Navy Times on MSN19h
The P-51 Mustang and the man who won the World War II air war with it
It was thanks to former WWI pilot Tommy Hitchcock that the P-51 entered U.S service — and changed the skies over Europe ...
How the Intrepid Moved a World War II Fighter Plane
The 33-foot Corsair, on loan from Florida, had to be “rigged up on skates” to get to the Intrepid’s hangar deck.
Kansas City Star on MSN12d
Divers’ discovery of World War II plane crash leads to ID of US soldier, officials say
A 2019 discovery by Danish divers found the wreck in the depth of the Baltic Sea, leading excavators to later pull evidence ...
Sleepless night in churches and barns on World War II Long March
The Long March began at Stalag Luft III, in what is now Zagan, Poland. Stalag Luft III was a prisoner-of-war camp built by the Luftwaffe in March 1942 to detain captured airmen who were part of the ...
The National Interest on MSN13d
P-38 Lightning: The Backbone of America’s World War II Air Force
In the Pacific Theater, P-38s downed over 1,800 Japanese aircraft, and more than 100 P-38 pilots became “aces.” ...
Observer Today10d
Finding love at war: Book tells woman’s story as war bride in World War II
John D’Agostino of the Dunkirk OBSERVER gave me the green light to go out and get stories of local veterans for the In Honor ...
WDTV on MSN11d
World War II veteran celebrates 100th birthday in Bridgeport
World War II veteran Buford “Kyle” Russell of Bridgeport turned 100-years- old on Friday with a celebration attended by his ...
WYSO Public Radio8d
In 1945, eighty years ago, no one knew how World War II would end
Eighty years ago, during World War II, the United States operated full-scale military operations worldwide while planning how ...
An Okinawan bone digger searches for remains from one of the fiercest battles of World War II
Takamatsu Gushiken hunts caves in Okinawa's jungles for the bones of those who died in the WWII Battle of Okinawa, one of the ...