While exploring a remote forest in China, I stumbled upon a stunning discovery — an abandoned World War II airplane hidden among the trees. This forgotten relic tells a powerful story of history, war, ...

A World War II soldier's dog tag is returned to his family 80 years after his death. It was discovered by a metal detectorist on the island where the soldier's plane crashed in 1945.

“We catch them like people catch buses down south,” she said. “For us catching a plane doesn’t mean a holiday, it means essential service and travel. “And for our future generations ...

The plane bounced off the ground and came down in a cow pasture. Then the full fuel tanks burst into flames. Onlookers, many awoken by the sound of the crash, raced to the site.

To aid the Allied war effort, women flew a full range of bombers and fighters in World War II. Here, Americans Virginia Farr, Louise Schuurman and Helen Richey joined a photo op with the Air ...

The Dream Flights program, started in 2011, allows senior veterans to fly in a historical plane for a 15-to-20-minute flight.

History On a sunken WWII aircraft carrier, experts find a mural, wrecked planes and a station wagon By Michael E. Ruane The Washington Post Apr 29, 2025 Updated Apr 29, 2025 ...

The engine in the Supermarine Spitfire was a Rolls-Royce Merlin that eventually went into America's P-51 Mustang, as well. It had a lot of power.

Wreckage of sunken Japanese WWII ship found More images from an iconic U.S. Navy aircraft carrier that was sunk in the Pacific Ocean during World War II have been released, just days after a crew ...

The 806-foot-long aircraft carrier, nicknamed the "Fighting Lady," played a huge role in the United States' Pacific campaign during World War II before it was torpedoed by a Japanese submarine ...

Posted: April 16, 2025 | Last updated: April 16, 2025 In former Yugoslavia, there lies post-apocalyptic WWII monuments of the past, so we took a drone through 3 countries to find them.

A Corsair fighter-bomber hailing from World War II has landed on the Intrepid for the first time in the museum’s history, and is the centerpiece of a new permanent exhibition that tells the story of ...