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Spotlight lands on women who built weapons | Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette· 4 hours agoWhen the 5,000th B-17 bomber built after Pearl Harbor rolled out of its Boeing factory, teenage...
War veteran takes to skies to mark 100th birthday
BBC via Yahoo News· 1 day ago"I wanted to spend the day doing what I like doing best, which is flying," he said. In 1944, Mr Bukowski was badly wounded when his B-17 was shot down during ...
Opinion | The B-17 blew apart in an instant. The memory has burned for 80 years.
Washington Post· 3 days agoMel Jenner had one of those World War II jobs that no one really tries out for. Waist gunner in a B-...
'Not many made it through': Ohio forever connected to D-Day invasion
Gannett via AOL· 3 hours agoMarion resident was a child in Germany during World War II Seven decades after the war, Erika Rich...
Historic WWII warplanes exhibit at Rock Hill-York airport
WJZY via Yahoo News· 3 days agoThe Airbase Arizona Flying Museum in Mesa, Arizona brought the bomber warplanes, B-25 Mitchell ‘Maid...
D-Day at 80: a legacy of air power
FlightGlobal· 1 day agoWhen Allied troops stormed ashore at Normandy 80 years ago today, the outcome of the operation was very much in doubt. While the complex maritime...
How East troops fought and died on D-Day
BBC News· 8 hours agoBuckinghamshire men were among the first troops to set foot on Nazi-occupied French soil when the D-Day attacks began 80 years ago during World War Two....
For Museum of World War II founder, this D-Day anniversary might be the most important ever
Gannett via AOL· 2 days agoThe museum also highlights Rhode Island's link to the war via remnants of future Gov. Bruce...
University City native, D-Day veteran returns to Normandy for 80th anniversary tribute
KSDK St. Louis· 4 days agoAs the world prepares to commemorate the 80th anniversary of D-Day on June 6th, 102-year-old Ralph...
Vince Bzdek: 'The biggest undertaking by mankind in the history of the world'
Colorado Springs Gazette· 4 days agoShortly after the D-Day invasion started 80 years ago this week, Supreme Commander Dwight D....