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XF8B: Meet Boeing’s Late WWII Experimental Naval Fighter
When it comes to military aircraft manufacturing, Boeing is best known for multi-engine heavy bombers ... the end of World War II, Boeing built a short-lived experimental fighter plane for ...
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The Soviet Fighter That Swarmed the Skies in WW2
During WWII, the Luftwaffe relied heavily on the ... the P-51 Mustang was a long-range, high-altitude fighter to escort heavy bombers during raids over Germany. Due to its 1,000-mile range ...
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How a ‘Dauntless’ dive bomber became a WWII ace at Coral Sea
Navy pilot John Leppla was credited with shooting down five Japanese aircraft in aerial combat before he was shot down and ...
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Staten Island WWII airman who was identified after 80 years to be given Arlington burial
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. – The remains of a World War II airman from Staten Island who ... the navigator on board the B-24H Liberator heavy bomber “Little Joe,” was killed in action when his ...