The story of the mostly 554 Anglo-Argentine pilots ... Force in World War II, of which 122 died in combat, will be published in a book to be launched next August titled “Thunder Wings ...

You might expect a warplane to be pained in drab, neutral colors that fade into the background. But that's not what Germany ...

But as Horst Petzschler talked about what it was like to be a pilot in Germany’s Luftwaffe during World War II, the gray-haired men in the Distinguished Flying Cross Society looked on recently ...

The wing failed, the airplane dropped ... scourge” in the hands of the best German pilots: Boelcke; Ernst Udet, later a World War II Luftwaffe general; and Max Immelmann, namesake of a maneuver ...

"Silent Wings - The American Glider Pilots of WWII" narrated by Hal Holbrook, reveals the critical role gliders played in World War II offensives. Through rare archival footage and photographs ...

To boost morale, Kenney had World War I ace Eddie Rickenbacker—who was ... He challenged the pilots of the Fifth Air Force to beat Rickenbacker’s score of 26 kills. The dare would lead to ...

Stewart was one of two surviving combat pilots from the World War II-era 332nd Fighter Group, a segregated all-Black wing of the United ... he recalled. The Luftwaffe pilot followed suit but ...

“Bud” Anderson Jr., a military pilot whose ... the National World War II Museum in New Orleans. The introduction of the P-51 Mustang “helped turn the tables on the German Luftwaffe ...

Link to What to Watch: In Theaters and On Streaming. Photos: Silent Wings: The American Glider Pilots of World War II Silent Wings: The American Glider Pilots of World War II (2007) Silent Wings ...

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 ... s right wing, which landed ...

Design work started before World War II began, but problems with engines, metallurgy and top-level interference kept the aircraft from operational status with the Luftwaffe until mid-1944.