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70 Years After WWII a Son Pays Tribute to His Father and the Greatest Generation
Nearly 70 years after airman Merrel L. Duncan from Dundee, Minnesota survived 30 hazardous missions over WWII Europe in a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, his son Michael is commemorating his father’s war record in a […]
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Separating Facts & Story of WWII’s B-17 “All American”
We got this email in our inbox the other day, purporting to tell the story of the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, “All American.” The story, accompanied with some incredible pictures, told of the plane, mortally […]
Aviation Museum News
UPDATED: First Confirmed Warbird Sales From Jerry Yagen Military Aviation Museum
NOTE:The latest news on the dissolution of the MAM collection, including the destination of the Focke Wulf Fw 190 and the B-17 “Chuckie” are added at the bottom of this article. As we recently reported, […]
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WWII B-24 Liberator Hot Stuff – Setting the Record Straight
On a recent post here at Warbirds News, we reported on the anniversary of milestones in the history of what is perhaps one of the most famous bombers of all time, the Boeing B-17F Flying […]
Airshow News
Imperial War Museum Spring Air Show 2013
Record crowds attended the the Imperial War Museums’ 2013 Spring Air Show at RAF Duxford in the UK last week. Commemorating the 70th anniversary of the arrival of American forces during the Second World War.
Warbirds News
Womans Name on Turret Leads to Identification of B-17 Debris in Italian Lake
In Viterbo, Italy a long-standing mystery has been solved. A wrecked B-17 bomber that disintegrated upon striking the surface of Lake Bolsena during WWII has been identified after much sleuthing on the part of investigators. […]
Aviation Museum News
Memphis Belle Celebrates Two Anniversaries this Weekend
The National Museum of the United States Air Force reports one of history’s most famous aircraft will celebrate two anniversaries this weekend.
Aviation Museum News
Boeing B-17E Flying Fortress Arrives at Pacific Aviation Museum Pearl Harbor
One of the most talked about artifacts of American aviation history, the Boeing B-17E Flying Fortress #41-2446 “Swamp Ghost”, arrived at the Pacific Aviation Museum Pearl Harbor recently. The plane, force landed in 1942 in […]
Airshow News
Tora! Tora! Tora! Aerial Re-enactment Scheduled for EAA AirVenture 2013
EAA AirVenture 2013 in Oshkosh, Wisconsin will commemorate the heroism and history involved in the attack that brought the United States fully into World War II when the Commemorative Air Force’s (CAF) “Tora! Tora! Tora!” […]