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L-8: The ‘Ghost Blimp’ Whose Crew Disappeared During World War II
The “ghost blimp” has never been explained. L-8 was repaired and returned to service before being sent back to Goodyear, ...
World War II airman’s remains receive a hero’s welcome in San Jose
San Jose resident Sandy Bellou remembers her mother crying whenever she spoke about her older brother, 2nd Lt. Robert ...
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Ronnie Scott, World War II Spitfire Pilot, Dies at 107
“ Ronnie Scott’s departure is news that saddens both Argentines and Britons. Born in Villa Devoto, he lived 107 years in ...
World War 2's Worst Bomber Was Basically A Flying Coffin
America has made many great airplanes, but this wasn't one of them. Toward the war's end, many of them went straight from the ...
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Beshear orders flags to Half-Staff in Honor of Kentucky Army Pilot who died in World War II
FRANKFORT, Ky. (WBKO) - Gov. Andy Beshear has ordered flags at all state buildings to be lowered to half-staff from sunrise ...
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World War II soldier killed in action is laid to rest 80 years later in Southern Nevada
World War II Victory Medal, U.S. Army Air Forces Pilot Wings, and Honorable Service Lapel Button-World War II.
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Mystery Of Missing World War II Bomber Attacked By Nazis Solved After 82 Years
A World War II bomber that was shot down by the Nazis ... While British airman Leslie Norman Row, RAAF Pilot Officer Colin Walker and RNZAF Warrant Officer John Graatside died in the attack ...
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Former bomber pilot reflects on D-Day and return to Australia after World War II
It was the "spirit of the day" that drew Bill Purdy to the air force during World War II. The now-centenarian still remembers being called up as a Lancaster bomber pilot in 1942. "The war had been ...