Hero pilot from NKY to be laid to rest 81 years after death in Germany during WWII
De Jarnette was killed on April 8, 1944, while serving as the pilot of a B-24 Liberator bomber with the 732nd Bombardment Squadron.
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Today in Aviation History: First Flight of the Consolidated B-24 Liberator
While it served in virtually every operational theater of WWII, the Liberator’s post-war legacy was overshadowed by the Boing B-17 Flying Fortress, and only a handful remain in existence today.
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Gov. Behsear recognizes Kentucky Pilot killed in World War II
FRANKFORT, Ky. (WBKO) - One family has gotten closure after a Kentucky Army pilot who was killed during World War II went ...
History: The Impact Of US B-17 Flying Fortresses In The WWII European Air War
In several ways, the Liberator was a technically superior warplane to the Flying Fortress, as the Liberator had a longer ...
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Beshear recognizes sacrifice of Kentucky pilot killed in World War II
- Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear speaks to a joint session of the state Legislature to deliver his State of the Commonwealth address in the House chambers of the state Capitol, Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2024, in ...
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78 years ago, the B-24 Liberator took its first flight - here's how it helped bring down the Nazis
Flying from Benghazi in the Libyan desert ... "We really clobbered them that day," said Bill Harvey, a bombardier on a Liberator. Airstrikes continued over the next few weeks, bookended by ...
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Remains of Cleveland WWII airman brought home after 80 years
While flying onboard the B-24J Liberator, he and his squadron went missing in action after their aircraft collided with another B-24 in the same formation, crashing into the Baltic Sea off the ...