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Mystery Of Missing World War II Bomber Attacked By Nazis Solved After 82 Years
Baltimore FW282, operated by RAAF's No 454 Squadron, was returning from a mission over the Aegean Sea when it was ambushed.
8 royals you didn't know served in the military
Many royal family members, like Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Edward, served in the military.
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Volunteers honor British World War II cadets who died training in Terrell
Volunteers made rubbings of the tombstones of 20 British Royal Air Force cadets who died in training in Terrell during World ...
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Carrots Can’t Help You See in the Dark. Here’s How a World War II Propaganda Campaign Popularized the Myth
The British government claimed that eating carrots helped its fighter pilots shoot down German planes at night. In truth, the ...
Tributes flood in as 'exceptional' RAF heroine who helped defeat Nazis dies aged 102
Heartfelt tributes have started to flood in after a Royal Air Force(RAF) heroine, who helped defeat the Nazis, died at ...
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Last surviving RAF fighter ace from the Battle of Britain dies at 105
March 18 (UPI) --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. Announcing the death of John ...
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Australian WWII plane wreck discovered off the coast of Greece
The wreck of the RAAF plane Baltimore FW282, which was shot down by the Nazis in December 1943, was found in the Aegean Sea ...
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The P-51 Mustang and the man who won the World War II air war with it
(A1C Philip Bryant/Air Force) For the Allied forces ... according to the National World War II Museum. Carnage on Oct. 8 over the German U-boat yards at Bremen and aircraft factories at Vegesack ...