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The World War II Bell Airacuda Artillery Plane Was Full of Flaws
However, whilst so many of its fellow carnivorous fish had submarines named in their honor—including the USS Wahoo (whose own ...
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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RAAF WW2 Baltimore attack bomber aircraft wreck found in Antikythera, Greece
A WW2 Baltimore attack bomber aircraft wreck belonging to the Royal Australian Air Force was discovered off the coast of ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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 ...
Ceremony will honour pilots of key WW2 operation
Managers at a country estate are preparing to host a special commemorative service to honour pilots who flew on a major World War Two mission. The ceremony at Markshall Estate near Braintree in Essex ...
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.
'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 ...