In 1942 a young P-38 pilot flew his fighter under the Golden Gate Bridge and, just in case no one… Read More
Using a special gift by AVG leader Chennault, a P-40E, serial number 41-1456, otherwise known as "Old Exterminator," Robert Lee… Read More
The painting on the nose of the B-17 Memphis Belle is often mistakenly referred to as "The Memphis Belle," but… Read More
Sergeant Oda Tadao was lionized in the Japanese media as the first pilot to deliberately ram a B-17 Flying Fortress… Read More
Why the name "Memphis Belle"? Bob Morgan wanted to name the B-17 in honor of his sweetheart, Miss Margaret Polk.… Read More
Col. Carr didn’t really have time to line up on the runway, he just gunned it across a corner of… Read More
In 1943, the Eighth Air Force's top priority was to destroy the Luftwaffe and its factories, and their B-17s were… Read More
After B-17 “Patches” had been hit by flak, one of the props flew off, took the tip off another one… Read More
Nowotny's last words, though garbled, indicated that his aircraft was hit and on fire, and seconds later he crashed to… Read More
The Romanian Gendarmerie reported that the USAAF had suffered 214 dead in Romania, but also reported that some B-24 aircraft… Read More
The P-51 Mustang, serial number of 44-74202, was once assigned to the unit as a military fighter aircraft from 1953… Read More
The B-25 exploded on impact spraying burning fuel into West 34th Street below, one of the engines completely passing through… Read More
Getting direct hit on a target only 15 ft wide from medium altitude was challenging. Experience showed that even near… Read More
Tibbets came over to us and said ‘there is a new bomb under construction and, if successful, it will shorten… Read More
