Flak-Bait made history on April 17, 1945, when it became the only American bomber to ... 449th Bombardment Squadron for another mission. It was April 17, 1945, and World War II in Europe was ...

The most surprising find was the first-ever discovery of underwater aircraft that had flown on the Midway battlefield, NOAA ...

The Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bomber was trapped inside the USS Yorktown with this bomb still attached to its cradle. The aircraft carrier was sunk by a Japanese submarine after the 1942 Battle of ...

An F4U-4 Corsair, a fighter-bomber which mainly flew in World War II and the Korean War ... the F4U was flown in multiple USMC squadrons until 1953, according to the museum.

Editor’s Note: A Good Thunder farm boy and pilot Ensign Jack Carl Fuller died 80 years ago Monday in one of the key battles to the U.S. winning World War II in the Pacific Theater. Research by ...

The Museum’s collection of 30 World War II-era American military aircraft ranges from propeller-driven trainers, fighters, flying boats, and bombers to the nation’s first generation of jet-powered ...

A World War II airman who was taken captive by Japanese forces and died in a prison fire after his plane was shot down has been accounted for, military officials said Wednesday.

This story exposes significant historical events that been largely neglected or completely forgotten by todays contemporary society It tells the tale of the World War 2 Beaufighter Aircraft known ...

A World War II bomber that was shot down by the Nazis in ... Baltimore FW282, operated by RAAF's No 454 Squadron, was returning from a mission over the Aegean Sea when it was ambushed by a German ...