This is the story of the B-24 Liberator Extra Joker, a bomber assigned to the 451st Bomb Group operating from Italy during World War II. In 1944, Extra Joker was shot down in combat, and the tragic ...
The remains of United States Army Air Force Captain Arthur M. Lingo arrived at Hillcrest Memorial Park and Mortuary in ...
AUSTIN, Texas — In a historic moment marking the end of World War II, Japanese officials signed the formal instrument of surrender aboard the USS Missouri on Sept. 2, 1945. It marked the end of a ...
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Deadliest British Gunner of WWII

Night after night, RAF and Commonwealth crews braved flak, radar-guided night fighters, and the blacked-out skies over Nazi ...
SALEM, Ore. — In Salem, a group of volunteers are on a years-long mission to restore a B-17 bomber that long sat on top of a Milwaukie gas station. "Everybody knew where the bomber was," Terry Scott, ...
DALLAS — John "Lucky" Luckadoo, of Dallas, the last surviving B-17 bomber pilot from the 100th Bomb Group during World War II, has died at the age of 103. Presbyterian Village North in Dallas, where ...
Taber Woodrum and Amy Wilda, from Oregon, walk Wednesday under the wing of a 1944 World War II-era Mitchell medium bombardier training plane, a B-25 dubbed “Sweet Dreams,” on display in the Rowland ...
History enthusiasts can get a small glimpse at World War II air battles this weekend in the Inland Empire. They can get up ...