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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· 2 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 ...
World War II-era B-17 bomber on display at EAA Aviation Museum in Oshkosh
FOX 11 Green Bay· 1 day agoA piece of World War II history is now on display in Oshkosh. Measuring over 74 feet long and...
Look Back: Plains Twp. airman, 24, killed in B-17 crash during World War II
The Times-Leader (Wilkes-Barre, Pa.) via Yahoo News· 5 days agoMay 19—More than 40 years after being killed in action in the closing days of World War II, a memorial stone was dedicated for U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Joseph Donini. The dedication was held May ...
B-17 gunner’s remains buried in North Carolina 80 years after bomber went down in France
Stars and Stripes· 4 days agoA U.S. Army Air Forces staff sergeant was laid to rest Monday in North Carolina, eight decades after...
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· 1 day agoShe said Thursday the grand marshal is Irvin Poff, a 105-year-old World War II Army Air Forces...
Bud Anderson, America’s last World War II ‘triple ace,’ dies at 102
Air Force Times· 4 days agoBrig. Gen. Clarence “Bud” Anderson, the last American fighter pilot known as a “triple ace” for...
Remember the military air crews, including the Memphis Belle, who fought in World War II
The Commercial Appeal via Yahoo News· 19 hours agoThe Bomber commands in the different theatres had similar tasks, however dynamically different...
Petersham WWII vet, fresh off 100th birthday, headed to DC for Memorial Day parade
Gannett via AOL· 3 days agoPurple, the longtime owner of L.P. Athol Corp., flew 35 missions in a B-17 bomber. At 19, he was...