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The P-51 Mustang and the man who won the World War II air war with it
It was thanks to former WWI pilot Tommy Hitchcock that the P-51 entered U.S service — and changed the skies over Europe ...
Why Was The USAAF P-39 Airacobra Not Sent To Europe During WW2?
The Bell P-39 Airacobra was a fighter primarily produced by US-based aerospace manufacturer Bell Aircraft for the United ...
How the Intrepid Moved a World War II Fighter Plane
The 33-foot Corsair, on loan from Florida, had to be “rigged up on skates” to get to the Intrepid’s hangar deck.
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Northern Ireland World War II hero flew missions for clandestine RAF unit
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The abseiling cleaners who dust off old RAF planes
The RAF Museum ... on the Cold War exhibition, workers were also due to clean World War Two bombers the Wellington and Lincoln. Mr Picken said the main issue was getting above the planes, due ...
'End of an era': Last surviving Battle of Britain pilot dies
The last surviving Battle of Britain pilot, John "Paddy" Hemingway, has died at the age of 105. Mr Hemingway, who was ...
John A. Hemingway, Last Survivor of the Battle of Britain, Dies at 105
A fighter pilot in a vastly outnumbered Royal Air Force — one of the “few” hailed by Churchill — he took to the skies to help ...
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UK: British Royal Air Force Pilot Dies After World War 2 Era Plane Spitfire Crashes In Field In Lincolnshire
London: A British Royal Air Force pilot was killed when the World War II era plane, Spitfire, he was piloting crashed into a field in England, CNN reported. The RAF confirmed the pilot's demise in ...
Last surviving RAF fighter ace from the Battle of Britain dies at 105
The last surviving Royal Air Force fighter pilot who fought in the Battle of Britain in 1940 during World War II has died. He was 105 years old.
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The P-51 Mustang and the man who won the World War II air war with it
During World War I ... the RAF’s daylight raids on Germany’s industrial heartland had done very little damage at the staggering cost to British crews and aircraft. The USAAF under Arnold ...
Last Surviving Pilot From Battle Of Britain Dies At 105
John “Paddy″ Hemingway's death severs the last living link to the few thousand young men who fought the Nazi air force to a standstill.