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.
‘Da Bomb’ Of Aircraft, The B-1 Rarely Takes Media Up: A Test Flight
The B-1 is America’s only supersonic bomber. While it doesn’t carry nuclear weapons, it is the most lethal plane in America’s ...
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Captive for 15 Months, WWII Veteran Returns to POW Camp
TYCHOWO, Poland - Eighty years after his liberation from a German prisoner of war camp, 101-year-old Lester F. Schrenk ...
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Wings of History — The Intrepid’s New Exhibit Soars with WWII Relics
A WWII Corsair jet lands on the Intrepid for the first time, headlining a new permanent exhibit including rare crew-donated ...
He may be 107, but pilot's memories of 62 World War II missions he ran are still vivid
As he gripped the controls of his bomber plane on his first war time mission, 21-year-old Harry Richardson gazed back at the British coast for what he feared was the last time.