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The World War II Fighter Ace Behind the Navy's Blue Angels
Voris, who died in 2005 at the age of 85, arrived at this history-making assignment with impeccable credentials after thriving as an ace fighter pilot during World War II. "I got shot down ...
Two pilots killed when World War II-era plane crashes at Father’s Day event
Two pilots were killed when their World War II-era plane crashed at a California ... loss in tribute posts on social ...
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To Mark Japan’s Surrender at the End of World War II, This Navy Officer Raced Halfway Around the World With a Historic Flag in Tow
As was customary during any visit to a foreign land, Perry’s flagship flew all of its colors, including a new hand-sewn ... By the time World War II ended in September 1945, Perry, his crew ...
New Zealand helicopter pilot killed in Papua, police say
then the pilot is a spy because we have declared that the area is a war zone". In February 2023, separatist fighters in ...
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An F-15 is rocking a WWII paint job to honor a B-17 pilot who gave his life to save a wounded crewman
An F-15C Eagle is sporting a badass World War II-era paint job in honor of a fallen bomber pilot who gave everything ... The aircraft’s new paint job features a portrait of Kingsley on its ...
The Yorkshire Post23d
Yorkshire Air Museum: World War II allied air crews will be honoured at museum
The Yorkshire Air Museum will honour World War II allied air crews at an event this weekend where RAF representatives will join their peers from the US, Australia, New Zealand, Canada and ...
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World War II Fast Facts
Thirteen more nations would join by 1945 including: Australia, Belgium, Brazil, British Commonwealth of Nations, Canada, India, New Zealand ... war with the Soviet Union at the outbreak of ...
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On this day in history, September 2, 1944, George H.W. Bush is shot down during World War II
according to the National WWII Museum in New Orleans, Louisiana. At the time, Lt. Junior Grade George Bush was a pilot with Torpedo Squadron Fifty-One (VT-51) aboard the aircraft carrier USS San ...