Used on several bomber models during World War II, the Davis wing offered a lower ... At the disposal of the crew were a variety of machine guns. Two guns were mounted on the sides of the aircraft ...
The B-24 gave Allied air forces a reliable option in both the European and Pacific theaters of war. T he Consolidated B-24 ...
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced that archaeologists were among an international and […] ...
The remains of U.S. Army Air Forces 2nd Lt. Robert T. McCollum, 22, killed when his bomber crashed during World War II, were recently identified.
A 2019 discovery by Danish divers found the wreck in the depth of the Baltic Sea, leading excavators to later pull evidence ...
World War II: 2nd LT Robert T. McCollum was assigned to the 565th bombardment squadron of the United States Air Force in the ...
On June 20, he was the bombardier on a B-24J “Liberator ... a WWII-era aircraft wreck in the vicinity of McCollum's crash site. They recovered a .50 caliber machine gun with a serial number ...
While flying onboard the B-24J Liberator ... found wreckage from a WWII aircraft about 60 feet deep on the Baltic Sea floor. Divers discovered a .50 caliber machine gun with a partially matching ...
After nearly 80 years, the remains of US airman Robert McCollum have been found and identified in the wreckage of a WWII bomber aircraft.
McCollum was onboard a B-24J “Liberator ... World War II-era aircraft found in the Baltic Sea near where McCollum’s plane had crashed 75 years prior. At the site of the wreck was a machine gun ...