Tag: Memorial

Commemorations & Memoriam’s

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…

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Spitfire Fly-Over Honors Tony Gaze, Australian WWII Ace

Temora Aviation Museum's Spitfire Mk VIII flew over a memorial service held in the Geelong…

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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…

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RAF Museum Pays Respects at the Gravesite of Dornier 17 Bombardier

On the same day that the plane that carried him for his final flight was…

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Operation Celestial Flight Pays Tribute to WWII WASP Casualties

Thirty-eight young women, all volunteers in an experimental Army Air Force WWII program called Women…

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RAF Museum Lancaster Flying Display to Honor Veterans June 2, 2013

The Battle of Britain Memorial Flight's Avro Lancaster will be taking to the skies over…

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Today is the 70th Anniversary of the Historic World War II Dambusters Raid

The night of May 16-17th, 1943 saw the execution of Operation Chastise, better known as…

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In Memoriam: Milan ‘Mike’ Pupich

The warbird community lost a dedicated friend this past September.  Milan Samuel Pupich was the…

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Tom Griffin, veteran of Doolittle’s Raid, dies at the age of 96

Major Thomas C. Griffin (known simply by friends and family as Tom) passed away Tuesday,…

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Douglas A-26C Invader Reida Rae Unveiled

Following an exhaustive nine-year restoration, the combat-veteran Douglas A-26C Invader 43-22499 "Reida Rae" was unveiled…

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