The four-engine, propeller-driven Flying Fortress struggled to get into the air and slammed into a maintenance building at the airport near Hartford as the pilots circled back for a landing, officials and witnesses said at the time of the crash. Among other things, the lawsuit alleges that ...
Italian village honoring pilots of WWII US bomberBy CHRIS CAROLA
WARSAW, Poland-- As Polish river levels fall to record lows amid a prolonged drought, the material remains of Poland's tortured 20th-century history are coming to light on newly exposed riverbeds, with Jewish tombstones and the human remains of Soviet fighter pilots and their plane being found...
Indian Reservations Reap Deadly Legacy of WWII Tribe Seeks Federal Help to Clean Up Land Taken to Train US Bomber Pilots Half a Century AgoMartha and Lawrence Whiting will never forget the summer morning in 1942 when US Army representatives ordered them to leave home within 48 hours.Todd ...
One of youngest bomber pilots in WWII; At 20, he was co-pilot in 2 combat missions, led 12 othersTeresa Sewell
The RAF cooperated with the army in the training and transport of parachutists and in towing troop-carrying gliders, whose soldier-pilots flew and landed them in the selected area when cast off by the towing aircraft. One other innovation was the formation of the RAF regiment for the ...