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B-17 Aluminum Overcast returns to EAA Aviation Museum
Gannett via AOL· 3 days agoOSHKOSH – A historic World War II bomber is coming back home. The EAA Aviation Museum is set to...
As Memorial Day arrives, Berks veterans remembered for their sacrifices
Reading Eagle, Pa. via Yahoo News· 16 hours agoWhen John Gross returned home to Wernersville after serving as a B-17 pilot in World War II, his soon-to-be wife asked if the thought of dying had ever ...
Memorial Day request from combat veterans, ‘don’t call me a hero, the real heroes never made it...
Los Angeles Daily News· 6 hours agoIf you want your kids and grandkids to really understand why they don’t have to go to school on...
World War II-era B-17 bomber on display at EAA Aviation Museum in Oshkosh
FOX 11 Green Bay· 2 days agoA piece of World War II history is now on display in Oshkosh. Measuring over 74 feet long and...
B-17 gunner’s remains buried in North Carolina 80 years after bomber went down in France
Stars and Stripes· 5 days agoA U.S. Army Air Forces staff sergeant was laid to rest Monday in North Carolina, eight decades after...
Bud Anderson, America’s last World War II ‘triple ace,’ dies at 102
Air Force Times· 5 days agoBrig. Gen. Clarence “Bud” Anderson, the last American fighter pilot known as a “triple ace” for...
Archaeologists work to find missing pilot
BBC via Yahoo News· 5 days agoThe pilot was flying a B-17 bomber when he died [Ivan Dmitri/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images] Archaeologists searching for a missing World War Two...
Ventura County sites plan 2024 Memorial Day commemorations
VC Star | Ventura County Star via Yahoo News· 2 days agoShe said Thursday the grand marshal is Irvin Poff, a 105-year-old World War II Army Air Forces...
Look Back: Plains Twp. airman, 24, killed in B-17 crash during World War II
Times Leader· 6 days agoDonini was killed April 6, 1945, when the B-17 bomber, known as the Flying Fortress, in which he was a ball turret gunner collided with an escorting fighter ...
Inside the England museums averaging fewer than one visitor a day
BBC via Yahoo News· 7 days agoInside, nearly every piece of wall space is packed with military items from both world wars,...