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The National Interest on MSN1d
Why America Couldn’t Get Rid of the B-36 Peacemaker Soon Enough
The size and complicated design of the B-36 Peacemaker caused perpetual headaches for her aircrew—and maintenance crews on ...
Interesting Engineering on MSN2d
WWII Aussie bomber shot down by Nazis found in Greek waters after 82 years
Baltimore bomber aircraft, which was lost while on an operational mission during the Second World War, has been discovered ...
MetroWest Daily News6d
Last surviving member of 'Ready Teddy' World War II flight crew later became a dentist
HUDSON — Donald Dacier, the last living member of the so-called "Ready Teddy" flight crew, a B-29 bomber that flew dozens of ...
Wreckage of WWII bomber Baltimore FW282 found in Aegean Sea after 80 years
After lying undetected beneath the Aegean Sea for over eight decades, the wreckage of a Second World War bomber, the ...
Mystery Of Missing World War II Bomber Attacked By Nazis Solved After 82 Years
Baltimore FW282, operated by RAAF's No 454 Squadron, was returning from a mission over the Aegean Sea when it was ambushed.
The Sentinel6d
Lewistown airman dies in one of WWII’s worst single-day losses
By the time Raymond K. “Duke” Deamer joined his bomber unit in February 1944 at RAF Knettishall, Suffolk, England, the ...
Nevada Appeal1d
Nevada Guard supports repatriation ceremony for WWII flier
BOULDER CITY – The remains of U.S. Army Air Forces 2nd Lt. Robert D. McKee, a soldier killed during World War II, were ...
An SC WWII captain was shot down, taken prisoner by Nazis. A memorial is planned in Germany.
Greenville native Miles Richard "Dick" League, a colonel in the U.S. Air Force, fought in World War II. He was a prisoner of ...
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Missing WWII warfighters found, Families find closure after 80 years
Missing in Action. Just six weeks before World War II would end, the news came to four U.S. service member Families via ...
WWII RAAF bomber discovery solves 82-year-old mystery
Baltimore FW282, which had been operated by the RAAF’s 454 Squadron and crewed by officers from Australia, New Zealand and ...
Daily Mail5d
Fateful final mission of WWII bomber that was shot down by Nazis with one survivor - as it is found at bottom of Aegean Sea 82 years later
A lost Second World War bomber shot down by the Nazis with a British ... It's an honour to acknowledge the bravery of the multinational crew,' Sir Richard said. 'This was a generation who embodied ...