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How a WWII bomber returned from combat with no crew onboard
In November 1944, a U.S. B-17 bomber returned from a mission with no crew aboard. The aircraft flew for miles and made a ...
AUSTIN, Texas — In a historic moment marking the end of World War II, Japanese officials signed the formal instrument of surrender aboard the USS Missouri on Sept. 2, 1945. It marked the end of a ...
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — One of the rarest World War II bombers will be heard flying in the skies in Springfield next week. According to the Springfield-Branson Airport, Springfield will be a stop for the ...
Taber Woodrum and Amy Wilda, from Oregon, walk Wednesday under the wing of a 1944 World War II-era Mitchell medium bombardier training plane, a B-25 dubbed “Sweet Dreams,” on display in the Rowland ...
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The Japanese WW2 Bombers That Didn't Have Armor
The Mitsubishi G4M "Betty" was Japan’s most ambitious World War II bomber—and its crews' deadliest trap. Known to American pilots as the "Flying Lighter" for its terrifying tendency to burst into ...
Watch biographer discuss fate of Elmira WWII airman whose bomber was shot down in Germany Robert Steele wrote a book about 10 airmen, including Elmiran Malcolm Rubin, who were killed in a World War II ...
Consolidated's most famous aircraft in World War II were the B-24 Liberator and the PBY Catalina patrol plane. However, ...
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