In “Spitfires” by Becky Aikman, the saga of wartime American women pilots comes vividly to life.

To boost morale, Kenney had World War I ace Eddie Rickenbacker ... For the Fifth Air Force, November 2, 1944 passed in a nightmarish blur. Pilots from five different squadrons jammed onto ...

The Missouri's captain ordered a military burial at sea with full honors, marking one of the more unusual and little-known episodes of World War II. The pilot received the same funeral that the ...

And in World War II, he showed his bravery as a pilot in the Royal Navy.” R.I.P. and God bless, Ronald David Scott, ‘til Valhalla.