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Historical Footage Shows Skilled Pilots Landing WWII Planes on Aircraft Carriers
This historic World War II footage shows U.S. Navy aircraft returning from combat and landing on carrier decks at sea. You ...
Dark Seas Official on MSN
Sinking 12,000 Miles - The WW2 Aircraft Carrier that Somehow Survived
On March 19, 1945, the aircraft carrier USS Franklin, after enduring a fierce Japanese assault, was a smoldering wreck. The ...
WFXR Roanoke on MSN
‘I just can’t believe it’: WWII veteran celebrates 100 years
Clarence “Bill” Wenzel, a World War II veteran and retired Navy pilot, never set out to live a century. “I look back on all ...
The National Interest on MSN
The F6F Hellcat Downed More than 5,000 Japanese Warplanes in World War II
The Hellcat’s forgiving flight characteristics and durability allowed less experienced pilots to survive early engagements and gain greater experience against the Japanese Mitsubishi A6M Zero.
Donald McPherson, a WWII Navy aviator and believed to be the last surviving American fighter ace, passed away at age 103. He served in the Pacific Theater, flying combat patrols and participating in ...
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Aerial Dominance: WW2 Era U.S. Aircraft with the Highest Confirmed Kills
There were few World War 2 fighters that could match the speed and firepower of America’s premier warbirds. The Republic P-47 ...
On Dec. 9, 1941, two days after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, Vultee Vice President of Production D. I. Caroll boasted that the plane manufacturer's Nashville division had increased productivity by two ...
Had the Aquila been completed, it could have bolstered Italy’s Mediterranean operations by providing fleet air defense and strike capabilities. Not wanting to be viewed as the ‘sick man’ of the Axis ...
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