstein, ...
At the age of 22, 2Lt. Milton Leonard Hymes, Jr. of Savannah was killed in a B-24J Liberator crash over Nazi-occupied Poland, ...
A new playground has landed in Werribee, recognising the heroes of yesterday . Hangar Street Park, located between Estate ...
Though the B-17D was eased into the water in the trough between waves, it still struck with such force that bolted-down ...
This week we continue to highlight the Finley High School project, which encourages Year 10 history students to research a ...
The US bombing mission that targeted three nuclear facilities in Iran over the weekend was a massive undertaking that required its B-2 bomber pilots to test the limits of human endurance during a ...
An Air Force B-2 Spirit stealth bomber returns from the US attack on Iran's nuclear facilities to Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri.
America’s B-2 stealth bombers, which carried out the weekend attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities, are among the most secretive aircraft in the nation, with few glimpses ever shown of it… ...