As the World War II bomber Heaven Can Wait was hit by enemy fire off the Pacific island of New Guinea on March 11, 1944, the ...

The most produced American military aircraft of World War II was not a small fighter, a trainer, or a simple utility airplane ...

II airmen remains china "God help us if we go down here," William Drager, a 25-year-old tail gunner from Hackettstown, N.J., ...

The B-17 Flying Fortress plane is one of the most iconic bombers of all time and ruled the skies in numbers during WWII for Allied forces.

At the height of his Hollywood career, Jimmy Stewart had everything - fame, success, and an Academy Award. Then he walked away from it all to serve in World War II. In this video, we break down the ...

WESTFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – The Air Power History Tour has brought the legendary B-29 Superfortress “FIFI” to Westfield-Barnes Regional Airport. The aircraft is one of only two airworthy B-29s in the ...

GREEN − World War II-era planes will be featured at an upcoming MAPS Air Museum event. MAPS will host the Flying Legends of Victory Tour June 23 to 28. Visitors will have the opportunity to see and ...

World War II aircraft were built for urgent problems, not museum floors. They had to move troops, hunt submarines, train pilots, carry bombs, cross oceans, survive bad weather, and keep flying when ...

The new aircraft—originally named “Rage”—was renamed in honor of a lost World War II B-24 bomber, with the descended family of the original crew in attendance. AB-1B Lancer long-range strategic bomber ...