A Taiwanese pilot flew the longest B-17 Flying Fortress mission, which lasted more than 19 hours, over China One of the most recognizable aircraft ever constructed is the Flying Fortress.…
Trains were never safe from roaming P-47 Thunderbolts on armed reconnaissance missions. Yet German strategies quickly made strafing them a difficult and risky task Late in December 1944, as Col.…
“As usual in a dogfight, I was tense and excited. I forgot to release the second safety catch for the rockets. They did not go off. I was in the…
Of the 16 million Americans who fought in WWII, more than 400,000 died in battle, and 72,766 are still missing The remains of a former P-47 Thunderbolt pilot who was…