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 […]

Necessity Is The Mother of Invention: Paper Drop Tanks of WWII

August 18, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 6

Faced with wartime metal shortages, and a need to extend the range of fighter craft heading to Europe, the British came up with an ingenious design for auxiliary drop tanks, making them out of resorcinol […]

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, […]

A Downed Allied Pilot, the French Resistance and the Exhumation of his P-38 After Seven Decades

August 1, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 2

In the summer of 1944, the skies above the French region of Picardy were the site of some of the largest air battles yet in the Second World War. Second Lieutenant James Clayton Johnston of […]

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 […]

Memphis Belle Celebrates Two Anniversaries this Weekend

May 18, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 4

The National Museum of the United States Air Force reports one of history’s most famous aircraft will celebrate two anniversaries this weekend.

CAF Red Tail Squadrons Rise Above Exhibit Coming to Carolinas Aviation Museum

February 26, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

The Carolinas Aviation Museum at Charlotte Douglas International Airport will be hosting the Commemorative Air Force (CAF) Red Tail Squadron’s Traveling Exhibit entitled “Rise Above”, honoring the legendary “Tuskegee Airmen.” The Traveling Exhibit, which features […]

US Freedom Pavilion Boeing Center Opens to the Public

January 16, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

The National WWII Museum’s stunning modernistic glass and steel “US Freedom Pavilion: The Boeing Center” opened to the public on January 13th to capacity crowds eager to see the new $35 million home of the […]

WWII European Theatre

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

Necessity Is The Mother of Invention: Paper Drop Tanks of WWII

Spitfire Fly-Over Honors Tony Gaze, Australian WWII Ace

A Downed Allied Pilot, the French Resistance and the Exhumation of his P-38 After Seven Decades

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

Memphis Belle Celebrates Two Anniversaries this Weekend

CAF Red Tail Squadrons Rise Above Exhibit Coming to Carolinas Aviation Museum

US Freedom Pavilion Boeing Center Opens to the Public

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