Harold Pressel received a Purple Heart during a ceremony in late January at the Dallastown American Legion Hall, 80 years after a doomed bombing run ...
the first prototype of the Consolidated B-24 Liberator made its first flight. In time, the Liberator would become the most widely produced American heavy bomber of WWII, with 18,188 examples being ...
The remains of U.S. Army Air Forces 2nd Lt. Francis E. Callahan, who was killed during World War II, will be interred Monday ...
According to the Allies, one of the most critical aspects of winning World War II was establishing air superiority over ...
Harold "Bud" Pressel was injured when he bailed from his B-24 after it was struck by flak over enemy lines in 1944. He's ...
The B-24 Liberator was the most produced US aircraft of World War II and vital to the Allied victory. Designed for high-altitude precision bombing, the B-24s of the US Army's Eighth Air Force ...
Lt. Francis Callahan The remains of U.S. Army Air Forces 2nd Lt. Francis E. Callahan, a Soldier killed during World War II ...
So don’t get shot down.’ Great advice.” Polinsky (top row, second from left in wartime photo), was navigator aboard a B-24 Liberator. He’s now the last surviving member of his crew.
The B-24 Liberator was used for a variety of purposes during World War II - for bombings, reconnaissance flights, as a long-range transport vehicle, and as a provider of supplies. And it wasn't ...
Scientists studied genetic material called mitochondrial DNA. In September 2023, they officially concluded the remains were Shostak’s. He was finally, as the news release from the Defense POW/MIA ...
50-caliber guns in a Plexiglas turret mounted on the tail of a B-24 Liberator over Floridsdorf ... David Sample met Pressel about 30 years ago at a World War II memorial week in Reading, Pa.