As the war in Western Europe began reaching its inevitable conclusion, German efforts to expedite arms production led to some ...

Shot down behind enemy lines, Soviet pilot S. Kuzniecov’s mission wasn’t over. What happened after his crash turned into one ...

Spitfires: The American Women Who Flew in the Face of Danger During World War II,” By Becky Aikman. Publisher: Bloomsbury. 368 pages. $31.99. Since President Donald Trump nominated a former ...

To aid the Allied war effort, women flew a full range of bombers and fighters in World War II. Here, Americans Virginia ... and the British pilots Pamela Duncan, Doreen Williams, Zita Irwin ...

The pilot of the Stuka, Lt. Frank Neubert opened fire with ... These acts would be the opening shots of World War II, with Germany’s invasion of Poland, France and the United Kingdom would ...

1 in 10 pilots were from commonwealth nations such as Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. While others came from occupied nations in Europe, including: Czechs, Poles, French and Belgians.

World War II Army pilot Albert Lane says he has two items to scratch off his bucket list before he leaves this earth. "I want to drive a Corvette 100 miles an hour, and I want to shake the ...

On Easter Sunday 1945, Harry Stewart Jr. and his wingman, Walter Manning, were part of a mission to escort a B-24 Liberator bombing mission over St. Polten, Austria. They were both members of the ...

Wren was trained to pilot Higgins boats ... of driving the boats made one of his many near-death experiences in World War II all the more impressive. "Now Germany had a plane that hollered ...

A plane holding World War II pilot and Lt. Bruce H. Brown went down in France on Dec. 20, 1942. Now 82 years later, after a period of nearly 29,900 days, Brown has a final resting place.

SOUTHBURY, Conn. (WTNH) — A 101-year-old Southbury man recounted his remarkable story as a World War II Fighter pilot Saturday morning in Oxford. It’s been over 80 years since Joel Abramson ...

An American World War II bomb exploded near a runway at Miyazaki Airport in Japan, causing the cancellation of over 80 flights. The bomb, discovered during a military drill, created a large crater ...