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The American World War II fighter that nearly killed its own pilots
During World War II, the American F4U Corsair was one of the fastest fighter planes ever built—and one of the most dangerous ...
Reginald "Crash" Harrison lived through four plane crashes in WWII and lived to talk about it. He died in Canada recently at ...
There are those who might argue that World War II was won in the air. Without shading the grit displayed and sacrifices made by Allied Forces on land and at sea, the contributions made by forces in ...
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German fighter pilot spared enemy bomber in WWII — and it proves empathy critics dead wrong
Franz Stigler, a German fighter pilot, spared American bomber pilot Charles Brown during World War II, illustrating how ...
WASP pilot Gertrude Tomkins Silver crashed off Calif. coast in 1944. Oct. 8, 2009 — -- The fog rolled in from Santa Monica Bay just after noon on Oct. 26, 1944, just three hours before Gertrude ...
President Barack Obama signs a 2009 bill awarding a Congressional Gold Medal to Women Airforce Service Pilots. By the time the recognition came, Illinois-born WASP Nadine Ramsey had died. At last, ...
Lt. Col. George Hardy, one of the original Tuskegee Airmen and the last of the group's World War II pilots, died Tuesday night, according to Tuskegee Airmen, Inc. He was 100 years old. Stream NBC 5 ...
ELSMERE, Delaware (WPVI) -- We want to wish a very special 100th birthday to a local hero. Raymond Firmani of Elsmere, Delaware, was a B-17 pilot in the 486th Heavy Bombardment Group in World War II, ...
On solid ground -- Ready to fly -- Blond bombshell -- Fighting for the right to fly -- Up in the air -- Bucket of bolts and the hood -- Crossing the country -- Silver wings and Santiago blue -- ...
TUSKEGEE, Ala. — At Moton Field, the same airstrip where the legendary Tuskegee Airmen trained during World War II, a new chapter of aviation history has taken flight. For the first time in nearly 80 ...
The Tuskegee Airmen Chronology: A Detailed Timeline of the Red Tails and Other Black Pilots of World War II provides a unique year-by-year overview of the fascinating story of the Tuskegee Airmen, ...
In 1940, the United Kingdom endured constant German Luftwaffe raids. Aircraft and pilot losses stretched the country’s resources. Because the island was in range of German planes, safe areas for pilot ...
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