Vintage Aviation News

70 Years After WWII a Son Pays Tribute to His Father and the Greatest Generation

September 14, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 2

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 […]

Spitfire Fly-Over Honors Tony Gaze, Australian WWII Ace

August 16, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

Temora Aviation Museum‘s Spitfire Mk VIII flew over a memorial service held in the Geelong Grammar School chapel in Geelong, Victoria yesterday, honoring the highly-decorated WWII fighter ace and later Gran Prix race car driver, […]

WWII B-24 Liberator Hot Stuff – Setting the Record Straight

June 15, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 37

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 […]

RAF Museum Pays Respects at the Gravesite of Dornier 17 Bombardier

June 11, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

On the same day that the plane that carried him for his final flight was raised from it’s watery grave, the gravesite of Luftwaffe Corporal Heinz Huhn was visited by Alex Medhurst, the General Manager […]

Operation Celestial Flight Pays Tribute to WWII WASP Casualties

June 4, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

Thirty-eight young women, all volunteers in an experimental Army Air Force WWII program called Women Aviation Air Force Pilots (WASP) were killed in the line of duty. The Women’s Flying Training Detachment (WFTD) and the […]

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

May 28, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

The Battle of Britain Memorial Flight‘s Avro Lancaster will be taking to the skies over Shropshire, UK in honour of the thousands of National Service RAF veterans. The iconic aircraft will perform for visitors and […]

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

May 17, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 1

The night of May 16-17th, 1943 saw the execution of Operation Chastise, better known as the Dambuster Raid, the culmination of a year and a half of hard work, developing and testing an innovative new […]

In Memoriam: Milan ‘Mike’ Pupich

April 3, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 3

The warbird community lost a dedicated friend this past September. Milan Samuel Pupich was the proud owner of the Heavenly Body, a B-25, Mitchell 44-30748. Pupich owned the B-25 for longer than any other private […]

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

March 6, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 2

Major Thomas C. Griffin (known simply by friends and family as Tom) passed away Tuesday, February 26 in a Kentucky Veterans Affairs nursing home. The 96 year old earned his stripes navigating a B-25 bomber […]

Douglas A-26C Invader Reida Rae Unveiled

February 27, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 4

Following an exhaustive nine-year restoration, the combat-veteran Douglas A-26C Invader 43-22499 “Reida Rae” was unveiled to much fanfare at the New England Air Museum in Windsor Locks, Connecticut, beautifully polished and sporting her vanishingly-rare early-style […]

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