Tag: US Army Air Force
In the Air With the CAF Houston Wing’s Lockheed C-60 Lodestar
Recently, noted aviation photographer and journalist, Luigino Caliaro had the opportunity to photograph the Commemorative…
Niagara Aerospace Museum Builds its Collection
The Niagara Aerospace Museum has recently relocated to a new facility within a former terminal…
Necessity Is The Mother of Invention: Paper Drop Tanks of WWII
Faced with wartime metal shortages, and a need to extend the range of fighter craft…
A Downed Allied Pilot, the French Resistance and the Exhumation of his P-38 After Seven Decades
In the summer of 1944, the skies above the French region of Picardy were the…
WWII Veteran Aviator Bill Overstreet and His P-51 Mustang, “Berlin Express”
We had the pleasure of speaking at length with World War Two aviator, William B."Bill"…
Canadian North Atlantic Aviation Museum Struggles for Public’s Attention
After completing a $400,000 renovation of its facilities, the North Atlantic Aviation Museum in Gander,…
WWII Veteran Tail Gunner Visits the Tribute to the B-25 He Crewed
At the Museum of Aviation near Warner Robins, Georgia, a recent visitor turned out to…
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…
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…
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…
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