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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...
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...
Memorial Day request from combat veterans, ‘don’t call me a hero, the real heroes never made it...
Los Angeles Daily News· 7 hours agoIf you want your kids and grandkids to really understand why they don’t have to go to school on...
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 ...
Remember the military air crews, including the Memphis Belle, who fought in World War II
The Commercial Appeal via Yahoo News· 1 day agoThe Bomber commands in the different theatres had similar tasks, however dynamically different...
Archaeologists search English crash site of World War II bomber for remains of lost American pilot
WLTX-TV Columbia· 4 days agoThe bomber, loaded with 12,000 pounds of explosives, crashed after its controls failed, and now...
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...
Look Back: Plains Twp. airman, 24, killed in B-17 crash during World War II
Times Leader· 6 days agoBeneficial Society Club on Ridgewood Road in Plains Township. Donini was killed April 6, 1945, when the B-17 bomber, known as the Flying ...
As Memorial Day arrives, Berks veterans remembered for their sacrifices
Reading Eagle, Pa. via Yahoo News· 17 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 ...
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...