Nose Art: A Brief History Of The Personalized Painted Planes Of WW2
From Looney Toons characters to shark teeth to pinup models, nose art on aircraft has a storied history in air forces around ...
It's a boat! It's a plane! It's... both? Historic aircraft being dismantled in Arizona
"So it's really humbling to be able to sit here and just absorb this space.” Half plane and half boat, the Mars is built for ...
The Philippine Mars took its final flight. See photos of the flying-boat aircraft from WWII to its last 800-mile journey.
The Philippine Mars' final flight ended in Lake Pleasant, Arizona, where the aircraft will be displayed. See photos of the ...
WW2 plane's engine restored to honour RAF crew
The engine of a World War Two plane has been restored as part of a campaign to recognise the contribution of reconnaissance ...
World War II aviation history for sale — tucked away in central California farmland
A central San Joaquin Valley airport with historic ties to World War II is for sale. Located amid acres and acres of farmland ...
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After 80 years, a WWII airman from Wappingers has been accounted for. How it happened
The 26-year-old U.S. Army Air Forces Staff Sergeant, Eugene J. Darrigan — a World War II airman who was a resident of the ...
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4 Of The Best German Fighter Planes Of WW2
German engineers and scientists created some exceptional and novel military designs during WWII. Granted, not everything they created was an instant success, and they even created one fighter jet ...
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This WW2 Aircraft Carrier Went Beyond the Call of Duty
The USS Enterprise was America’s most decorated ship in WWII. An aircraft carrier, the Enterprise, shot down 911 enemy aircraft and sank 71 ships. It also damaged or destroyed another 192 ships ...
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The Soviet Fighter That Swarmed the Skies in WW2
Manufactured from 1938 to 1944, 13,738 Curtis P40-Warhawk fighter planes were produced. Although technological progress in aviation outpaced the Warhawk by the end of WWII, it held the distinction ...
Photos: WW2-era firefighting bomber takes final flight to rest in peace at US museum
The last Martin Mars flying boat, Philippine Mars, has landed in Arizona for permanent display at the Pima Air and Space ...
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Airmen's Search for Remains Recalls Top Secret WWII Mission to Turn Planes into Flying Bombs
"Fisher pushed him from the aircraft when [Most's] parachute" caught ... Force in the European Theater of Operations during World War II." A week after the June 6, 1944, invasion of Normandy ...