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The Last American Bomber Shot Down Over Germany - WWII’s Forgotten Tragedy
On April 21, 1945, near the village of Oberhinkofen, Bavaria, the last B-24 Liberator of the Eighth Air Force was shot down over Germany. This tragic event marked the final loss of an American bomber ...
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Today in Aviation History: First Flight of the Consolidated B-24 Liberator
After the United States joined the war as a belligerent power in 1941, B-24 Liberators were built across the United States in massive factories and were flown by American bomber crews in Europe ...
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78 years ago, the B-24 Liberator took its first flight - here's how it helped bring down the Nazis
I was completely amazed by its monstrous size, its four mighty engines," a pilot who flew the B-24 said upon first seeing the bomber. Winston Churchill picked an American-made B-24 to fly him to ...
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Remains of Bomber Pilot Identified 80 Years After His Plane Went Down During World War II
Tennyson was a U.S. Army pilot on a B-24 nicknamed “Heaven Can Wait ... Tennyson was piloting an American bomber with ten other crew members when the aircraft crashed into the water off ...
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Bombers of World War II
The PV-1 bomber, which also bore four guns, flew successful missions throughout the war. North American B-25 Mitchell One of the best known airplanes of World War II, the B-25 bomber was also one ...
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The B-2 Bomber: Those Who Forget History Are Doomed To Reverse Engineer It
S. Air Force to reverse engineer the B-2 bomber’s Load Heat Exchanger (whatever that is). You’d think if the Air Force wanted to reverse engineer something, they’d be looking at another ...
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Why an American bomber plane flew over central Oslo on Friday
A B-52 and two F-35s flying over central Oslo. Fabian Helmersen / Forsvaret An American B-52 bomber aircraft flew over central Oslo on Friday, escorted by Norwegian F-35 fighter jets. The American ...
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The US Air Force just broke cover on its first new bomber in decades. See photos of the new B-21 Raider.
The B-21 Raider is the first new American bomber in more than 30 years. The Air Force unveiled the first new US stealth bomber in decades on Friday, following years of covert development.
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U.S. pilot killed in WWII is accounted for 80 years after bomber named "Heaven Can Wait" crashed into ocean
An American ... his bomber — dubbed "Heaven Can Wait" — crashed off the coast of New Guinea, U.S. officials revealed Monday. U.S. Army Air Forces 1st Lt. Herbert G. Tennyson, 24, of Wichita ...
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War Production
American industry provided almost two ... The average Ford car had some 15,000 parts. The B-24 Liberator long-range bomber had 1,550,000. One came off the line every 63 minutes.
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U.S. pilot of crashed WWII bomber "Heaven Can Wait" is accounted for
An American ... his bomber — dubbed "Heaven Can Wait" — crashed off the coast of New Guinea, U.S. officials revealed Monday. U.S. Army Air Forces 1st Lt. Herbert G. Tennyson, 24, of Wichita ...